Zack Malet negotiates and manages ESPN’s existing and new third-party business agreements, with a specific focus on strategic innovation and technology partnerships. Within ESPN Innovation, the BDI team has pioneered ESPN’s animated telecasts (e.g. NHL-Big City Greens Classic) and ESPN XR launches across Meta VR headsets and COSM Immersive Domes. Since joining ESPN in 2012, Malet has worked in Disney Platform Distribution where he managed distribution of Disney properties (including ABC, ESPN, Disney+) with cable and streaming partners and in ESPN’s programming and acquisitions’ content strategy and college sports groups.

After graduating from Brown University as an economics and urban studies major and a member of the Track & Field team, Malet earned a master’s degree from Georgetown University’s SIM program where he is now an adjunct professor. He is a proud board member of the Village Families & Children on the strategic planning and marketing committee.

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