WHO WE ARE
Our team
SumerSports is a collection of executives, engineers, data scientists, and visionaries from the industries of sport, finance, tech, academia, law, and defense.



Executive Team
Thomas Dimitroff
Thomas served as the General Manager of the Atlanta Falcons from 2008 to 2020. Prior to joining the Falcons in 2008, Thomas was with the New England Patriots for six years.
While at the Patriots, Thomas held the role of National Scout for one year before being promoted to Director of College Scouting, a position he held for five years. A 28-year veteran of the NFL, Thomas was recognized as the NFL Executive of the Year in both 2008 and 2010.
Jack Jones
Jack received a B.S. in Human Biology from Stanford University in 2019. He is currently enrolled at NYU’s Graduate School of Arts and Science pursuing his Master’s in Data Science.
Jack is a member of the Robin Hood Foundation, a community of next generation New Yorkers fighting against poverty at its roots. In his spare time, Jack enjoys archery and is an avid Ashtanga Yogi.
Christa Hayes
Christa worked with the Carolina Panthers from 2011 to 2022. At Carolina she managed a team responsible for writing and maintaining a suite of internal football applications that supported front office personnel in their daily work. She also helped coordinate draft day applications and data management for every draft at Carolina since 2011. Her roles included Senior Software Architect, Software Manager, and Director of Football Solutions and Software.
Christa holds a B.S. in Computer Science from North Carolina State University (2009) with Honors, where she was an active member of the Women in Science and Engineering program (WISE).
Eric Eager
Eric is a former college football player who received his Ph.D. in mathematical biology from the University of Nebraska in 2012. Prior to joining SumerSports he was at PFF from 2015-2022, running research and development there for the past three years. He developed numerous metrics that are now used on both the team side and in the public sphere. As a math professor, Eric published 25 peer-reviewed papers at the interface of math, biology, ecology and the scholarship of teaching and learning. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his wife and two daughters, reading, biking, and rowing.
Chad Mills
Chad received a B.A. from Amherst College in 2004 and later studied mathematics at Columbia University and the City College of New York. He worked as an independent consultant from 2007 to 2021, offering expertise in mathematics, computer science, and statistics. He joined SumerSports in 2022. In his spare time, Chad is an avid swing dancer.
Paul Sabin
Paul Sabin was a leader on ESPN’s sports analytics team from 2015-2022 and is currently an adjunct professor of Statistics at Virginia Tech. He is responsible for many of ESPN’s proprietary team and player valuation metrics in football and basketball, in addition to publishing over 30 articles on ESPN.com.
In addition to his Ph.D. in Statistics from Virginia Tech, Paul has an M.S. in Statistics and a B.S. in Statistics and French from Brigham Young University. He served as the chair of the Section on Statistics in Sports of the American Statistical Association in 2022. Outside of work, Paul coaches his kids' basketball and soccer teams, volunteers for his local congregation, water skis, is a budding marathon enthusiast, and tries to keep up his French fluency.
Technology Team
Gursh Bagri
Senior Software Engineer
Andrew Bernhagen
Staff Software Engineer
Sean Clement
Principal Data Scientist
Matthew Coffey
Data Engineer
Jessica Dietrich
Senior Software Engineer
Chase Falivene Senior Salary Cap Strategist
Parker Fleming Data Scientist
Troy Knapp Senior DevOps Engineer
Christopher Long Optimization Specialist
Quinn MacLean Data Scientist
Brett Mele
Data Scientist
Andrew Nemiroff
IT Infrastructure Technician
Scott Nestler
Optimization Lead
Udit Ranasaria
Machine Learning Engineer
Paul Sauer
Staff Software Engineer
Tej Seth Data Scientist
Bryan Smith MLOps Engineer
Shawn Syed Director of Communications
Pavel Vabishchevich Machine Learning Engineer
Adam Vonder Haar Senior Data Scientist


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