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Duncan O'Mahony

Blue Bombers GM, Brendan Taman, has since stated that Duncan will not be playing for Winnipeg due to the nature of the situation.

Joseph Anthony Miller

Rangers coach and General manager Lester Patrick asked the Americans and the Maroons for permission to use Miller for the remainder of the series.


50 Greatest Players in NBA History

Sixteen of the panelists were former players voting in their roles as players, thirteen were members of the print and broadcast news media, and twenty-one were team representatives: contemporary and former general managers, head coaches, and executives.

Aditi Technologies

Pradeep Singh founded Aditi Technologies in 1994 after nine years in management positions at Microsoft, including General Manager of the Windows 95 mobile services group.

Bob Schaefer

Although Schaefer received positive notices for his work as the Red Sox' player development chief, he clashed with general manager Dan Duquette and was fired during the summer of 1998; several minor league managers and coaches, including Geren, departed the organization with Schaefer, who spent the next three years as a special assistant to the general manager of the Baltimore Orioles before returning to the Royals in 2001 as a bench coach and infielders coach.

Calvin Griffith

As president, majority owner and de facto general manager of the Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins franchise of the American League from 19551984, he was famous for his devotion to the game and for his sayings.

Chip Beake

His experience with coaching began when he was still young, with his father, John, who worked for the Denver Broncos for 22 years, including as general manager from 1985-1998, and who is now NFL Europa's Managing Director of Operations.

Chris Polian

He was the vice president and general manager of the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League from 2009 to 2011.

Chuck Tanner

After spending five seasons as a special assistant to the general manager of the Cleveland Indians, Tanner was named a senior advisor to new Pittsburgh Pirates GM Neal Huntington in the autumn of 2007.

Frank John Bersbach, Sr.

(December 16, 1888 - January 26, 1929) was the vice president and general manager of the Manz Corporation.

Fred Hudson

Fredrick A. "Fred" Hudson (5 December 1863 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada-7 May 1932) was the manager of the Kenora Thistles for both the challenge for the Stanley Cup in 1905 (losing to Ottawa) and for of their 1907 Stanley Cup championship.

Gary Guyton

The previous day rumors circulated that Guyton had agreed to terms with the San Francisco 49ers, however confusion arose when 49ers General Manager Scot McCloughan said he would divulge names of undrafted free agents with whom the club had agreed to terms and the following day, Guyton had officially signed with the Patriots.

George Kokinis

George Kokinis (born February 27, 1967) is a former general manager of the Cleveland Browns.

George Myatt

In 1936, Boston Red Sox general manager Eddie Collins traveled to San Diego to scout Myatt in a Pacific Coast League game, but came away more impressed with his 17-year-old teammate, a San Diegan and a recent Hoover High School graduate.

Jamuna Oil Company

The General Manager is the top official and executive from Jamuna Oil Company, at Chittagong of the Government of Bangladesh.

John Alevizos

After leaving the Red Sox on December 29, 1974, Alevizos returned to baseball 15 months later when he was named general manager of the Atlanta Braves in March 1976 by the club's new owner, Ted Turner.

John McKay, Jr.

McKay is a son of former USC Trojan and Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach John McKay and the older brother of former Buccaneers general manager and current Atlanta Falcons president, Rich McKay.

Julius Dorpmüller

Julius Heinrich Dorpmueller (24 July 1869 in Elberfeld – 5 July 1945 in Malente) was general manager of Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft from 1926 to 1945 and the German Reich Transport Minister from 1937 to 1945.

Kei Igawa

During the 2008 and 2009 seasons, Yankee General Manager Brian Cashman twice attempted to sell Igawa to a Japanese team, but Igawa refused to return to Japan both times.

Mike Mularkey

Mularkey's offensive schemes continued to be touted by then general manager Tom Donahoe, despite the lack of production, finishing 24th in total offense.

MLB Front Office Manager

Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane served as expert consultant on the GM experience and environment.

Peter Hadhazy

Peter "Pete" Hadhazy (February 9, 1944- April 3, 2006), was an American football executive, who served as the General Manager of the Cleveland Browns from 1976-81 and also as an executive for the National Football League, the short-lived United States Football League and the World League of American Football.

Pradeep Singh

Pradeep Singh founded Aditi Technologies in 1994 after nine years in management positions at Microsoft, including General Manager of the Windows 95 mobile services group.

Rocky Wirtz

Wirtz stated in a brief interview that he would keep Dale Tallon as Blackhawks general manager and Denis Savard as head coach.

Rolando McClain

Following a string of poor first round picks by late owner/GM Al Davis, the selection of Rolando McClain was applauded by many analysts.

Ron Schueler

Ronald Richard Schueler (born April 18, 1948, in Catharine, Kansas) is a former Major League pitcher, pitching coach, general manager and scout.

Roy Hartsfield

In 1977, Hartsfield was hired as the first-ever manager of the expansion Toronto Blue Jays by the Jays' first general manager, Peter Bavasi, who had worked with him in the Dodger organization.

Russ Brandon

Brandon was first named to a high-level executive position within the franchise in 2006, being named director of non-football operations alongside general manager Marv Levy.

Saint Francis University

Scott Layden – Former president and general manager of the New York Knicks NBA basketball team and former general manager of the Utah Jazz.

Scot McCloughan

Scot McCloughan is the former General Manager of the San Francisco 49ers.

Stanford Samuels

Throughout his CFL career, Samuels has lashed out against management having called former Blue Bombers general manager Brendan Taman a "snake" and then getting in a heated argument with former Eskimos head coach Danny Maciocia, following the release of Ron Warner.

Stu Holcomb

He was promoted to replace Ed Short as general manager in September 1970, the last month of a season in which the White Sox finished with its worst record in team history at 56–106.

Tom Lewand

Millen served a dual role as president and general manager of the Lions before he was relieved of both duties in the middle of the 2008 season (Martin Mayhew became General Manager).

William Walsingham, Jr.

When Breadon parted company with his longtime general manager, Hall of Famer Branch Rickey, at the close of the 1942 campaign, Walsingham became the club's chief of baseball operations, although the GM title was not formally assigned to him.


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2009–10 Portland Trail Blazers season

March 16 - Tom Penn is relieved of his assistant general manager duties by owner Paul Allen.

2012–13 Calgary Flames season

Assistant General Manager John Weisbrod, who made the pick, said Jankowski was the most physically talented player available in the draft, while General Manager Jay Feaster predicted that he could become the best player taken in the draft.

Alessandro Pansa

Alessandro Pansa (Mortara, June 22, 1962) is Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Finmeccanica SpA.

Alex J. Walling

Three years later, in 1987, he became general manager of CJGL-FM in Swift Current, Saskatchewan.

Anatole Marie Nkou

He is also the younger brother of His Majesty Innocent Ondoa Nkou, Paramount Chief of the Evouzok-Ewondo tribe (Fifinda) and Vice General Manager of the BICEC Cameroun groupe BPCE.

Animal Planet

In November 2012, Revision3, the Discovery-owned online video network, entered into a partnership with Fishbowl Worldwide Media to distribute and sell advertising for its pets-focused YouTube programming, as well as to fund development of new shows, on its YouTube channel PETSAMI, run by FishBowl Digital Studio senior vice president and general manager David Beebe.

Anucha Browne Sanders

Several days after her firing in January 2006, Browne Sanders filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against New York Knicks general manager Isiah Thomas and Madison Square Garden (the corporation which owns the Knicks and several other New York sports franchises).

Bartolomé Gamundi

A former General Manager at Electro Biology Corp., and a former executive at Arthur Andersen, Price Waterhouse, GE and Weston Instruments, Gamundi is a former president of the Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association and of the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce.

Bob Enyart

A series of late night phone calls by Enyart to the general manager of the Kenosha, Wisconsin station which carried his program but publicly disagreed with Enyart's views prompted Senator Russ Feingold to call for a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) investigation to see if any laws had been broken by the talk show host.

Bobby Baun

Eventually, other players sought Baun's advice about their contracts and salaries, which eroded his relationship with Leafs' general manager Punch Imlach.

Carlson School of Management

Flip Saunders (’83 BSB) – Co-owner, President of Basketball Operations & General Manager, Minnesota Timberwolves, National Basketball Association; Former Head Coach, Minnesota Timberwolves, National Basketball Association

Charles Deaton

Deaton caught the ear of Kansas City Chiefs General Manager Jack Steadman and suggested building side-by-side stadiums for the two sports with each stadium customized to its needs.

Childeric Muller

In 1993, he joins Reg Grundy Organisation as General Manager of Grundy TelevisionFrance/Pearson/Fremantle (Grundy is acquired by Pearson Television, and change name to FremantleMedia in 2000).

Fernando Recio

On 17 October 2013, general manager Ken Ng announced that Recio had renewed his contract until 2016.

Garrison Norton

Norton first joined the government in 1934, when he became deputy general manager of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation.

George Reeves-Smith

In addition to running the Savoy, he was general manager of the other hotels and restaurants in the Savoy group and was a director of the Savoy Theatre.

Grundman

Irving Grundman, former general manager of the Montreal Canadiens

Howard A. Coffin

He worked as a representative for the book publishers, Ginn & Co., 1901-1911; controller, Warren Motor Car Company, Detroit, Michigan, 1911-1913; manager, Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, of Michigan, 1913-1918; secretary, Detroit Pressed Steel Company, 1918-1921; assistant to president, Cadillac Motor Company, of Detroit, 1921-1925; vice president and later president, White Star Refining Company, 1925-1933; general manager, Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, 1933-1946.

Howie Roseman

Although Roseman has the title of general manager, he works mainly in an advisory role to head coach Chip Kelly, who has the final say in football matters.

Hubert Sagnières

From 1986 to 1987 he then held the position of Assistant General Manager of Europe at Valois in Paris.

Intercollegiate Broadcasting System

The current President of IBS is Chris Thomas, General manager of WLTL in La Grange, Illinois.

Jim Rilatt

Rilatt continued to coach youth soccer with Lake Oswego Soccer Club before being hired in 2009 as Director of Coaching for youth club EastSide United FC where Portland Timbers General Manager Gavin Wilkinson serves as Technical Director.

Jimmy Raye III

In 2012, Chicago Bears general manager Jerry Angelo was fired, and Raye was one of four candidates for the job.

Joseph Reiser

Joseph Reiser was a longtime general manager of the Omega watch company.

Juan Mauricio Wurmser

His years as a corporate marketing executive include early assignments with the Guatemala subsidiaries of Warner Lambert, Avon, and Colgate-Palmolive, before joining British American Tobacco in 1978, a company that he served for 15 years in Guatemala, Panama, Spain, Mexico, and Argentina before returning to Guatemala as President and General Manager of its local subsidiary.

Justin Upton

Scouts rave about Upton's talent, and he is often compared to Ken Griffey, Jr. Baseball Tonight's Peter Gammons stated during an episode that a Major League general manager recently told him that "Upton was the best 20-year-old he's ever seen".

Kevin Cheveldayoff

Longtime Manitoba Moose general manager Craig Heisinger, a friend of Cheveldayoff's from their days with the Wheat Kings, was named as his assistant.

Legoland Windsor Resort

In September 2010, the park's high quantity of wasps during the season was featured on Watchdog, with general manager Sue Kemp appearing with host Anne Robinson and confirming new signage, actions and details on the website.

Marty O'Neill

Marty O'Neill, born June 6, 1964 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is a former lacrosse player and former general manager of the Minnesota Swarm of the National Lacrosse League (NLL).

Mike Scifres

Scifres was drafted by the Chargers in 2003 at the recommendation of Kyle Smith, the son of former Chargers General Manager A.J. Smith.

Mimi Lamote

From 2001 until 2005, she was General Manager of the C&A Belgium-Luxemburg company of the Brenninkmeijer family.

Natzweiler-Struthof

The collection was sanctioned by Reichsführer of the SS Heinrich Himmler, and under the direction of August Hirt with Rudolf Brandt and Wolfram Sievers, general manager of the Ahnenerbe, being responsible for procuring and preparing the corpses.

Raúl Barragán

Barragán became a general manager of Aerolíneas Argentinas in 1978 at Concordia, a border city between Argentina and Uruguay.

Reggie McKenzie

Reggie McKenzie (linebacker), linebacker who played in the NFL, 1985–1992 and current general manager for the Oakland Raiders.

Richard Heffner

A protégé of Edward R. Murrow, Heffner helped establish what is now WNET (Channel 13) in New York City and was its first general manager, from 1961–63.

Rick Sofield

Sofield also previously worked with Pirates general manager Neal Huntington, assistant general manager Kyle Stark, Triple-A Indianapolis manager Dean Treanor, and pitching coordinator Jim Benedict.

Skolkovo innovation center

The agreement was signed by Victor Vekselberg, President of the Skolkovo Foundation; Anatoly Chubais, CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of Rosnano; Alexander Provotorov, President and Chairman of the Management Board of Rostelecom; Igor Agamirzian, CEO of Russian Venture Company; Evgeny Babayan, Chairman of the Board, ITFY; Leonid Svatkov, CEO ITFY; Bruno Di Leo, Senior Vice President IBM; and Kirill Korniliev, Country General Manager, IBM Russia & CIS.

The Revenge of Blind Joe Death: The John Fahey Tribute Album

This John Fahey tribute album was produced by Jon Monday, former art director and later Vice President and General Manager of Fahey's label, Takoma Records.

Tino Lettieri

Tino married Michelle Nanne, daughter of famed North Star player and General Manager, Lou Nanne.

Todd Bergen

There was speculation that Bergen was holding out because he was trying to get away from Keenan, to which general manager Bobby Clarke responded, "Who am I gonna trade him for, Lee Trevino?"

Tommy Dean

Dean was signed out of high school for a $60,000 bonus in 1964 by Los Angeles Dodgers general manager Buzzie Bavasi, who was trying to transform the Dodgers into a team built around pitching, speed, and defense and considered Dean a top young prospect.

VBirds

VBirds were a British virtual/cartoon girl band created by a team of designers, producers and musicians (one of whom was the drummer of the band UB40, James Brown) led by Richard Kilgarriff, The General Manager of Cartoon Network UK in 2002 and aired as 6×1 minute episodes between long form programming.

Veekshanam

At present, Benny Behanan, General Secretary of KPCC is the Managing Director of the paper and Ramesh Chennithala, KPCC President is the General Manager.

Walt Jocketty

During the 1994 season Jocketty served the Colorado Rockies for a brief stint as their Assistant General Manager/Player Personnel.

White House Chief Usher

The current and ninth Chief Usher is Angella Reid, a former general manager of the Ritz-Carlton at Pentagon City, Virginia.

William C. Wampler

Wampler was again an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1956 to the 85th Congress, and served as vice president and general manager of Wampler Brothers Furniture Company in Bristol, Virginia from 1957 to 1960 and the vice president and general manager of Wampler Carpet Company from 1961 to 1966.

William R. Johnson

He worked at Ralston, Frito-Lay and Anderson-Clayton Foods before joining Heinz in 1982 as general manager of new business.

WJJL

Former WGN Radio-Chicago VP/General Manager Tom Langmyer worked there as a summer fill-in personality, news reporter and anchor while in college.

Yuval Boger

CEO of Unwired Express, a software company in the enterprise mobility space and General Manager at Radcom Ltd.