Sports and Technology Panel at IBM InterConnect

February 24, 2016

On February 23rd, I had the chance to paricipate on a sports and technology discussion panel with Robert Roble (SportsTechie.net) and John Short (IBM) at IBM’s InterConnect conference. We used Periscope to live-stream the panel, so I apologive for the iPhone-style vertical view, but here is the recording of our discussion. We talked about everything from content creation and social media to technology partnerships and daily fantasy sports. I hope you enjoy it!

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-c3Kezn8O8

Russell Scibetti
Founding Editor, The Business of Sports The Business of Sports
My name is Russell Scibetti and I have an extensive background in sports business, including CRM and database marketing, interactive and digital marketing, social media, corporate sponsorships and activation, and applied market research. From 2007 to 2014, I worked for Arizona State Athletics, Comcast-Spectacor (Philadelphia Flyers) and the New York Jets to manage and implement CRM, database marketing, market research and other technology-based sales and marketing initiatives. In 2014, I joined KORE Software as their VP of Product Strategy, where I am responsible for the strategic vision, planning and development of the KORE ProSports Ticketing, Sponsorship and Suites/Premium software products. I earned my MBA in Sports Business from the W.P… Read more
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