Meet the Staff

David Burns

David Burns

Founder & CEO

 

David has lived in Austria since 2004 and founded Baseball Jobs Overseas in 2012 to help connect players with the many opportunities across Europe and around the world. David is involved in many aspects of the business, but his primary day-to-day focus is on expansion projects and the ongoing support of both members and clubs. 

Email: dburns@baseballjobsoverseas.com

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Jake MacDonald

Jake MacDonald

Media Manager

 

Jake wrapped up his college career at Texas A&M University-Texarkana in 2019 and managed to make it to Europe to play in 2020 amidst a pandemic. Jake plans to continue his overseas baseball career for some which will allow him a lot of downtime to utilize his media skills to promote BBJO members.

Email: info@baseballjobsoverseas.com

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Carter Cromwell

Carter Cromwell

Written Content / Player Bio's / Scouting

 

Carter spent 11 years as a sportswriter for daily newspapers, covering athletics at the high school, collegiate and professional levels. He uses this experience to write the stories of our members who have travelled the world as well as writing up bios for player and club profiles. Carter’s role recently expanded to a boots-on-the-ground, U.S. scout for BBJO.

Jimmy Jensen

Jimmy Jensen

Chief Operating Officer

 

After five years of travelling the world playing baseball, Jimmy finally settled in Austria in 2020 with his fiance. Jimmy’s primary role has always been to work with both members and clubs in finding the right matches. Now settled in Austria and working side-by-side with David, Jimmy’s role has evolved to include supporting the day-to-day decisions of the business. 

Email: j.jensen@baseballjobsoverseas.com

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Nick Miceli

Nick Miceli

BBJO Recruiter

 

Nick is a veteran international professional baseball player who currently plays with the Bonn Capitals of the German Bundesliga North. He is also the Assistant Coach for the Lithuanian National team and is greatly involved with the Portuguese Baseball Federation. Nick is a liaison for BBJO and is our Spanish-Speaking recruitment specialist.

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Arik Sikula

Arik Sikula

Board of Directors

 

From a Blue Jay to BBJO, Arik brings that high-level professional experience to the team and also has a vast range of experience playing overseas. Arik is in an advisory role with regard to professional leagues around the globe in support of our efforts to continue to expand on higher-level opportunities internationally for our members. 

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Geoff Freeborn

Geoff Freeborn

BBJO Recruiter

 

Geoff is a former pro pitcher from Canada. Played all over the world on 6 continents. France, Germany, Australia, Colombia, Hong Kong, Canary Islands, Canada, USA. Member of Canadian Junior National team and Great Britain Senior National team. Now currently run the site Sidearmnation.com, scout for the Baltimore Orioles, Haiti National team, local coach here in western Canada.
Sarah Edwards

Sarah Edwards

Softball Recruitment Manager

 

Sarah has played softball overseas since graduating from Hofstra University in 2018. She has played in Switzerland, New Zealand, the Netherlands and, most recently, Italy where she is also a member of the national team. In March 2023, Sarah began an exciting new role as a hitting development coach in the Philadelphia Phillies minor-league organization. For BBJO, Sarah services our softball membership base while supporting clubs in their search for import players. She is also involved in softball content creation, working closely with our Social Media Manager. 

Email: s.edwards@softballjobsoverseas.com

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Lisa Maulden

Lisa Maulden

Board of Directors

 

After traveling the world playing softball since 2015, Lisa has now settled in Japan where she plays and works, keeping a busy schedule. Lisa healed the position of Softball Recruitment Manager from 2015 until early 2021 and now remains in an advisory role with Softball Jobs Overseas.

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Will Nahmens

Will Nahmens

Technical Support / Website

 

Will has played on three different continents overseas and continues to travel the world playing the game today. Will not only works on the continued development of new bells and whistles for our website, he services as a board member, providing great insight on the continued improvement of our service.

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