Zenophon Abraham is the designer and developer of the XFL Simworld and the Oakland
Baseball Simworld, and the creator of the simulator concept around which SBS products are built. Both products are the embodiment of his experience in system dynamics modeling, public finance, urban economic development, sports event planning and bid preparation, public relations, journalism, and economics and
politics.
A creative thinker with a diverse background and a track record of accomplishments, Mr. Abraham created the Oakland-Alameda County Sports Commission, then served as its president. In that role, he headed the bid effort to bring the 2005 Super Bowl to Oakland. With Dr. Rascher, he founded Sports Business Simulations.
Mr. Abraham is a results oriented, proactive leader with a
talent for thinking out-of-the-box: always developing innovative solutions to problems. He is a
top-flight simulation model programmer, policy analyst, city planning and economic development expert, and political and media strategy specialist.
Mr. Abraham has served as economic advisor to the last two Mayors of Oakland, as a consultant to several
California Redevelopment agencies, and as a popular newspaper columnist. He developed the Oakland
Baseball Simworld at UC Berkeley and using documents and materials he recorded during his
time with the Oakland Mayor's Office.
He also is producer of The Blog Report with Zennie62 on several
internet platforms and national television.
