Alex Schwerin -- President
ASchwerin@armorhoops.com

Alex is in his sixth year with the HWS Group and third year as President of the Springfield Armor. Prior to his arrival in Springfield, Alex spent five years in minor league baseball working for the Modesto Nuts, the Class A California League affiliate of the Colorado Rockies. His career in Modesto began in February of 2004 as the Director of Operations. He was promoted to Assistant General Manager prior to the 2005 season and promoted to General Manager before the 2008 season. While in Modesto Alex built a strong relationship with the team’s major league affiliate the Colorado Rockies. He was also instrumental in major staff accomplishments during the 2007 and 2008 seasons. During those two years the organization broke the full season attendance record twice and the single game attendance record three times. In 2008, the Modesto Nuts were winners of the “Small Business of the Year” award presented by the Modesto Chamber of Commerce.

A native of Cohasset, Massachusetts, Alex graduated from the University of Massachusetts - Amherst with a degree in Sport Management in May 2003. While acquiring his degree Alex spent four years as an Operations Manager at the Mullins Center Arena on campus and spent all four summers working in the Operations Department for the Bay State Games. Away from work Alex enjoys traveling with his fiancé Jen and spending time with family and friends.

Ben Burnett – Director of Sales
BBurnett@armorhoops.com

Ben has come to the Springfield Armor organization with six years Minor League Baseball experience. Most recently, Ben was a part of the Mandalay Baseball family with the Hagerstown Suns, as member of the Class A South Atlantic League in Hagerstown, MD. where he served as the Senior Director of Ticket Sales for the team for the past two seasons.

Under his direction, the Suns implemented several new ticketing programs that offered the fans in Hagerstown a tremendous amount of value in addition to the high level of family entertainment that took place at Municipal Stadium. In his two seasons with the club, the team was able to increase the number of sellout games from two in the six years prior to his arrival to 8 sellouts in 2009 and 16 sellouts in 2010. In September of 2010, he was honored by the South Atlantic League when they named him the Sales Executive of the Year.

Although he was born in Barstow, CA., Ben considers himself a native of Central New York, where he actually grew up. There, he graduated from the SUNY Cortland in 2003, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Sport Management. While attending college Ben worked three summers with the Binghamton Mets (AA Eastern League), and then spent time working for the Auburn Doubledays and the Jamestown Jammers, both of the Short Season Class A NY-Penn League after college.

In his free time, Ben enjoys golf, basketball, baseball and football. He actually a Red Sox fan, despite growing up in NY, but his favorite sports team is the Syracuse Orange Men’s Basketball team.

Eli Pearlstein-- Director of Marketing & Public Relations
EPearlstein@armorhoops.com

Eli is in his second season with the Springfield Armor organization. Eli joined the organization as the team's Marketing & Public Relations manager in November 2010 and was promoted to the position of Director of Marketing & Public Relations in April 2011. Eli previously worked for United Sports Associates, where he worked on event marketing and sponsorship sales packages.

Prior to joining United Sports Associates, Eli was the Sports Director for the University of Connecticut’s student radio station, WHUS-Storrs, and wrote extensively for GateHouse News Media Inc.

Eli graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Journalism and Political Science and a minor in History from the University of Connecticut in 2010.

Eli is a native of Swampscott, MA and enjoys traveling and spending time with friends and family. He is an avid Detroit Lions and Detroit Tigers fan.

Kyle Knickerbocker – Group Sales Manager
KKnickerbocker@armorhoops.com

Kyle spent two seasons with the Springfield Armor as an Account Executive and was promoted to the position of Group Sales Manager in May 2012. Prior to joining the Armor, he worked as an Account Manager for the New Jersey Nets during the 2009-2010 season. Kyle also previously worked for the PGA TOUR, where he interned in the tournament operations department for The Barclays.

Kyle is a 2009 graduate of Western New England University, where he earned a degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Sport Management.

As a passionate fan of the locally hated New York Jets and New York Yankees, Kyle makes regular weekend trips back to his hometown of Monroe, New York, during the offseason and attends games at the Meadowlands and Yankee Stadium. However, his number one commitment is to the continued growth of the NBA Development League in the Springfield community.

Brad Medeiros -- Sales & Marketing Account Executive
BMedeiros@armorhoops.com

Brad is in his first season as an Account Executive for the Springfield Armor after being promoted following a stint as an Inside Sales Representative. Brad began his career with the Armor in the summer of 2011 as an intern and has now been promoted twice to reach his current position.

Brad graduated from Western New England University in 2011 with degrees in Sports Management and Marketing. As an undergraduate, Brad played for WNE's football team and was a starter on the ECAC champion Golden Bears during his senior season.

Away from the office, Brad enjoys rooting for his Boston sports teams, camping and snowboarding.