We transform pro sports operations with data-driven strategies and executive development.
TRUSTED BY
ZACK SCOTT
Founder & CEO
For over 20 years, our proven system has directly contributed to four Boston Red Sox world championships. We have also advised organizations like the 2023 World Series champion Texas Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Detroit Tigers.
We partner with global sports leaders who refuse to settle. Leaders who know that smarter decisions, innovation, seamless collaboration, and top talent are the keys to sustained success. Our services are customized to each client’s specific needs. For example, we have helped teams:
- extract maximum value from player data to fuel smarter decisions
- transform culture to a data-empowered, collaborative environment that attracts and retains top talent
- hire and mentor impactful leaders and contributors who drive results faster
- articulate a clear vision and set measurable goals to track progress toward success
- optimize scouting coverage to increase the evaluation success rate
- integrate a performance program to reduce injuries and save millions in productivity
- implement cutting-edge player development approaches to raise player ceilings
- build tools and streamline pre-game preparation to facilitate better in-game decisions
“An asset to any organization seeking to better itself and establish a competitive edge.”
“Zack’s ability to create innovative and impactful data-driven processes has always stood out. He not only has the experience and expertise to set up an elite data analytics department from scratch — the hiring, the technology, the structure, the management — but he also understands the big picture and how best to integrate objective decision-making into the broader operation. A proven winner and great teammate, Zack would be an asset to any organization seeking to better itself and establish a competitive edge.”
Theo Epstein
Senior Advisor, Fenway Sports Group
SERVICES
DATA
EMPOWERMENT
The barriers to fully capitalizing on player data are 80% cultural and 20% technical. We will explore technical solutions but focus on helping your people leverage analytics to make better decisions and improve player acquisition and optimization processes.
TALENT
ARCHITECTURE
Finding and retaining top sports operations talent in a competitive market is a significant challenge. Let us build your talent pipeline and deliver employee development programs to give you early access to the best candidates and accelerate your people’s growth.
CULTURAL
ALIGNMENT
Are your departments not on the same page? Siloed operations lead to miscommunication, missed opportunities, and suboptimal decisions. Let’s transform your culture into a competitive advantage by increasing trust, healthy debate, and alignment.
PROCESS
OPTIMIZATION
As the amount of player information increases, so do staffing and tech costs. Budgets are scrutinized, but we often overlook how we spend our time. We will examine ways to streamline your processes while maximizing output in less time.
UNLOCK YOUR TEAM'S POTENTIAL
Contact us today to learn how we can help you win smarter.
TESTIMONIALS
Sandy Alderson
, New York Mets
Zack did an excellent job for us. He modernized our baseball operation through a large-scale expansion of R&D and an infusion of innovative thinkers into various departments. He hired talented leaders and created a collaborative culture, empowering people to voice their opinions and participate in healthy debate. He welcomed traditional and novel perspectives, genuinely listened to them, and then distilled the vast information into good decisions.
Chris Young
, Texas Rangers
Zack’s contributions gave us the confidence to be bold at the trade deadline, acquiring key players who directly impacted our World Series victory. His impressive ability to connect with our people fostered trust and helped us turn analytical insights into action. I highly recommend partnering with Four Rings for their invaluable perspective and expertise.
Ben Cherington
, Pittsburgh Pirates
When we worked together in Boston, Zack was an important, different perspective in our decision-making process. He made well-articulated arguments backed up with objectivity. Now, Four Rings allows him to bring a fresh viewpoint with strong problem-solving skills to clubs across all sports. He’ll positively impact any organization.
Alec Schall
, Pittsburgh Penguins
Zack is unique in that he thinks from a big-picture strategy perspective while simultaneously offering practical and realistic steps to improve. He helped us with technology, data science, organizational design, and finding good people. The fact that success follows the teams he works with is not a coincidence.
Alex Cora
, Boston Red Sox
Zack gave me a lot of ideas, and we talked almost every day. He works hard, listens, communicates clearly, and is open minded. He gets it that both analytics and years of on-field experience are important to winning.
Raquel Ferreira
, Boston Red Sox
There's a special camaraderie you develop with people who have worked alongside you for a long time. Zack is one of those people. For more than a decade, I had a front row seat to his career development and experienced firsthand his depth of knowledge, ability to really listen and hear people, and the emphasis he put on cultivating relationships and connecting with his colleagues and his team. He's one of the most capable people I know.
Brian O’Halloran
, Boston Red Sox
Zack has a sharp analytical mind and is an independent thinker. He is able to tune out noise, critically assess complex operational issues, and effectively communicate logical solutions. He is a strong team builder, with much experience identifying, developing, and empowering talented staff. Zack helps create and enhance a collaborative culture fueled by intellectual curiosity and the desire to build competitive advantages.
Chaim Bloom
, Boston Red Sox
For nearly two decades in Boston, Zack was an integral part of one of the most successful front offices in sports. As a division rival, I respected his work; when I became his colleague, I got to see firsthand the intellect and mindset behind it. Beyond his contributions to four championship teams, the Red Sox family had in Zack both a conscientious manager of people, and a loyal friend and teammate. His influence on the baseball operation here was profound.
Theo Epstein
, Fenway Sports Group
Zack’s ability to create innovative and impactful data-driven processes has always stood out. He not only has the experience and expertise to set up an elite data analytics department from scratch — the hiring, the technology, the structure, the management — but he also understands the big picture and how best to integrate objective decision-making into the broader operation. A proven winner and great teammate, Zack would be an asset to any organization seeking to better itself and establish a competitive edge.