(Newswire.net — December 19, 2017) — When it comes to understanding an athlete’s background and individual sport, Optima Sports Analytics is a next level analytical company that accurately predicts performance in professional sports. By identifying characteristics that will enhance an athlete’s recognizable talent, Optima helps sports teams win more games. Members of the Optima team have been working with professional sports teams for over a decade, assisting in three Super Bowl victories, an NBA Championship, and helping an MLS team reach the MLS Cup. Optima is currently working with EPL teams. Two years ago the Optima team began utilizing its methodology to build fantasy performance models which are crushing the top fantasy analytics providers by more than 2.5X.
Troy Brazell, CEO of Optima Fantasy Sports, commented, “With the Addition of Adam Steinberg to the Board, several strategic opportunities open up including the rapidly approaching sports betting ventures.” Mr. Steinberg is a thought leader in the casino and gaming industries. He has a very strong background in financial forecasting with 20 years of experience as an equity and a high yield analyst making investment suggestions in both the gaming and leisure industries. Brazell commented, “We are very excited with the expertise that Adam Steinberg brings to the table.”
Steinberg added, “The team at Optima Sports has created the most accurate models to predict athlete performance. The models have been independently tested and proven to be statistically significant. I am excited to join the Advisory Board as Troy and his team position the company as a deep analytics information source for both daily fantasy and, eventually sports betting.”
Optima Fantasy Sports is the official algorithm of Tony Romo’s National Fantasy Football Convention. Optima delivers the best in the business. While most systems rate solely based on one area of performance, their 
highly qualified team weighs multiple key attributes of an athlete and his or her makeup. Their advanced metric system does more than simply calculate how an athlete should perform. In addition, they provide advanced analytical injury propensity and team synergy modeling, identifying talent that fits within a specific team’s system. They also identify how well that athlete is likely to perform in a given team and system. Optima’s process maximizes synergy, in turn delivering more wins. The proof of their success is evident in an incredible win-rate and return on investments for professional teams.
Optima Sports Analytics is a next level analytical company that can accurately predict performance in professional sports. By identifying characteristics that will enhance an athlete’s recognizable talent, we help our client teams win more games. In addition, we provide advanced analytical injury propensity and team synergy modeling, identifying talent that fits within a specific team’s system.
Our unique performance analytics identify talent that can excel at specific levels and perform their “job” in their position. Discerning talent helps teams develop and how specific players will impact team performance and when. For example, can a player come in and make an immediate impact or will he take one or two seasons to acclimate before contributing at a meaningful level? Understanding how long it will take an athlete to perform helps teams develop athletes strategically.
Our performance models have consistently proven more accurate than the current NFL and NBA drafts by identifying talent often overlooked and showing weaknesses in talent that is drafted much higher.
TECHNOLOGY – Our proprietary models have been developed and refined over a decade of experience. We believe that carrying out our analysis is just the beginning. The quality of it is paramount. Sizeable amounts of quality data are collected, which are then analyzed and presented back in various formats to suit the needs of individual players or organizations.
We host a combination of models using high-end analytics, including qualitative and quantitative analysis. Along with our proprietary developments, our analytics make our predictive models more accurate.
Optima Sports Analytics implements high-end analytics with dynamic weighting and data fusion to give the strongest and most accurate measurements and models in sport. These models are significantly stronger than competitive models using standard regression, conjoint or segmentation analysis. Our models include performance theory data as well as statistical performance measurement data, econometrics, human decision making and psychology. All of these factors convey a complete picture of the athlete and identify how and why specific athletes will fit into a particular team and system. Optima Sports Analytics looks forward, predicting performance, where our competitors look backward, post-dicting performance.
METHOD – Our models are cutting-edge. From an experience perspective, what sets us apart from our competition is that we have worked with amateur and professional athletes acting as both analysts and coaches. This rare yet important range of experience has enabled us to gain greater knowledge and understanding of why and when performance analysis should be used. Our elite team is comprised of sports scientists from diverse disciplines, including sports psychology, strength and conditioning, kinesiology, biomechanics, athlete development and education, and data modeling. The professional relationship between the coach, player and Optima Sports Analytics is an essential one that needs to be highly considered if sports performance analysis is to be used effectively. Our firsthand experience with this relationship allows us to customize our services in a way that empowers our clients to make better informed decisions.
We rise above the competition by taking a more holistic approach to analyzing and predicting an athlete’s and team’s performance.
Optima Sports Analytics Offers Professional Teams:
- Advanced technology/methodology which means they get a strong competitive edge
- Meaningful and accurate intelligence athlete data input
- Five key athletic factors – including mental and emotional components
- Key projections of player field behavior
- Reliable forecasts of player’s success probability in the teams’ system
ABOUT ADAM STEINBERG
Adam Steinberg joined Spectrum Gaming Group in October 2017, having previously served for four years as Senior Vice President of Spectrum Gaming Capital. In almost 20 years involved in the casino industry, Steinberg has been an equity analyst, high yield analyst, investment banker and a corporate development officer. As an investment professional, he worked at Bear Stearns, CIBC World Markets, Morgan Joseph & Co. and FBR Capital Markets. Notable client transactions include advising the consortium that won the RFP to develop the €555 million integrated casino resort in Cyprus, including creating the forecast model with three financial statements for the casino, as well as the financial advisor to the first-lien lenders of Tropicana Entertainment and to the senior secured noteholders of Black Gaming LLC. At Morgan Joseph, Steinberg was also the research analyst covering the gaming and leisure industries.
Prior to Morgan Joseph, Steinberg was Director of Business Evaluation at GTECH Corp., where he was responsible for providing objective and consistent business case evaluation capabilities and advice that resulted in the creation of value both strategically and economically from new business opportunities worldwide. At GTECH, he managed the $185 million acquisition of Spielo, a slot machine manufacturer, including due diligence, financial modeling and valuation.
Steinberg has nearly 20 years’ experience in financial services. He is a widely quoted industry source, recognized for industry knowledge and stock-picking skills with multiple television appearances on CNBC and Bloomberg Television, and has been a featured speaker at industry conferences and tradeshows.
Steinberg is a Chartered Financial Analyst with an MBA in Finance from Cornell University and a BS in Accounting from Florida State University. Steinberg previously served on the Board of Directors of ADHD Aware, a 501c3 nonprofit organization.
For more information or investment inquiries, please contact:
Troy BrazellCEO Optima Sports Group 801.755.5810 Troy.Brazell@optimasportsgroup.com Steve Reich R Marketing / PR Agency 801 209 2611 Steve@RMarketingDept.com
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