At Michigan • Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts • ACWPC All-Academic team (2020) • CWPA Scholar Athlete (2020) • U-M Academic Achievement Award • 2x Academic All-Big Ten Senior (2023) • Appeared in 21 out of 33 games this season • Had a career-high 4-point game against Salem University (3/04/23) • Had a career-high 3 steals against St. Francis (3/05/23) Junior (2022) • NCAA Quarterfinals • CWPA Champions • Academic All-Big Ten • Had a career-high two-goal game against M...
Jul 16, 2024•32 min•Season 3Ep. 20
Singles Record: 27-11 duals, 55-24 overall Highest Singles Ranking: No. 18 (Feb. 21, 2023) Doubles Record: 30-10 duals, 53-20 overall Highest Doubles Ranking: No. 4 (Final 2023) Honors • Doubles All-American (2023) • Big Ten Freshman of the Year (2022) • Second-Team All-Big Ten (2023) • ITA Midwest Freshman of the Year (2022) • Second-Team All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten (2023) • ITA Scholar-Athlete Award (2022) • Qualified for the NCAA Doubles Championship (2022, 2023) • NCAA Singles Champio...
Apr 05, 2024•55 min•Season 3Ep. 19
Sean Feeney is Vice President and Head of US Options at Nasdaq. In this role, he leads the business management of Nasdaq’s US Options Exchanges. Prior to this role, Sean served in roles leading US Options Product Strategy as well as US Options Sales at Nasdaq, responsible for the business development of Nasdaq’s options markets. Sean also serves as a member of the Security Traders Association’s Listed Options Committee and the Options Price Reporting Authority Management Committee, representing ...
Apr 01, 2024•30 min•Season 3Ep. 18
J.W. Craft is an accomplished individual whose journey has been marked by a steadfast commitment to innovation, community, and the arts. Following his time at Yale, he ventured into the internet start-up landscape of San Francisco, where he played a pivotal role in the growth of TheScience.com. From there he moved to Blockbuster in Dallas where he wore multiple hats, including marketing, finance, and strategy. In 2007, his journey led him to Alliance Resource Partners, where he assumed the role ...
Jan 22, 2024•34 min•Season 3Ep. 17
Daniel Sillman is the CEO at Relevent Sports Group (RSG). Sillman leads the largest privately-owned football company in North America which owns and operates international football properties and negotiates international broadcast rights for top leagues and governing bodies. Sillman’s initial foray into football was leading the strategy to bring El Clásico to the U.S. for the first time in 2017 creating a week of events and entertainment, resulting in the highest grossing football match in histo...
Jan 08, 2024•33 min•Season 3Ep. 16
Mike Tannenbaum joined ESPN as an NFL Front Office Insider in April 2019. A former NFL executive with more than two decades of experience in team front offices, he appears on a variety of ESPN platforms, including Get Up, First Take, SportsCenter and NFL Live. Tannenbaum has also contributed to ESPN’s coverage of the NFL Draft since 2019, serving as an analyst on ESPN Radio. In addition to his ESPN role, Tannenbaum is the founder of football think tank The 33rd Team , and he teaches Football Bus...
Dec 11, 2023•24 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Matt Higgins is a proven operator, investor and business builder with a knack for helping founders at pivotal growth moments achieve breakout success. He serves as CEO of RSE Ventures, a private firm that incubates and invests in companies across sports and entertainment, food and lifestyle, media and marketing, and technology. Higgins co-founded RSE with Miami Dolphins owner, Stephen M. Ross, the most prominent private developer in the U.S. and a serial entrepreneur. Together Higgins and Ross h...
Dec 07, 2023•47 min•Season 3Ep. 14
On this episode, Host Krish Kumar sits down with Mat Cashman, the Principal of Investor Education at the Options Clearing Corporation. Mat Cashman is a Financial Services professional with 20 years of experience trading all segments of the Derivatives market. He started his career on the trading floor of the Chicago Board of Options Exchange in 2000 and has since traded multiple asset classes across a wide array of exchanges including the CME, CBOT, and the Eurex Exchange. In 2005, Mat helped la...
Nov 06, 2023•53 min•Season 3Ep. 13
On this episode, Host Krish Kumar sits down with Ishwara Glassman Chrein. Ishwara Glassman Chrein was the Head of Sports Partnerships and Business Development at Yahoo Sports / Verizon Media, where she led relationships and negotiations with the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, BetMGM, and NBC, as well as other sports leagues, broadcasters, streamers, data companies, and technology companies. While at Yahoo Sports / Verizon Media, she also oversaw gaming strategy, evaluated sports rights acquisition deals ac...
Nov 02, 2023•26 min•Season 3Ep. 12
On this episode, Host Krish Kumar sits down with Drew Bentley, the Vice President of DC United. Drew Bentley has a diverse work experience, starting with their role at Myers Tree Farm as a Landscaper from April 2011 to August 2013. Drew then worked at Hy-Vee Inc. as a Cashier/Stocker from August 2006 to March 2014. Following that, they had multiple roles at Kingdom Hoops Basketball, including Marketing and Operations Intern, Site Director, and Tournament Director, from January 2013 to April 2014...
Sep 25, 2023•23 min•Season 3Ep. 11
On this episode, Host Krish Kumar sits down with Matt Brand, the Senior Vice President of the Houston Astros. Matt Brand joined the Houston Astros organization in 2011 and now enters his 11th full season with the ballclub as the team’s Senior Vice President of Corporate Sponsorships. Prior to coming on board with the Astros, Matt spent 25 years in the supply chain industry, holding various executive sales leadership positions specializing in the retail, automotive, and energy sectors. While with...
Sep 18, 2023•21 min•Season 3Ep. 10
On this episode, Host Krish Kumar sits down with Rod Wood, the President and CEO of the Detroit Lions. As Detroit Lions Team President and CEO, Rod Wood oversees all football and business operations of the Lions organization and reports directly to Principal Owner and Chair Sheila Ford Hamp. He was originally appointed Team President on Nov. 19, 2015. Following organizational changes at the end of the 2020 season, Wood and Mrs. Hamp set out to establish a new leadership vision for the Lions. On ...
Sep 05, 2023•26 min•Season 3Ep. 9
On this episode, Host Krish Kumar sits down with Adam Grossman, the Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of the Boston Red Sox. As Chief Marketing Officer of the Boston Red Sox, Adam Grossman oversees the organization’s Marketing, Broadcasting, Baseball Communications & Media Relations, Social Media, Advertising, Digital Content, and Creative Service departments. Additionally, he and his team partner closely with the Ticketing, Sales, Corporate Sponsorship, and Business Analytic...
Aug 28, 2023•32 min•Season 3Ep. 8
On this episode, Host Krish Kumar sits down with David Roselle, the Founder and CEO of Doorlist. David Roselle is the Founder and CEO of DoorList, an event management platform he created in February of 2022. He is originally from Charlotte, NC, and attended the University of Virginia, where he studied Computer Science and Commerce. He created DoorList after seeing the inadequacies of existing event management solutions firsthand in Charlottesville. At Virginia, he was also a member of their Men’...
Aug 21, 2023•26 min•Season 3Ep. 7
On this episode, Host Krish Kumar sits down with Mike Klein, the Chief Chess Officer of ChessKid. Mike Klein (also known as FunMasterMike) started playing chess when he was four years old. When he was six, he played his first national chess tournament and incidentally faced a "movie star"—he lost a game to IM Joshua Waitzkin, the player featured in the movie "Searching For Bobby Fischer." It was this same tournament featured at the end of the film. In 1987, Klein became the youngest member of th...
Aug 18, 2023•41 min•Season 3Ep. 6
On this episode, Host Krish Kumar sits down with Steve Mitchell, the CEO and Managing Director of Argonaut Private Equity in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mr. Mitchell is the CEO and Managing Director and has been a Managing Director at Argonaut for over fifteen years, executing over $1.5 billion of direct investments during that time. Mr. Mitchell joined Argonaut in 2004 and is responsible for sourcing and leading investments, managing the portfolio and setting overall strategy of the firm. Prior to Argonau...
Aug 12, 2023•30 min•Season 3Ep. 5
On this episode, Host Krish Kumar sits down with Jennifer Yu. Jennifer Yu is a two-time US Women’s Chess Champion and Woman Grandmaster. She is the reigning 2022 US Women's Champion and 2022 US Girls' Junior Champion. Throughout her chess career, she had numerous record-breaking wins. In 2014, she won a gold medal at the World Youth Chess Championships, becoming the first American girl in 27 years to do so. The following year she became the youngest person and the first girl to become the VA Sta...
Aug 07, 2023•32 min•Season 3Ep. 4
On this episode, Host Krish Kumar sits down with Jarrod Dillon, the President of Orlando City SC. Reporting directly to ownership, Dillon creates and oversees a unified front office strategy for both Orlando City and Orlando Pride, working alongside both Soccer Operations teams to bring a best-in-class experience to fans and to the Orlando community. Dillon joined Orlando City SC and the Orlando Pride after six years with Vinik Sports Group (VSG). Over his tenure with VSG, Dillon started as the ...
Aug 04, 2023•27 min•Season 3Ep. 3
On this episode, Host Krish Kumar sits down with Dewayne Hankins, the President of the Portland Trail Blazers. Dewayne Hankins enters his tenth season with the Trail Blazers and Rose Quarter in 2022-23, and first full season as President of Business Operations. Hankins was named to his new role in November 2021 and oversees all aspects of the Trail Blazers & Rose Quarter business operations while working closely with General Manager Joe Cronin and the basketball staff. Additionally, Hankins ...
Jul 31, 2023•22 min•Season 3Ep. 2
On this episode, Host Krish Kumar sits down with Steve Griggs, the President and CEO of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Vinik Sports Group. Prior to being tabbed as CEO, he spent one year as team president and four as chief operating officer. Griggs first joined the organization as COO on August 31, 2010. He oversees all of the organization's business operations, including all concerts and events held at AMALIE Arena. In 2021 he became a two-time Stanley Cup Champion after the Lightning captured bac...
Jul 28, 2023•31 min•Season 3Ep. 1
On this episode, Host Krish Kumar sits down with Larry Freedman, the President and Chief Business Officer of LAFC. Freedman has been with the Club since 2014 and was named the MLS 2019 Doug Hamilton Executive of the Year and was a finalist for the 2020 World Football Summit Best Executive Award. Under Freedman’s leadership, LAFC has sold out every MLS home match in its history and developed a stadium that is the premier sports, concert and entertainment venue in the Heart of Los Angeles. With Fr...
Jul 24, 2023•44 min•Season 2Ep. 20
On this episode, Host Krish Kumar sits down with Division 1 Football Player Gentry Williams. Gentry is a Sophomore at The University of Oklahoma studying Business. Krish and Genry discuss all things from Football to Basketball to College to Airplane Food. Recorded and Edited by Shiv Govil.
Jul 21, 2023•55 min•Season 2Ep. 19
On this episode, Host Krish Kumar sits down with Derrick Hall. Considered by many to be among the leaders of the game, D-backs President, CEO & General Partner Derrick Hall has turned the organization into a model franchise within the sports industry and throughout the business world during his 18 years at the helm of the club. Hall is the fourth-longest tenured CEO in Major League Baseball behind Atlanta’s Terry McGuirk, St. Louis’s Bill DeWitt Jr. and Cincinnati’s Bob Castellini, each of w...
Jul 14, 2023•33 min•Season 2Ep. 18
On this episode, Host Krish Kumar sits down with Sydney Thomas, a TikTok Influencer. Sydney, a St. Louis native, has always had a passion for sports, which she carried through her college years. Opting to pursue her undergraduate studies at the prestigious University of Alabama, Sydney recently completed her freshman year. Currently immersed in the field of business, she is still exploring various specializations within the business college before declaring her specific area of focus. While in h...
Jul 11, 2023•32 min•Season 2Ep. 17
On this episode, Host Krish Kumar sits down with Dr. Rishika Chugh. She is Assistant Professor of Medicine in the division of Gastroenterology at the University of California San Francisco. She received her medical doctorate from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA in 2015. She then completed her training in internal medicine at Montefiore Medical Center. She went on to complete her fellowship in gastroenterology and hepatology at Yale New Haven Hospital where she also served as a chie...
Jul 07, 2023•28 min•Season 2Ep. 16
On this episode, Host Krish Kumar sits down with Rob Kaplan. Robert Steven Kaplan served as the President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas from 2015 until 2021. In this role he managed the 1,300 employees of the Dallas Fed and represented the Eleventh Federal Reserve District on the Federal Open Market Committee in the formulation of U.S. monetary policy. Kaplan was previously the Martin Marshall Professor of Management Practice and a Senior Associate Dean at Harvard Business School...
Jun 30, 2023•33 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Lynn Schusterman is a Billionaire and the Founder and Chair Emerita of Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies, which strives for a world where the United States and Israel live up to their highest ideals and achieve more just and inclusive societies. Lynn has been active in Jewish communal and philanthropic affairs for over 40 years. She and her late husband, Charles, established their family foundation in 1987. Through her philanthropy, she has been recognized as a proud supporter o...
Jun 26, 2023•22 min•Season 2Ep. 14
On this episode, Host Krish Kumar sits down with Danielle Mansell, the Vice President, Service & Fan Experience, of the Dallas Mavericks (NBA). She has worked across multiple leagues in multiple cities during her 15 year Sports career. Her career began as a Premium Service Account Manager with the Oklahoma City Thunder and continued with leadership roles with the New Jersey Devils (NHL) and Prudential Center and Oklahoma City Energy (USL) and now with the Mavs. Danielle is passionate about e...
Jun 16, 2023•34 min•Season 2Ep. 13
On this episode, Host Krish Kumar sits down with Manny Pardo, a TikTok Influencer from Oologah, Oklahoma. Manny is currently a student in Washington, pursuing an Aerospace Engineering degree. She loves the Social Media world and has been doing TikToks for about 5 years now. She has worked with various brands that she loves and met many other Influencers. She's super excited to keep growing in the Industry. Recorded and Edited by Shiv Govil.
Jun 13, 2023•36 min•Season 2Ep. 12
On this episode, Host Krish Kumar sits down with Chris Helfrich, President and CEO of Stephen and Ayesha Curry's Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation (ELP), which he helped launch in July 2019. With a mission to unleash the potential of every child, Eat. Learn. Play. is committed to bettering the lives of kids and families in Oakland, the Bay Area, and across the country. The organization supports children by fighting to end childhood hunger, ensuring students have access to a quality education and prov...
May 24, 2023•44 min•Season 2Ep. 10
