He is currently working for Detroit Pistons as the director of basketball operations.

Ken Catanella is a leader in the growing field of basketball analytics. He joined the NBA League Office in January 2009 and was selected as Manager of the League's Basketball Analytics efforts soon thereafter. He previously worked for the New Jersey Nets as Coordinator of Statistical Analysis from 2006-2008 and managed the creation and implementation of the Nets' statistical scouting systems. He also advised the team’s GM, President, and ownership by evaluating domestic and international player personnel as well as the team’s strategic financial plan.

Before joining the Nets, Catanella worked in both basketball and finance. Following graduation from Amherst College in 1997, he worked on Wall Street providing analytics on stadium/arena financings for professional teams and valuing publicly traded companies. His basketball experience includes time as a collegiate player and Assistant Coach at Amherst College, and professional player on the German Bundesliga’s Cologne 99ers. He also later served as the German team’s Assistant GM.

While earning his MBA at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, Catanella was a Graduate Assistant on the 2004 and 2005 Duke University Men’s Basketball teams. He developed systems and analytical methods for the team’s coaches, and concurrently interned with the Assistant GM of the Philadelphia 76ers.