An effective global media executive with over 30 years of industry leadership and innovation, Eli is synonymous with integrity and results. Most recently, he served as Executive Vice President of Sports at NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, where he led Telemundo Deportes to new heights, establishing it as an award-winning sports division renowned for delivering engaging, high quality, record-breaking content.
With responsibility for sports production, programming, rights acquisitions, talent development, operations, and content, Eli shaped Telemundo’s broadcast landscape for major sports events, collaborating closely with NBC Sports and Peacock to bring the best of global sports to Spanish-speaking audiences.
Under Eli's leadership, Telemundo Deportes set new benchmarks for viewership and engagement. He spearheaded the network’s historic coverage of the FIFA World Cup™, providing audiences with unprecedented experiences and breaking audience records in the U.S. across platforms.
Eli also oversaw the execution of the first-ever free to air broadcast of a Super Bowl in Spanish, at that time setting viewership records and cementing the game as the highest-rated non-soccer sporting event on Spanish-language television for the decade. In 2023, he led the network’s partnership with the U.S. Soccer Federation, making them the exclusive Spanish-language home for U.S. National Teams.
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Recognized with eight National Emmy Awards and recently inducted into the Imagen Foundation’s Influential Latinos Hall of Fame, Eli is celebrated by colleagues and industry peers alike. As one colleague shared, “Eli’s unmatched passion, dedication, and leadership have left an incredible legacy. His humility, kindness, and expertise make him one of the greatest leaders I’ve had the pleasure of working alongside.”
Eli is an innovative thinker, always looking for new ways to break through and engage audiences with compelling content. Highly collaborative and thoughtful, he always has the success of the partnership first and foremost on his mind.
— Marissa Solis, SVP Global Brand and Consumer Marketing, NFL
“Collaborating with Eli for over five years has been truly inspiring. Eli’s commitment, energy, hard work, dedication and passion for soccer is just incredible.”
— Jean Christophe Petit, Director, Media Rights & Content Services at FIFA
“He has been a trailblazer, role model and all while successfully lifting many along the way!”
— Nellie Borrero, Managing Director, Accenture