SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show

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SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show episodes

November 19, 2023 SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show LIVE at G2E
This episode of the SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show was taped LIVE at The Lab at G2E in Las Vegas, Nevada. Wayne Kimmel interviewed Chris Reynolds, CEO of Epoxy.ai, Scott Sadin, COO of U.S. Integrity and Eric Weiss, President, North America of Odds On Compliance.
Chris Reynolds is CEO of Epoxy.ai.
Reynolds has been delivering strategic results for organizations and investors for over 20 years as an executive and founder. He is the CEO and co-founder of Epoxy.ai. Epoxy is an AI/ML-based sports personalization technology company providing tools that help sports leagues, betting companies, and media entities develop new forms of customer acquisition, engagement, and retention.
Prior to Epoxy, Reynolds was the VP of Product and Technology at Comcast for over 5 yrs, building and scaling the streaming and product portfolio for the company including Flex, Xclass TV, the Xfinity developer portal, Interactivity and sports.
Reynolds joined Comcast through the acquisition of OneTwoSee in 2016. He was the co-founder and CEO of OneTwoSee - award-winning sports technology and data company that built immersive game center applications for MVPD's, CE manufacturers, digital publishers, and broadcasters.
Prior to OneTwoSee, Reynolds managed B2B and B2C web products for Navteq a wholly owned subsidiary of Nokia including, navteq.com, traffic.com, and map24.com.
Reynolds graduated summa cum laude with BA in Film and Media Arts from Temple University and MS in Organizational Dynamics from the University of Pennsylvania.
Scott Sadin is the COO of U.S. Integrity.
Sadin has experience in operational management stemming from financial services institutions such as Apollo Global Management, Tourbillon Capital and MSD Partners.
While working in financial services, Sadin helped develop trading surveillance programs aimed at identifying potentially suspicious equity and debt transactions.
Sadin was born and raised in New York City and received his B.A. in Political Science from Lehigh University.
Eric Weiss is the President, North America of Odds On Compliance.
Weiss was with the New Jersey Division of Gaming (DGE) Enforcement since 1991. He held positions in the Investigative, Technical and Executive Bureaus.
Weiss is a graduate of Richard Stockton University and received his MBA from Rowan University.
Segments time stamps/chapter
0:00 Intro by Wayne Kimmel of Chris Reynolds, CEO of Epoxy.ai, Scott Sadin, COO of U.S. Integrity and Eric Weiss, President, North America of Odds On Compliance.
9:21 Who does U.S. Integrity work with?
13:37 Why Eric Weiss joined Eric Frank at Odds On Compliance
16:46 How Epoxy.ai maintains a strong team
21:03 Major tech companies joining the world of sports
29:00 How large tech companies in professional sports have affected Epoxy.ai
31:52 Aristocrat X NFL and NFLPA partnership
36:35 The future between U.S. Integrity and Odds On Compliance
39:29 How U.S. Integrity brought the sports betting industry together
43:02 The Sports Betting wave comes into New Jersey
45:00 What will G2E look like in 5 years?
50:01 Shocking events from the last 5 years
52:20 Outro
Social Media Handles - Company
U.S. Integrity
X: https://twitter.com/usintegrity?lang=en
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/usintegrity
Odds On Compliance
X: https://twitter.com/OddsOnData
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oddsoncompliance/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/oddsoncompliance/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1Qv0kLPDWiQKRH_tu7UUg
Epoxy.ai
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/epoxy-ai/about/

53 min
October 26, 2023 Jon Patricof, Co-Founder of Athletes Unlimited - SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show #146
On this episode of the SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show, Wayne Kimmel's guest is Jon Patriof, Co-Founder of Athletes Unlimited.
Athletes Unlimited, a network of professional sports leagues that launched in March 2020, Athletes Unlimited now operates leagues in pro women's softball, volleyball, lacrosse, and basketball.
Before founding Athletes Unlimited, Patricof served as president of Major League Soccer’s New York City Football Club, where he currently serves on the board of directors. Prior to NYCFC, Patricof spent 11 years as a member of the board, President and COO of Tribeca Enterprises, the owner and operator of the Tribeca Film Festival and related business ventures. Among his accomplishments was the creation of the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival as well as the company’s landmark branded content partnerships with Dick’s Sporting Goods and American Express.
Throughout his career, Jon has been involved in driving revenue and expanding operations. At Tribeca, he helped expand the company from film into branded entertainment and sports as well as the company's JV with Lionsgate and international partnerships in the Middle East and Asia. Prior to Tribeca, he worked in media private equity prior to which he worked in Corporate Strategic Planning at Disney helping grow the Disney, ESPN and ABC brands across video, audio and digital platforms. His first job was at Forest City Ratner at the inception of the Atlantic Yards development (where the Barclays Center now sits); he worked on Dean Kamen's Segway project and with Harvard Prof. Michael Porter's Initiative for a Competitive Inner City.
Before starting college, Jon lived for a year in Costa Rica where he worked in environmental conservation, starting a community recycling program.
Jon received an M.B.A. with distinction from Harvard Business School and graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College. He lives in New York City with his wife and three children.
Patricof and his co-founder of Athletes Unlimited Jonathan Soros were honored with the Champion(s) for Equality Award at the Women’s Sports Foundation Annual Salute to Women in Sports®. The award, presented by TIAA, acknowledges an individual or organization that shows unwavering commitment to gender equality and to the advancement of girls and women in sports.
17 min
October 14, 2023 Jason McElveen, President of KYX Sneakers - SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show #149
On this episode of the SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show, Wayne Kimmel's guest is Jason McElveen, President of KYX Sneakers.
KYX Sneakers is an innovative online shopping site for premium used sneakers.
McElveen and the KYX Sneakers team are redefining the sneaker market with a revolutionary Sneaker Rating System, professional cleaning, and authentication.
McElveen is an experienced filmmaker and actor with a demonstrated history of working in the motion pictures and film industry. He's skilled in retail, sales, improvisation, and film. He has strong media and communication skills and a graduate of Wofford College.
39 min
September 28, 2023 Meg Kane, Philadelphia Soccer 2026, Host City Executive - SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show #148
On this episode of the SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show, Wayne Kimmel's guest is Meg Kane, Philadelphia Soccer 2026, Host City Executive.
In this role, Kane is responsible for leading the City of Philadelphia's part of the FIFA World Cup 2026. She oversees all day-to-day operations and is the main contact for all communication with FIFA.
In 2019, Kane served as the manager of bid coordination and external affairs for Philadelphia's efforts that led the City to win one of the bids to host the World Cup.
Kane is the President and CEO of Signature 57, a Philadelphia-based strategic communications firm she founded in 2021 and prior to that worked for Brian Communications.
Kane is a Philadelphia native, a graduate of La Salle University, where she sits on the Board of Trustees, and she received her Master's Degree in Public Relations at the University of Maryland.

41 min
September 22, 2023 Travis Williams, Pittsburgh Pirates President - SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show
On this episode of the SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show, Wayne Kimmel is joined by MLB's Pittsburgh Pirates President Travis Williams. Williams is a forward-thinking sports executive who has successfully run several professional organizations.
Prior to becoming the President of Pirates, Williams was the President of Business Operations for the NHL’s New York Islanders and was the COO of the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Penguins won 3 Stanley Cup championships in the 10 years Williams worked for the organization.
Before entering the professional sports industry, Williams was a partner at the law firm Reed Smith LLP. He grew up in Indianapolis is a graduate of Penn State University and received a Juris Doctorate from Duquesne University.
35 min
September 16, 2023 David Beckerman, Founder of Starter, Part 2 - SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show #144
Wayne Kimmel's guest on the SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show, is David Beckerman, the Founder of the Starter Corporation, who built the international sports and lifestyle brand to $700 million in sales.
During episode 2 of this 2-part show, Beckerman discusses with Kimmel his coaching career, his mentors and what he sees in the future of the sports business industry.
Beckerman founded Starter in 1971 and was the mastermind of the convergence of the sports clothing industry with popular culture by developing partnerships with the NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL and universities.
The Starter brand transformed sports culture into fan culture and then into pop culture and created the famous tagline “Wear what the Pros wear.”
Beckerman now serves as a Trustee for the Basketball Hall of Fame.
He was a successful high school basketball coach at Hamden Hall in Connecticut and Pine Crest High School in Florida. His teams won multiple championships and he coached multiple NBA players.
He is the Chairman of the Acorn Group, a real estate management and investment company in New Haven, Connecticut.
29 min
September 07, 2023 David Beckerman, Founder of Starter, Part 1 - SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show #143
On this two-part show of the SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show, Wayne Kimmel's guest is David Beckerman, the Founder of the Starter Corporation, who built the international sports and lifestyle brand to $700 million in sales.
During episode 1 of this two-part show, Beckerman shares with Kimmel how he founded Starter, the Starter iconic satin jacket and how he developed incredible relationships with athletes, coaches and sports executives.
Beckerman founded Starter in 1971 and was the mastermind of the convergence of the sports clothing industry with popular culture by developing partnerships with the NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL and universities.
The Starter brand transformed sports culture into fan culture and then into pop culture and created the famous tagline “Wear what the Pros wear.”
Beckerman now serves as a Trustee for the Basketball Hall of Fame.
He was a successful high school basketball coach at Hamden Hall in Connecticut and Pine Crest High School in Florida. His teams won multiple championships and he coached multiple NBA players.
He is the Chairman of the Acorn Group, a real estate management and investment company in New Haven, Connecticut.
28 min
August 28, 2023 142) Phil Chang, Director of Basketball Analytics and Research with the Los Angeles Lakers - SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show
On this episode of the SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show, Wayne Kimmel is joined by Phil Chang, Director of Basketball Analytics and Research with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Working under Los Angeles Lakers General Manager Rob Pelinka on roster construction, coaching and player development, Chang has helped identify and develop contributors like Danny Green and Alex Caruso and built applications and analytic tools that have been praised across the organization.

His team assists decision-making and data management within Basketball Operations, including areas like player personnel, coaching, scouting, G League, and player health. Phil previously worked in the NBA League Office’s Basketball Strategy & Analytics group, coming from a finance background at BlackRock. Phil attended Princeton University.
37 min
August 16, 2023 141) Dylan Robbins, CEO of Lucra - SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show
On this episode of the SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show, Wayne Kimmel is joined by Dylan Robbins, CEO of Lucra. Lucra (⁠www.lucrasports.com⁠) is a portfolio company of SeventySix Capital and the leading technology provider of real-money gamification services.
Robbins shares the details of Lucra’s landmark deal that will allow the 50 million Americans who play pickleball to compete with each other for real money. DUPR (Dynamic Universal Pickleball Rating) will leverage Lucra’s technology to take match play to the next level, allowing users to play for cash or cash alternatives–court time, tickets, merchandise, and more!
Robbins discusses how the Lucra SDK will be integrated into the DUPR app this fall (⁠https://mydupr.com/⁠), the globally recognized rating system used by professional and recreational pickleball players allowing DUPR to enhance its functionality to continue to track game results and now allow players to participate in real-money matches and tournaments.
19 min
August 02, 2023 140) Robert Gottlieb, President of Marketing at FOX Sports - SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show
On this episode of the SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show, Wayne Kimmel is joined by Robert Gottlieb. Gotlieb serves as President, Marketing, FOX Sports, a position he was elevated to in September 2022.

As the company’s head of marketing since 2014, Gottlieb’s team consists of strategic planning, marketing services, consumer marketing, in-house and out-of-house creative and is responsible for all aspects of the network’s on-air, off-air and consumer marketing efforts including television, print, online, radio and outdoor creative for FOX Sports, FS1, FS2, FOX Deportes and FOX Sports Digital assets.

Previously, Gottlieb served as FOX Sports’ Executive Vice President, Marketing, a role he held since 2014, Gottlieb has developed and led numerous notable marketing efforts, including the branding and launch of FOX’s immensely successful BIG NOON SATURDAY college football franchise, award-winning campaigns for the FIFA World Cupä and the network launch of WWE Friday Night Smackdown. In addition to key TV properties, Gottlieb has guided the marketing and brand-building efforts of businesses such as FOX Super 6 and the 2021 launch of the United States Football League (USFL).

The FOX Sports in-house creative team, with Gottlieb at the helm, has been widely recognized for excellence by industry peers, having won several awards including seven Sports Emmys, scores of Promax honors, 2020 AdWeek Media Plan of the Year and 2021 Cynopsis Marketer of the Year.

A New York native, Gottlieb graduated with a B.F.A. in film from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.
36 min

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