Eli Velazquez is Executive Vice President, NBC Deportes. Working closely with NBC Sports, he is responsible for leading sports production and coordinating resources between existing production capabilities to ensure the Telemundo Network, NBC UNIVERSO and the respective digital platforms are provided high-quality sports content.

Most recently, Velazquez served as Senior Vice President, Sports, Telemundo, where he oversaw all sports programming and operations for the network, and led the strategic initiatives related to domestic growth, integration of the department’s content beyond broadcast, and helping to develop new and innovative ways to evolve the sports brand across multiple platforms. In addition, he was responsible for planning and collaborating on major events across divisions within Telemundo.

Velazquez is a three-time National Emmy Award winner and over the years has helped to secure historic programming agreements and to earn prestigious, industry-wide recognition for the network.

Catch Sinfonia: Multicultural Content and Marketing presented by NBCU on Friday, June 26, 2015 at 2:30 pm with Eli Velazquez.