ACG NJ Monthly Breakfast Meeting - March 21, 2023

Brian Friedman, now in his 13th year with the New York Jets, begins his fourth season as the team's executive vice president & chief operating officer. Previously, Friedman spent nine seasons with the team as their chief financial officer.

Friedman is responsible for the implementation of business operations that are aligned with the team's short-term and long-term business goals. This includes current revenue generation, fan focused initiatives and other strategic growth opportunities for the team and MetLife Stadium. He has oversight of the team's gameday and non-gameday event operations and key vendor relationships. In addition, he oversees information technology, fan commerce and practice facility operations.

Additionally, Friedman oversees all financial aspects of the organization, including business and strategic planning, budgeting, business analytics and financial oversight of the team's interests in MetLife Stadium. He manages all the daily accounting and treasury operations for the organization as well as all internal and external reporting to the NFL and various other agencies. Friedman is also a member of the Finance and Investment Committee for Atlantic Health Systems. 

Momin is responsible for strategy development and solution delivery for McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm.  He mostly recently led a sports analytics department at the Jacksonville Jaguars in the National Football League, served in another sports front office at the San Antonio Spurs in the National Basketball Association, and spent time in corporate strategy and finance at The Home Depot and Goldman Sachs. 

Prior to joining McKinsey, Momin was the Director of Strategic Research and Development at the Jacksonville Jaguars, where he partnered with executive stakeholders to enhance data-driven decision-making across the organization’s business and football operations. In addition to fielding ad hoc requests from team ownership, he focused on conducting quantitative analyses to generate insights and facilitated product development, data infrastructure improvements, and technological innovations. By leveraging his background in data science, he has co-authored research publications in sports analytics and medicine. His group’s topic on minimizing punting in football to induce offensive scoring won an honorable mention in the inaugural Big Data Bowl hosted by the National Football League. Additionally, his surgical outcomes research from his time at Duke University Medical Center has been published in peer-reviewed medical journals.  

A former center for the USFL Philadelphia Starrs, New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers, Bart Oates never took time off during the off-season.  As the starting center for 14 seasons professionally and 3 years collegiately, he always looked to contribute to the betterment of the team, both mentally and physically. He helped the Giants to two Super Bowl titles, and later, was the starting center for the 49ers in Super Bowl XXIX.  He was selected and played in five Pro Bowls and was recognized as one of the most durable and reliable players of his day. Despite the extremely physical nature of football, he never missed a game in his 14 seasons playing professional football. Mr. Oates took law classes during his off seasons, graduating with honors from Seton Hall Law School.

Going to Law School in offseason while playing allowed him to graduate, pass the bar and being practicing. with the law firm of Ribis, Graham, & Curtin in Morristown NJ where he focused on litigation and real estate tax appeal work. After retiring from football, he both practiced law and worked in the real estate industry where he was a real estate broker. NY Football Jets, American Express, Curtis Wright, iQor, Apos, Fitness and Wellness Professional Services are a partial list of his clients.  

He is currently President of the NFL Alumni Association; a position that allows him to advocate for former players to address issues that affect members as a result of being a professional athlete.   In addition, he maintains positions as General Counsel for Metro Dx Labs, a reference blood and toxicology lab and Accord MS a healthcare compliance and recovery company working with healthcare Providers.  

Lou is responsible for developing and retaining new business for Aon, a global risk management and human capital firm.  His 25+ year career spans the large corporation, consulting/outsourced services, and entrepreneurship/start-ups.  The depth and breadth of his business experience brings value to Aon clients and prospects via exceptional client development, client services/retention and problem- solving skills. In short, he helps build better businesses.

Lou is active in business and community organizations. He is a Founding Member (2003) and currently sits on the board of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) NJ and is a former participant of Financial Executives International (FEI) NJ and the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM).