Dennis Franczak

Dennis, a former US Air Force officer,  is a successful business builder with over 20 years experience in sports, entertainment, and media.

Dennis founded the Boston Imperials Hockey Club in 2019, and in 2020 Founded Boston Hockey Academy followed by the Boston Jr. Imperials (Boston Rockets) in 2021.

As founder of one of the largest ad agencies in New England, Fuseideas, Dennis was instrumental in the launch of the first streaming sports platform called ESPN360 in 2006. He went on to help launch streaming channels for Disney and ABC News.  His agency was also part of the team that helped launch the Big Ten Sports Network for Fox in 2007. 

Other sports and entertainment brands he has worked on include the Adidas, Boston Bruins, National Hockey League, Buffalo Bills, MLB. He helped launch the first women's pro soccer league, the WUSA, and then went on to do the same for the second league Women's Pro Soccer.

In the youth sports arena, he has worked with a number of organizations including, Boston Bolts Soccer Club, Global Premier Soccer, Mass. Youth Soccer, Lovell Hockey, and US Club Soccer.

Dennis is also an accomplished coach having coached college soccer at Suffolk(2 years), MIT(1 year), Northeastern (7 years), and Boston College (3 years).  During that time he also was part of the staff that won a Youth National Championship and his teams have won several state championships. He's a level 4 hockey instructor with over 10 years hockey coaching experience.

He also owns Bright Matter Advisors,  a strategic consulting firm that performs  C-Suite Advisory for companies seeking growth, operations efficiency, or merger/acquisitions.

A native of Buffalo, NY, Dennis is the proud father of 2 children, Will and Alyssa, and lives in Medford, MA.