Eli Velazquez is Executive Vice President of Programming Production and Content for Telemundo Deportes. Working closely with NBC Sports, he leads the division’s sports programming, acquisitions and production, as well as coordinating resources between existing production capabilities to provide Telemundo Network, Universo and the respective digital platforms with high-quality sports content. Ensuring production teams and talent are fully engaged, Velazquez is also responsible for planning and collaborating on major events across divisions.

Most recently, Velazquez served as Senior Vice President, Sports, Telemundo, where he oversaw all sports programming and operations for the network, and led the strategic initiatives related to domestic growth, integration of the department’s content beyond broadcast, and helping to develop new and innovative ways to evolve the sports brand across multiple platforms.

Velazquez joined Telemundo in 1999 as a producer for Boxeo Telemundo and was the first to produce Titulares Telemundo. He progressed to roles of increasing responsibility, including Senior Producer, Director of Sports and Vice President of Sports. Velazquez is a three-time National Emmy Award winner and over the years has helped to secure historic programming agreements and to earn prestigious, industry-wide recognition for the network.

Velazquez is a graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences at Loyola University, New Orleans, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications.