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director,
KEVIN FERRIS quantitative analysis

Kevin Ferris embarks on his second season as the Club's Director of
Quantitative Analysis. He joined the Halos prior to the 2019 season after
serving as a research and development assistant in the Tampa Bay Rays'
Analytics Department from 2015-2018. In his current role, Ferris will work
closely with GM Billy Eppler and the baseball operations staff focusing on a
variety of analytical initiatives and statistical modeling.
Ferris, 29, grew up in Montana and earned both a bachelor of science front office
(mathematics & science) and a master’s degree (statistics) from Montana State
University-Bozeman. He also worked at the university as a graduate teaching assistant (Aug. 2013 -
May 2015).
Before graduation in 2015, Ferris spent time as an intern for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
in Pasadena, CA during the summer of 2012. In 2014, he got his start in Major League Baseball as a
Baseball Operations Intern for the Philadelphia Phillies.

director,
CARLOS GOMEZ international scounting

Carlos Gomez enters his eighth campaign as the Angels Director of
International Scouting. The Puerto Rican native leads the Halos' amateur
scouting efforts in Latin America, Asia and Europe. Part of Gomez’s focus
centers around the Club’s Dominican complex in Boca Chica, DR (Academia
de Abel Garcia).
Gomez served as the Arizona Diamondbacks International Scouting Director
from 2011-12 after joining the organization as a pro scout following the 2007
season .
A former right-handed pitcher, Gomez prepped at Academia del Perpetuo Socorro in San Juan,
PR and played four years collegiately (1998-2001) at Purdue University (IN). Upon graduation with
a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, Carlos pitched for three seasons in the Independent
League (2002-04) in Illinois, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Gomez compiled a 2-2 mark with three
saves and a 4.25 ERA in 56 IP relief outings. He also played for Caguas in the Puerto Rican Winter
League from 2003-04.
Carlos and wife, Maggie, reside in Orlando, FL.

director,
NATE HOROWITZ professional scouting

Nate Horowitz was promoted to his current role in October of 2016.
Horowitz oversees the day-to-day operations of the pro scouting department,
and advises the office of the general manager on all manners of player
acquisition. He previously worked in amateur scouting, where he assisted in
the management of the draft process.
Horowitz, 31, began his baseball career in 2011 as an intern in the baseball
operations department of the Arizona Diamondbacks, focusing on advance
scouting, the amateur draft, and the arbitration process. In 2010, Nate served
as the 16U National Team Coordinator for USA Baseball in Durham, NC. The Newton, MA native
received his bachelor’s degree in economics in 2010 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. Nate lives in Aliso Viejo with his wife, Jacki, and daughter, Everly.

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