Leading community collaboration platform for creating and sharing social media content, Greenfly, announced the appointment of Andrew Patterson as their new Vice President of Partnerships and Strategy.
Patterson’s addition to the executive team will aid Greenfly’s rapid growth in the sports industry, where it is the leading solution in its category for leagues, teams and media companies. Greenfly mobilizes the most valuable, authentic and influential voices around organizations to help tell their brand stories at scale.
The company is currently focused on building its global Fortune 500 clientele and market reach, working with sports organizations, media companies, and brands to solve challenges in sourcing and amplifying engaging content.
Prior to joining Greenfly, Patterson was the Senior Director of New Media and Business Development at MLB Advanced Media. In this tenure of eight years, he was responsible for leading the growth of baseball’s social media capabilities, building strategic relationships with new media platforms, driving the integration of social functionality into existing baseball products, and leveraging platform opportunities to create new fan experiences. At Greenfly, Patterson will help drive Greenfly’s strategic relationships with third parties and continued expansion into new markets.
Patterson said, “As social media has disrupted the creation, collaboration, and distribution process for content, Greenfly offers a unique solution to help businesses organize and share content within their expanded communities. I’m excited to join the Greenfly team and support a deep roster of partners in optimizing the movement of content through their networks and understanding its impact on their businesses.”
“Andrew is a dynamic executive who has been at the leading edge of social media for nearly a decade, helping to build and guide MLBAM’s social media strategy since its earliest days,” said Daniel Kirschner, Co-founder, and CEO of Greenfly. “Having worked with him for a long time in his role at MLBAM, we look forward to Andrew expanding our work with partners across the globe and lending his deep expertise to our clients and brands to help them meet and exceed their content objectives.”
