Meet Our Founder & CEO

Mr. Lawrence is our lead negotiator and directs the partnership development efforts for Accelerate Sports. In his career, Mr. Lawrence has utilized his highly competitive nature to work successfully with a growing list of nationally prominent businesses / entrepreneurs in dynamic, fast-moving transactions including Sacramento Kings (NBA), Arizona Coyotes (NHL), San Diego MLS, New Mexico United, Atletico Madrid (Ottawa) – Canadian Premier League, rEvolution, Sports MEDIA Technology, Sacramento Republic FC, Mohamed Mansour, Sycuan Indian Tribe, Steve Kaplan, Adrian Hanauer, Jerry Colangelo, Hayes Barnard, Sam Belzberg, Guthy-Renker, and many others.

Mr. Lawrence served as an M&A and Corporate Securities Attorney for nearly 20 years prior to founding Accelerate Sports.

Meet Our EiR

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.