Earthquakes Staff/Front Office

David Alioto

Executive Vice President

Executive Vice President of the San Jose Earthquakes David Alioto enters his third year with the team looking to build on the tremendous success of 2008. Alioto was the first employee hired in 2006 after owner Lew Wolff purchased the option to bring a team back to San Jose and he has been involved in every major decision in the expansion club's history since the team's return.

Alioto oversees all aspects of the newly created Major League Soccer franchise including venue development, hiring of all staff, budget management and P&L responsibility. He is also responsible for executing the financial, operational and organizational plan. In addition, Alioto oversees all aspects of sales development including corporate sales, ticket sales and new revenue opportunities. Alioto is also responsible for the advertising and branding of the new Earthquake franchise including launch of the team name, logos and colors and website.

In 2008 under Alioto guidance, the Quakes enjoyed great success on the business-side of the team operations. He oversaw the third-best attendance in Quakes history with an average of 13,713 and the Quakes also had the highest number of individual tickets sold in the league. Under Alioto the club saw a significant increase in sponsorship, finishing 2008 with over 28 partners. His vision played a key role in the team's first jersey sponsorship agreement, as the Earthquakes signed a multi-million dollar, three-year deal with Amway Global for the sponsorship of the Quakes jersey.

While focusing mainly on the business side of the operations, Alioto was also instrumental in bringing General Manager of Soccer Operations John Doyle and head coach Frank Yallop to the Earthquakes.

Alioto's efforts were also fundamental to the successful four-million dollar renovation of Buck Shaw Stadium at Santa Clara University. In October of 2008, Alioto helped established a strategic partnership with the English Premier League's Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.

He not only focuses on MLS but has also played a major role promoting three successful international events at the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum in the past three years. The Mexican National Team has played two matches in Oakland, while the Mexican Olympic team played the Australian Olympic team in Oakland on March 2, 2008. All three games sold over 45,000 tickets with two of the matches selling out the capacity of 47,416 seats. He also helped bring the Superliga game between Chivas vs Atlante soccer game to Buck Shaw Stadium on July 19, 2008.

Alioto joined the Earthquakes organization after serving 15 years with the Oakland Athletics as the Vice President of Sales and Marketing. There, he oversaw all areas of the A's marketing efforts including advertising, ticket sales, corporate sales, promotions, luxury suites, customer service, spring training sales and operations. He played an instrumental role in developing the team's nationally acclaimed "Baseball: A's Style" advertising campaign prior to the 2000 season. Over his tenure, attendance grew from 1.1 million to 2 million plus.

A native of Salinas, Alioto is a graduate of the University of San Francisco, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree. He resides in Walnut Creek with his wife Debby and two sons, Justin and Conner.