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Dan Zimmer enters his first season in Boston as the Bruins' Vice President of Business Operations. He is responsible for the team's business strategy as well as overseeing the club's legal, finance, box office and retail operations.
A native of Buffalo, NY and a graduate of that city's Canisius College with both a BS degree in finance and an MBA, he comes to Boston following 11 years with Delaware North Companies, Inc., most recently as Treasurer and Vice President. In his role with DNC, Zimmer has been involved in numerous sports business initiatives and strategies, including the financial relationships for the Boston Bruins and the TD Banknorth Garden, the company's Sportservice business and its international business, including the new Wembley National Stadium in the United Kingdom.
He has also worked directly with the National Hockey League on numerous business matters, and has been actively involved in the financing, real estate and development efforts of Delaware North's operations in Boston.
His duties with Delaware North included managing the corporate treasury area, overseeing DNC's relationships with lending institutions and investment managers and working in various countries for DNC, its subsidiaries and affiliates. Prior to joining Delaware North, Zimmer was a vice president of commercial lending with the former Chemical Bank, now known as J.P. Morgan Chase Bank.
Zimmer and his wife, Chris, have two children, son David and daughter Maggie. | 