Robert A. Bowman served for 17 years as President/CEOofMLB Advanced Media ("MLBAM").[1] Media reports in late 2017 alleged his departure from the MLBAM resulted from a decade of inappropriate behavior, ranging from multiple consensual intimate relationships with subordinates and leading a "culture of partying and heavy drinking with employees outside the office."[2] MLBAM manages online activities for Major League Baseball including the MLBAM@Bat video streaming applications for Smartphones, pad computing devices and the like.[3]
From 1995–2000, he was ITT's President/Chief Operating Officer. From 1991–95, he was also ITT's CFO.[4]
From 1983–90, Bowman was Michigan's State Treasurer and was widely credited with helping fuel the state's economic recovery, including from a 1987 Public Sector Consultants' profile that『Wall Street smiled on Michigan's improved fiscal
condition,』leading to national notoriety for Bowman.[5] In 2010 it was reported that he was considering a run for governor of Michigan.[6]
Bowman is named as a co-inventor on the following U.S. Patents:
U.S. Patent No. 8,121,872:[11] System and Method for Allocating Seats for a Ticketed Event
U.S. Patent No. 8,121,712:[12] System and Method for Determining an Offensive, Defensive, and Cumulative Efficiency of a Sports Team
U.S. Patent No. 8,045,956:[13] System and Method for Venue-to-Venue Messaging
