Robert Tuchman
TSE Founder & President
When journalists around the world need an authority to speak on the sports entertainment business, they turn to Robert Tuchman, founder and president of New York-based TSE Sports & Entertainment, a global leader in sports and entertainment promotion.
Founded in 1996 in his one-bedroom Manhattan apartment, TSE Sports & Entertainment has been listed in the annual Inc. 500 list of America’s Fastest Growing Privately-Held Companies and as one of the Top 100 Promotion Agencies in Promo Magazine. As a result, Tuchman has been quoted as a leading authority since 1999 in literally dozens of global publications including USA Today, The New York Times, and BusinessWeek.
A frequent guest on Your World with Neil Cavuto, Tuchman has appeared on CNN, the CBS Morning News, BET, and has been the subject of features in dozens of publications nationwide including The Wall Street Journal, Southwest Airlines’ Spirit magazine, and Entrepreneur, Tuchman is the quintessential voice of young, ambitious Americans.
A graduate of Boston University with a degree in broadcast journalism, Tuchman is a contributing writer for ESPN.com, providing travel tips and fan-friendly insight into the world’s major sporting events, including the U.S. Open and Ryder Cup. He began his professional career with Sports Phone in 1993, while also serving as an investment advisor with Lehman Brothers and as a sales representative for Chicago-based Sports Profiles.
In February 2006, Tuchman sold the majority of TSE Sports & Entertainment to North America Sports Media, Inc.. Tuchman remains as CEO and also maintains an ownership stake in the company. Clients he has worked or currently works closely with include Anheuser-Busch, Hershey, and Eastman Kodak Company.
Tuchman's competitive spirit has led him to participate in such grueling events as the Lake Placid Ironman competition and the New York City Marathon. Currently, he resides with his wife Amy on the Upper West Side in Manhattan.
Brett Sklar
TSE Senior Vice President
They say, if you are Number Two you need to work harder. And no one in the sports marketing and hospitality field works harder than the Number Two executive at Manhattan-based TSE Sports & Entertainment (TSE), Brett Sklar.
A native of Tarzana, CA, Sklar serves as Senior Vice President of TSE. He joined the firm in October 1997, six months after the it opened its doors, and now is responsible for all of the agency's internal and sales operations.
"Brett Sklar brings a great deal of sales knowledge, business acumen and motivational skills to his role at TSE," states agency president Robert Tuchman. "We would not have been able to build the company so completely and so quickly without Brett's assistance and contributions."
Prior to joining TSE, Sklar was a sales representative with Roberts Pharmaceuticals in Red Bank, NJ from 1995-97, and also served in that same capacity from 1994-96 with Record Press in New York, NY .
A 1993 graduate of the University of Arizona, with a B.A. degree in Psychology, Sklar currently resides in New York City.
Andy Robb
TSE Vice President of Operations
Andy Robb has been a tremendous asset since joining TSE as its Director of Operations in 1998. Upon his hiring, he immediately embarked on an in-house restructuring. This streamlining instantly increased the efficiency of TSE. Andy has constantly worked to meet the needs of TSE's clients and employees. Highlights of his tenure include improved on-site event management, enhanced client relations, a more effective collections process, and implementation of a more generous employee benefits package. These adjustments have enabled TSE to attract and retain a strong core of employees and to expand its client base exponentially.
Andy graduated from Brooklyn College with a Master of Science in Sports Management and earned his undergraduate degree from State University of New York College at Oneonta. He is an active member of Networld and the Brooklyn College Alumni Association. He has also been a regular donor to the New York Junior Tennis League and has done volunteer work for the New York Police Athletic League. |
