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Gain exclusive insight into the professional and personal worlds of high-level executives in sports and entertainment as we host top decision-makers in the industry to discuss emerging topics, their business, careers, and personal life stories.
From collegiate conference commissioners to professional sports team executives and owners, to CMOs and leading marketers at global brands, Maestas takes listeners inside the lives of key people making a major impact on the sports and entertainment industry.
Gretchen Sheirr – President of Business Operations for the Houston Rockets – spent 20 seasons with the team before ascending to her current role in 2021.Â
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Over that stretch, she pioneered new ticketing practices, and became one of our industry’s leading experts on digital ticketing. She join AJ Maestas to discuss the lessons she’s learned over the course of her career, some best practices for ticketing and venue management, and how we as an industry can improve when it comes to DE&I practices.Â
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1:30 – Gretchen’s career path/staying with the same organization
7:27 – Ticketing
11:40 – Rockets Owner, Tilman Fertitta
14:00 – Lessons from the COVID-19 experience
20:05 – DE&I in sports
24:05 – Rapid Fire Questions
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Join Navigate Founder, AJ Maestas, as he talks with key decision-makers from the sports and entertainment industry about emerging trends, business, their career path, business insights, personal stories, and more.
From collegiate conference commissioners to team owners and executives to CMOs of global brands, Maestas takes listeners inside the lives of the people driving today’s sports and entertainment industry.
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