Chicago-based sports data company STATS has appointed Carl Mergele, an experienced software executive, as its new CEO, the company announced Wednesday.
Mergele was previously an executive of Lexington, Kentucky-based Lexmark International, which manufactures laser printers and imaging products. It was sold to a group of private equity investors for $3.6 billion in 2016, according to a statement.
STATS analyzes performance data from more than 100,000 games a year, providing sports data, technology and content for sports leagues, players, and major B2B and consumer brands. The sports they monitor range from football to sumo wrestling and cricket.
“I am thrilled to be joining the STATS team,” Mergele said in a statement. “My commitment as CEO is to focus on providing the best products and service to our customers. STATS has the best and broadest sports data and insights in the world, and we will continue to improve and expand our offerings to guarantee our customers have the tools and knowledge they depend on.”
STATS, founded in 1981, began as a small startup tracking only baseball statistics. Since then, it has expanded to monitor more than 20 sports, and has acquired five competing companies, including Prozone, BSports and TVT Video Technology, according to Crunchbase. In 2014, it was acquired by Chicago-based Vista Equity Partners.
