Robert A. Bowman Explained
Robert A. Bowman served for 17 years as President/CEO of MLB Advanced Media ("MLBAM").[1] Media reports in late 2017 alleged his departure from the MLBAM resulted from a decade of inappropriate behavior, ranging from multiple consensual intimate relationships with subordinates and leading a "culture of partying and heavy drinking with employees outside the office."[2] MLBAM manages online activities for Major League Baseball including the MLBAM@Bat video streaming applications for Smartphones, pad computing devices and the like.[3] From 1995ā2000, he was ITT's President/Chief Operating Officer. From 1991ā95, he was also ITT's CFO.[4]
From 1983ā90, Bowman was Michigan's State Treasurer and was widely credited with helping fuel the state's economic recovery, including from a 1987 Public Sector Consultants' profile that "Wall Street smiled on Michigan's improved fiscalcondition," leading to national notoriety for Bowman.[5] In 2010 it was reported that he was considering a run for governor of Michigan.[6]
Education
Bowman graduated from Harvard College in 1977[7] and the Wharton School of Business in 1979.[8]
MLBAM At Bat App
Bowman was instrumental[9] in spearheading the development of MLB's At Bat app for the iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle, etc.[10]
Bowman Patents
Bowman is named as a co-inventor on the following U.S. Patents:U.S. Patent No. 8,121,872:[11] System and Method for Allocating Seats for a Ticketed Event
U.S. Patent No. 8,121,712:[12] System and Method for Determining an Offensive, Defensive, and Cumulative Efficiency of a Sports Team
U.S. Patent No. 8,045,956:[13] System and Method for Venue-to-Venue Messaging
Notes and References
- Web site: No. 10: Bob Bowman, Internet chief - USATODAY.com.
- News: Red. Christian. MLB Advanced Media executive Bob Bowman reportedly forced out after years of alleged misconduct. 24 December 2017. New York Daily News. 21 December 2017.
- Web site: Wharton Alumni Magazine: 125 Influential People and Ideas: Robert A. Bowman. Dyad Communications. wharton.upenn.edu. May 14, 2017. dead. https://archive.today/20130106131600/http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/125anniversaryissue/bowman.html. January 6, 2013.
- Web site: Company Overview of MLB Advanced Media, L.P.. bloomberg.com. May 14, 2017.
- Web site: Farrar. Bev. ROBERT BOWMAN: A PROFILE. Public Sector Consultants. 24 December 2017.
- Web site: Ex-treasurer Robert Bowman giving governor's race a look. MLive.com. 22 January 2010 . May 14, 2017.
- http://www.michigan.gov/dfab/0,5248,7-302-63798-295985--,00.html Detroit Financial Advisory Board - Robert Bowman
- https://www.wharton.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/125anniversaryissue/bowman.html 125 INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE AND IDEAS; KEEPING HIS EYE ON THE DIGITAL BALL; ROBERT A. BOWMAN, WGā79
- Web site: MLB.com is gearing up for next season. Fortune.
- Web site: MLB's At Bat App Downloaded More Than 400,000 Times. Chris Albrecht. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120619102358/http://gigaom.com/video/mlbs-at-bat-app-downloaded-more-than-400000-times/. 2012-06-19.
- Web site: Patent US8121872 - System and method for allocating seats for a ticketed event.
- Web site: Patent US8121712 - System and method for determining an offensive, defensive, and cumulative ... - Google Patents.
- Web site: Patent US8045965 - System and method for venue-to-venue messaging.