As the granddaughter of a former NASA engineer, Cara Adams has had science running through her blood her entire life. The current Chief Engineer at Bridgestone Americas Motorsports/Firestone Racing is the only female lead engineer in IndyCar, where she is responsible for the development, design and testing of brand tires for use throughout the Verizon Series. […]
SeatGeek has acquired Israeli ticketing software company TopTix for $56 million. The acquisition was financed by a new $57 million Series D investment round in SeatGeek, which continues to make moves to take aim at Ticketmaster. TopTix has provided ticketing software to more than 500 different companies in 16 different countries and has served as SeatGeek’s […]
Once a friend showed Matt Zidik the new Super Mario Run video game, he knew the Pittsburgh Pirates had to integrate it into the in-game fan experience at PNC Park. The Pirates’ Manager of Game Presentation spearheaded the team utilizing the ballpark’s new right-field LED Mitsubishi video board to mirror a similar real-life game, only this […]
The Tampa Bay Lightning’s in-arena virtual assistant has arrived as the organization partnered with Satisfi Labs to launch a customer service artificial intelligence chatbot called “ThunderBot.” With the collaboration, the Lightning are the first NHL partner for the intelligent engagement platform, which will operate across multiple Lightning channels including web, Lightning text club and NHL and Amalie […]
Co-founders Jordan Muraskin and Jason Sherwin’s business venture is a well documented brainchild — a neuroscientific blueprint to the cognition of hitting a baseball. Now the duo’s niche platform with a Ph.D. premise is growing up, but not quite dumbing down. deCervo is becoming a product. According to Muraskin, deCervo hails from Columbia University and was […]
