From the Original BO'D back to a chap named Brian... Brian Bilello named Chief Operating Officer of the Revolution Foxborough, Mass. - The New England Revolution announced today that Brian Bilello has been named Chief Operating Officer of the team. Bilello will oversee the business affairs of the team, working in coordination with Vice President of Marketing Operations Jennifer Ferron and Executive Director of Sales Murray Kohl, who both continue in those positions with the Revolution, the New England Patriots and Gillette Stadium. "Brian is the perfect choice for this role in the Revolution organization," said Sunil Gulati, President of Kraft Soccer, "He combines a proven business track record with a strong knowledge of and passion for the sport of soccer." Prior to being named COO of the Revolution, Bilello he served the Revolution, Patriots and Gillette Stadium in a variety of operational and strategic roles. Bilello joined the organization in 2003 as Director of Quality and Operational Control, where he worked on improving the fan experience across all aspects of Gillette Stadium. Since then, he has gone on to run both the Concessions and Retail Operations and has provided strategic advice to the Krafts on a number of issues related to their sports ventures, in particular, MLS and the Revolution. Prior to working with the Kraft Sports Group, Bilello was a management consultant at Bain & Company in its San Francisco and Boston offices. Bilello worked with clients in the retail, consumer products and entertainment industries. An avid soccer enthusiast, Bilello played varsity soccer at MIT, where he studied engineering and economics. Before joining the organization's staff, Bilello was a Revolution season ticket holder. He lives in Southern Massachusetts with his wife, Vanessa, and daughter, Samantha, and continues to play soccer.
Not a powerhouse but not bad either. On the girls side, they play a lot of Div 3 games as my daughter played against them when whe was in college. Don't know anything about the boys side. Playing college sports these days while trying to maintain a GPA is a difficult task. A student athelete in a school like MIT is even more impressive. At least he knows the game and has and continues to play. Would be interesting to see if he actually played while at MIT or if he was just on the team. Lets hope he is actually allowed to do something. We have a big need for a few players that can play right now. Go get em or direct someone else to go get some .
Rumor has it, part of the strategy of the new COO is to put pictures of cute little puppy dogs on the tarp. This will entertain the CAT I season ticket holders when our best players are away for the World Cup. As for The Fort, we will have to make due with "Beat Kyle Brown with a stick night". Sure beats Shakira.
My brother was the captain for 3 years (soph, junior and senior years) of the MIT varsity team. I will see what he thinks of this guy. Andy
ok color me a dipsh!t. I misread the post by rkupp. I thought it said Brian played in 1987. My brother played in the late 80's at MIT. Andy
My son got there in 99 and left with a masters in EE/CS in 2004. He was varsity crew for most of that time, but knew some of the soccer guys. I sent him the annoucement to see if he ever heard of Brian. If nothing else, they can compare brass rats.