Matt Basta
Director, Sports at DKC
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolMatt Basta is a sports marketing and communications leader with 15+ years of experience building revenue-driving programs across traditional sports and esports, currently serving as Director, Sports at DKC. He launched and scaled DKC’s esports practice—responsible for 85% of new business—and regularly delivers on-site support at marquee events from Super Bowl Radio Row to Evo. Comfortable operating in startup mode, he combines agency chops, cross-functional collaboration, and hands-on event execution to translate complex ecosystems into clear stakeholder value. His background spans ticketing SaaS expansion, major sponsorship deals, and operational leadership for large-scale live productions, including directing Athlete Parade logistics for the Special Olympic World Games. A marathoner who overcame a severe childhood disability, he brings uncommon grit and a results-first mindset to mentoring teams and winning client trust. Based in Raleigh, he also contributes to technical projects (notably enhancements to Mozilla’s Nunjucks templating engine) that reflect his problem-solving range beyond marketing.
15 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma General Studies, High School Diploma General Studies at Taylorville (IL) High SchoolUniversity of Missouri
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Github Skills (25)
javascript10
parser10
pytest10
python10
testing10
compiler-design10
templating-engine10
ajax9
git9
jquery9
gitignore9
php9
git-merge9
nodejs9
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Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
mozilla/nunjucks
Jan 2013 - Oct 2013
A powerful templating engine with inheritance, asynchronous control, and more (jinja2 inspired)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:15 commits, 1 comment in 8 months
Contributions summary:Matt focused on enhancing the Nunjucks templating engine, primarily by implementing new features such as inline conditional statements and custom tag support. They refactored the compiler, parser, and related modules to support the new functionality. Additionally, the user addressed issues such as incorrect handling of variables within loops and function calls.
template-enginetemplatejinja2asynchronoustemplating
mozilla/Addon-Tests
Jul 2012 - Jan 2013
Tests for Mozilla's Add-ons website
Role in this project:QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:7 commits in 5 months
Contributions summary:Matt primarily focused on updating and maintaining test suites for the Mozilla add-ons website. Their contributions included modifying existing tests to support new features, such as abbreviated compatibility strings and the use of themes instead of personas. They also updated tests to check for specific elements and functionality on the website, ensuring the quality and accuracy of the test suite. The changes involved modifications to test files and test logic, primarily focused on the tests located on desktop pages.
firefoxadd-onsthunderbirdmozillaons
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