Team

Two generations. One operating team.

The founding team pioneered live digital sports streaming at NeuLion. The advertising team built and ran national digital ad sales at Foxhole Advertising Solutions. The 2020 combination put both sides of the equation under one roof.

Chris Wagner

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Chris co-founded NeuLion in 2004 and spent 14 years building the OTT platforms behind NBA League Pass, NFL Game Pass, NHL Game Center, and UFC Fight Pass. He helped grow NeuLion to $100M+ in OTT sports revenue before its 2018 acquisition by Endeavor. Today he leads OTTA’s advisory practice from New York. He also serves on the Evertz OTT investment committee and as a director at Ease Live AS.

Co-founder, NeuLion · Evertz OTT Investment Committee · Director, Ease Live AS

Source: LinkedIn

Paul Wagner

Co-Founder, Co-CEO & Chief Revenue Officer

Paul leads OTTA’s revenue and client business, working with Sinclair Broadcast Group, all four U.S. major sports leagues, regional sports networks, and major entertainment networks. He spent seven years as VP of Advertising Solutions at NeuLion, building the ad monetization stack across PC, mobile, tablet, gaming, and connected devices. In 2016 he founded Foxhole Advertising Solutions, a digital ad monetization platform under the Wagner Media Group umbrella.

Co-founder, OTT Advisors · Founder, Foxhole Advertising Solutions · 7 yrs VP Ad Solutions, NeuLion

Source: LinkedIn

Karen Greenwood

COO & EVP, Advertising Operations

Karen runs OTTA’s operations and client delivery, with deep specialization in digital advertising operations across the OTT ecosystem. She led digital ad operations at NeuLion College for six years and at DFN. In 2012 she founded AdOpsSupport.com, a consulting practice that has worked with publishers and rights holders on ad server, SSAI and inventory management. She joined OTTA in 2019 to scale its ad operations practice.

Founder, AdOpsSupport.com · 6+ yrs Digital Ad Operations, NeuLion · OTTA since 2019

Source: LinkedIn

Tim Vargas

VP, Finance & Business Operations

Tim leads OTTA’s finance and business operations. He spent over a decade at NeuLion — first as Controller, then as SVP of College Business Development, and finally as CEO and President of NeuLion College, which he led to operate as an independent business. After NeuLion, he served as COO and CFO at Accel Clinical Services. Tim holds an MBA in Finance from the Crummer Graduate School of Business and a BBA in Accounting and Computer Science from Wichita State University.

Former CEO, NeuLion College · MBA, Crummer Graduate School of Business · BBA, Wichita State

Source: LinkedIn

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