NATIONAL SPORTS SERVICES - Key Persons
Bill Davidson is the Chief Executive Officer of National Sports Services. He has been involved in professional sports since 1982. Davidson has owned and operated several minor league hockey and baseball franchises. Many of the teams Davidson directly supervised established franchise attendance records and reached record levels of profitability. In 1998, Davidson merged his company, Sports Marketing Solutions, with Sports Enterprises (owned by Matt Perry), to create NSS.
Davidson is an equity partner and managing member for four summer collegiate baseball ventures: the Lafayette Aviators (Prospect League), the Johnstown Mill Rats (Prospect League), the Wilmington Sharks (Coastal Plain League) and the Spartanburgers (Coastal Plain League). Davidson is currently serving as the President of the Prospect League.
NSS held an equity position with the Gwinnett / Atlanta Gladiators of the ECHL from 2003 through 2019 during which Davidson served as the CFO of the team. He also served as the Alternative Governor for the franchise and was a member of numerous league committees.
Davidson provided consulting services to the Windy City Bulls, the NBADL affiliate (now G League) of the Chicago Bulls. The NBA team hired NSS to perform feasibility analysis and due diligence for the prospective launch of the franchise and subsequently provided counsel during the team's first season of play which concluded in April, 2017.
Senators Baseball, LLC retained Bill Davidson as CEO of the Class AA Eastern League Harrisburg Senators. In addition to management services, Davidson was instrumental in the programing, marketing and operations for the $45 million renovation of Metro Bank Park. The franchise was sold in 2015 to a local, minority investor at a substantial gain for NSS's client.
Previously, Davidson held ownership interests with the Wichita Falls Rustlers, Bakersfield Condors and Topeka ScareCrows hockey teams and the Midland Angels and Chattanooga Lookouts (AA Southern League affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds) baseball teams. He held various leadership positions (President, Vice-President and General Manager) with these teams as well as provided services to many other professional baseball and hockey franchises across the nation.
Davidson received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Public Relations from Purdue University and a Master of Education degree in Sports Administration from Wichita State University. He resides in Cleveland, Tennessee with his wife Susan and their two boys.
Dan Roman is the Chief Financial Officer of National Sports Services. As CFO, Roman directs the financial strategy, operational planning, and business activities of NSS and across all the franchises in its ownership portfolio.
Roman most recently served as Chief Operating & Financial Officer at CIMPAR Healthcare, CFO of St. Augustine College, and as a leader of Deloitte's strategy group. Earlier in his career, Roman held cross-functional leadership and transformational roles across several industries, and built, scaled, and led two early-stage companies.
Roman holds an MBA from Northwestern University and a BA from the University of Colorado; he is also a CPA.
Matt Perry serves as President of National Sports Services. As President, Perry is actively involved in all phases of company operations, including servicing current clients and developing new stadiums, franchises, and multi-purpose sports and recreation venues across the nation.
Perry's extensive background includes over 35 years of ownership and operations of sports franchises. He has been responsible for and/or involved with the entertainment of millions of fans at sporting events. Over the years, Perry has received industry honors for excellence in franchise operations and has been a frequent speaker at seminars targeting team and stadium operations.
Perry has been involved with the development of numerous spectator facility projects, several from concept to completion, to include programming, project budgeting, developing the funding plan, selling premium sponsorships, securing facility users, negotiating facility leases and opening new facilities.
Prior to forming National Sports Services, Perry served as a top executive in all areas of day-to-day operations for the Midland Angels (Los Angeles Angels Double A affiliate), Columbia Mets (New York Mets Single A affiliate) and the Fayetteville Generals (Detroit Tigers Single A affiliate).
Perry is a partner and Manager for four summer collegiate baseball ventures: the Johnstown Millrats (Prospect League); the Lafayette Aviators (Prospect League); the Spartanburgers (Coastal Plain League) and the Wilmington Sharks (Coastal Plain League).