B4WorkingInSports
By Max Sheiman
B4WorkingInSportsApr 29, 2021
Episode #16: Interview with Jason Weinzirl, Associate Director of Ticket Operations for University of Miami
In this episode with Jason Weinzirl, we went over his career background and touched on a number of key aspects of working in Ticket Operations. Jason goes in depth on how many moving parts there are in the operations side of sports and explains how it has impacted his career since starting out of college.
Episode #15: Interview with Kyle Pratt, Product Support Engineer at SSB
In this episode with Kyle Pratt we went over his career background from the Anaheim Ducks to SSB. Kyle starts a mini series of ours exploring pathways in the sports industry outside of ticket sales. The focus of this episode is on the business analytics side of the industry.
Episode #14: Interview with Travis Apple, Chief Revenue Officer at Event Dynamic
In this episode with Travis Apple, we went over his career background and touched on the importance of hustle in the sports industry. Travis has been incredibly fortunate to work for a number of organizations on the team side and now is helping Event Dynamic as a company that specializes in ticket pricing systems helping to maximize revenue and increase attendance.
Travis also recently published a book titled "Hustle your way to Success in Sports Sales: Playbook to Being Elite in the Sports Business Industry." You can find it here on Amazon:
Episode #13: Interview with Carly Salerno, Director of Inside Sales at Monumental Sports
In this episode with Carly Salerno, we went over her career background and the incredible things that she has done at Monumental Sports. This pandemic has been a very unique situation in the sports industry, and with it Carly has still been able to achieve amazing things such as planning and implementing an entire virtual hiring event.
Tune in to learn more about her experience in the industry and how she has developed from growing up in Boston and moving to DC to jumpstart her career!
Episode #12: Interview with Kristin Durning, Manager of the Sales Academy at NY Red Bulls
In this episode with Kristin Durning, we went over her career background which is a very unique story. She started with the Red Bulls in 2016 as a part time member of the event Marketing staff. Now with the same team she has developed and implemented the Sales Academy program and has seen it tremendously grow since starting the program.
Tune in to learn more about Kristin's career path and how she's grown her career with the NY Red Bulls!
Episode #11: Interview with Eddie Eixenberger, Director of Ticket Sales at Fiesta Bowl
In this episode with Eddie Eixenberger, we went over his career background and touched on important perspectives on how to view your career path. Diving deep into Eddie's unique story, it showed the importance of being a good teammate and how to adapt in order to find success.
Episode #10: Interview with Mark Bloom, Senior Manager of Organizational Business Development with the Cleveland Cavaliers
In this episode with Mark Bloom, we went over his career background and touched on important topics such as having patience and the ability to learn from your failures.
He is currently the Senior Manager of Organizational Business Development and helps run The Foundation ticket sales program for entry level sales professionals getting their start in the sports business industry.
Interested in learning more about The Foundation program and what Mark does? Tune in at the link attached below:
https://www.nba.com/cavaliers/thefoundation
Episode #9: Interview with Brad Fain, Director of Ticket Sales at BSE Global
In this episode with Brad Fain, we went over his career background and dove deep into how to find success in your career path. We also touched on some tips for developing yourself as a professional in the way you want to be seen by others.
Episode #8: Interview with Josh Belkoff, Senior Director of Business Development with Sports Business Solutions
In this episode with Josh Belkoff, we went over his career background and took a dive deep into what Sports Business Solutions does. He is currently the Senior Director of Business Development, and if you want to learn more about Sports Business Solutions and their Clubhouse platform, then visit the links attached below.
https://sportsbusiness.solutions/
https://clubhouse.sportsbusiness.solutions/
Episode #7: Interview with Andrew Hicks, Group Sales Manager at One World Observatory
In this episode with Andrew Hicks, we went over his career background and touched on the unique ways he has grown his career in the world of Group Sales.
Episode #6: Interview with Adam Vogel, Senior Vice President of Ticket Sales/Service for the Utica Comets
In this episode with Adam Vogel, we went over his career background and touched on some of his unique perspectives on how to use your resources and manage your time in order to successfully grow your career in the sports industry
Episode #5: Interview with Philicia Douglas, Inside Sales Manager for the New Orleans Saints/Pelicans
In this episode with Philicia Douglas, we went over her career background and touched on some unique perspectives from having grown her career as a women in sports
Episode #4: Interview with Ted Glick, Senior Director of Sales & Service for Sacramento Republic FC
In this episode with Ted Glick, we went over how to crush your career from starting in an Inside Sales entry level position and best advice on creating a brand for yourself in the sports industry.
Episode #3: Tips on how to have success with Career Fairs
In this episode we address how to find, prepare, crush, and follow up from a sports career fair.
Episode #2: Using your resources efficiently
In this episode we go over some of the available resources in the sports industry, as well as ways to be efficient and effectively use them.
Episode #1: Intros
Welcome to the B4WorkingInSports podcast hosted by Max Sheiman, Alex Kujawa, Patrick Buzzard, and Walker Cooper. In this episode we go over our unique backgrounds in the sports industry and address some of the mentors that have helped us along the road.