David Aufhauser

Executive in Residence

da@acceleratesportsbusiness.com

David is a trusted advisor bringing partnership development, client relationships, and deal execution to Accelerate Sports. For over 25 years, David has been as a leader, entrepreneur, and investor at the nexus of sports, media and technology helping create some of the world's most iconic fan and athlete experiences across fantasy sports, streaming, metaverse, women's sports, data tech, and more. He has extensive experience working with Olympic Games, NFL, NBA, MLB, La Liga, and Premier league.

David built and led global businesses at Intel Sports, Pac-12 Networks, Twitch, Yahoo, Evite, Netscape, McCann, and the NBC Olympic Games. He serves as a board director, advisor and investor to various growth companies including Uru Sports, Just Women’s Sports, Quintar, NeuroTrainer, and CreatorPlus.

Memberships/Affiliations (Past & Present):

• Founder, Lifetime Cardinal, Stanford’s NIL Collective

• Positive Coaching Alliance – National Advisory Board

• Women’s Coaching Alliance – Volunteer

• Sala Series – Founding Member

Education:

• MBA, Northwestern Kellogg School of Management

• BA, Stanford University

• Attended University of Barcelona

Personal/Sports:

• A San Francisco Native, David played water polo at Stanford.

• Gold Medalist representing United States’ Masters basketball at​ ​multiple Maccabi Games.

• Member of the Olympic Club Masters Basketball Team

• Raising two female athletes and spending his time at many youth volleyball and soccer games.