Episode 59: MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference Roundtable Recap

With conference season startingg we have Columbia University Sports Management students Jasmine McGee and Matt Walker joining Tom and Joe to talk about their experiences at the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference.

Matt is Currently, a Master’s candidate in Columbia University’s M.S. Sports Management program and interning at Wasserman in Marketing Services on the NFL and Microsoft partnerships. He is the Co-founder and General Manager of the fitness start-up YogaBeyond in Sydney, Australia. He has also worked in a number of consulting and commercial finance positions at Coca-Cola, Macquarie Bank and Dell Inc. Jasmine is a Sports Management Graduate student at Columbia University with experience in finance and entertainment and currently working at Excel Sports Management in branding and marketing.

Matt and Jasmine talk about their positive and negative experiences at the Sloan Sports Conference, they also share some tips for people attending sports conferences and touch on some of the key issues in sports today. Joe also shares some of his experiences of his weekend in Vegas, ranging from college basketball and the UFC all the way to rugby and esports. You can find Matt on Twitter @mattjwalk and Jasmine @jazzzyfreshhh

The Facts

The CUSP Show is a production by the faculty of Sports Management at Columbia University. You can get in touch with the program on Twitter @CU_SPS_Sports Our presenters are Joe Favorito (@Joefav) and Tom Richardson (@ConvergenceTR).