Brent Sasaki

Vice President, Business Development

Prior to joining PIVOT, Sasaki was the Vice President of Corporate Partnerships at Sacramento Republic FC, where he was responsible for providing strategic direction for the corporate partnership department and ensuring maximum sales volumes, efficiency and profitability. During his six years at Republic FC, his team broke USL Sponsorship records each year and became the gold standard Corporate Partnerships at the league level. In addition, Brent and his team were able to secure a multi-million dollar MLS jersey partnership with UC Davis Health, three years prior to being awarded an MLS franchise. 

Before joining Republic FC, Sasaki was the Director of Business Development for Corporate Partnerships for the Sacramento Kings, directing the corporate partnerships business development team and managed strategy and implementation of all partner marketing.

The UC Davis graduate also served as the Regional Marketing Manager for Glaceau Vitaminwater, coordinating all local and national partnerships in the Northern California region. Furthermore, he worked in the partnership marketing department at Visa USA, overseeing Visa’s Golden State Warriors, Berkeley Greek Theatre, and San Francisco Giants partnerships.

Favorite Sports Moments: Winning the USL Championship in the inaugural season at Sacramento Republic FC in 2014, attending first Manchester City match at the Etihad in 2019