News | July 14, 2025
The former NBPA Executive Director, based in Washington, DC, will lead Secretariat’s growing Global Sports Consulting capabilities.
An expert on auctions, corporate strategy, and econometrics, Dr. Ingraham advises on radio spectrum and electricity auctions, bid-rigging and market manipulation, corporate finance, and collective bargaining.
Washington, DC
An expert on auctions, corporate strategy, and econometrics, Allan Ingraham advises on radio spectrum and electricity auctions, bid-rigging and market manipulation, corporate finance, and collective bargaining.
Dr. Ingraham has provided strategic advice in dozens of high-stakes auctions worldwide, guiding his clients to superior market positions for lower costs. He has also studied competition and market regulation for both wireline and wireless communications and has testified on radio spectrum licensing, auction competition, and the accuracy of statistical predictors. In addition, he has developed financial models for collective bargaining in professional sports.
Dr. Ingraham has published articles on the detection of bid-rigging, taxation and regulation of telecommunications services, the determinants of broadband adoption worldwide and in the United States, and the effects of auction design components on market outcomes. He has published articles in Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy, Review of Network Economics, Yale Journal on Regulation, Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy, Telecommunications Policy, Canadian Journal of Law and Technology, and Virginia Tax Review.
The former NBPA Executive Director, based in Washington, DC, will lead Secretariat’s growing Global Sports Consulting capabilities.
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