Sean Callanan chats with San Jose Sharks' Vice President, Business Analytics & Technology Neda Tabatabaie in the this Sports Geek interview
On this podcast you'll learn about:
- How Neda got her start in sports in Toronto
- Why Neda was an original “Sports Geek”
- What it was like as sports starting to understand the importance of data
- The importance of showing incremental success is the key to your data journey
- The advantage of being able to work across multiple teams at MLSE
- Why Neda made the move to San Jose and the draw of Silicon Valley
- How Women of Teal started and why it is important to build and test on new initiatives
- How technology is bringing a new layer of data for analysis and efficiencies
- What teams are looking for in staff wanting to work with data in sports
- How data analysis in sports is very different that traditional business

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Resources from the podcast
- Connect with Neda Tabatabaie on LinkedIn and on Twitter @NedaData
- Follow San Jose Sharks on Twitter @SanJoseSharks, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube
- Check out Women In Tech as mentioned by Neda in the podcast
- Some Sports Geek episodes you might be interested in:
- Need help with your team or athlete's digital? Go to Sports Geek Social Media Athlete Training
Some tweets you may have missed:
Check out the Women of Teal events
Hockey is back!
Perfect day to announce additional details of our first #WomenOfTeal Night for this season: Women of Teal presents Women in Sports – on November 19th.
Can't tell you how excited I am about our powerhouse panel: @kristiyamaguchi @Gordon_Hannah and Kim Davis pic.twitter.com/QSaYRNeH9I— Neda T. (@NedaData) October 2, 2019
Love this, quick merch turnaround.
You asked. We delivered.
Now available at the Sharks Store at @SAPCenter. pic.twitter.com/DUTwvxyfjk
— San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) October 7, 2019
Congrats on the SBJ Gamechangers award
Me and @NedaData at #sbjgc pic.twitter.com/nM8iziqDIQ
— Russell Scibetti (@rscibetti) September 17, 2019
Funny but too close to the mark sometimes, as recommended by Neda
“Marketing Automation” – new cartoon and post on what makes marketing effective https://t.co/7Xr6JLQ4Gi#marketing #automation #cartoon pic.twitter.com/RWWOZ0BPgz
— Tom Fishburne (@tomfishburne) July 28, 2019
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