Team Dignitas Signs Heather 'sapphiRe' Garozzo As Director of Fan Engagement

As part of our ongoing growth, we have hired a Director of Fan Engagement who will be instrumental in helping us achieve our goals. Taking on this task is Heather 'Sapphire' Garozzo, who brings a wealth of esports and professional marketing experience to our company. Heather will be responsible for the development and execution of our social media and broadcasting strategy, improving our web infrastructure and expanding our audience amongst others.

Heather is a veteran member of the Counter-Strike community. Heather started playing Counter-Strike when it was first released in 1999 and competed in over two hundred tournaments. Her Counter-Strike resume includes history with Evil Geniuses, Team Pandemic and Ubinited where she won the female World Cup. She later joined Team Karma and Selfless Gaming before her squad was recruited by Team Dignitas. Her all-female CS:GO team, which she now manages, is ranked top three in the world. Heather and team were featured on CNN's Inside Man with Morgan Spurlock and Tom Brady & Michael Strahan's Religion of Sports.

Outside of competing, Heather identified a need for Counter-Strike content and produced in excess of five hundred content pieces to support the competitive scene for nearly a decade. Heather received her BA in Communications and MBA in Digital Marketing from the University of Wisconsin. She began her professional career at Fleishman-Hillard as an Account Executive for gaming clients including DirecTV's Championship Gaming Series and Electronic Arts. Heather then spent seven years at the Fortune 500 company, Assurant, where she supported digital marketing efforts through Web Analytics, UX and Conversion Rate Optimization.

In addition to being an active streamer, Heather is a world-renowned CS:GO Observer, billed on the talent line-up for prestigious esports events including ESL, IEM, ELEAGUE and MLG, among others. With seventeen years in esports as a competitor, journalist and marketer, Heather is devotedly passionate about the esports industry.