--- title: EP 5 - How Neda Tabatabaie is Driving Innovation for the San Jose Sharks description: In this episode of Inside Sports Business Intelligence, I interviewed Neda Tabatabaie, VP of Business Intelligence for the San Jose Sharks. We talked about how Neda is taking lessons from Silicon Valley to drive innovation and create the best possible experience for team fans. image: https://blog.koresoftware.com/hubfs/Inside_Sports_Logo-01.png --- New York +1 (212) 858-9700 London +44 (203) 734-1378 - - [CUSTOMER PORTAL](https://koresoftware.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/restricted) [![Koresoftware](https://blog.koresoftware.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Images/KORE-Software_New.png?width=226&height=76&name=KORE-Software_New.png) ![Koresoftware](https://blog.koresoftware.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Images/KORE-Software_New.png?width=226&height=76&name=KORE-Software_New.png)](http://koresoftware.com/) [REQUEST DEMO](https://info.koresoftware.com/demo-reques) - [PRODUCTS](http://koresoftware.com/products/) - [SERVICES](http://koresoftware.com/kpi/) - [RESOURCES](http://koresoftware.com/resource-library/) - [ABOUT](http://koresoftware.com/about-us/) - [BLOG](http://blog.KOREsoftware.com/blog) - [PODCASTS](https://blog.koresoftware.com/podcast) # EP 5 - How Neda Tabatabaie is Driving Innovation for the San Jose Sharks Posted by [Inside Sports Business Intelligence](https://blog.koresoftware.com/podcast/author/inside-sports-business-intelligence) On May 14, 2019 [0 Comments](https://blog.koresoftware.com/podcast/driving-innovation-neda-tabatabaie-san-jose-sharks#comments-listing) [![](https://blog.koresoftware.com/hubfs/social_icons/fb.png)](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://blog.koresoftware.com/podcast/driving-innovation-neda-tabatabaie-san-jose-sharks&text=EP%205%20-%20How%20Neda%20Tabatabaie%20is%20Driving%20Innovation%20for%20the%20San%20Jose%20Sharks%20-) [![](https://blog.koresoftware.com/hubfs/social_icons/linkedin.png)](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://blog.koresoftware.com/podcast/driving-innovation-neda-tabatabaie-san-jose-sharks&text=EP%205%20-%20How%20Neda%20Tabatabaie%20is%20Driving%20Innovation%20for%20the%20San%20Jose%20Sharks%20-) [![](https://blog.koresoftware.com/hubfs/social_icons/twitter.png)](https://www.twitter.com/share?url=https://blog.koresoftware.com/podcast/driving-innovation-neda-tabatabaie-san-jose-sharks&text=EP%205%20-%20How%20Neda%20Tabatabaie%20is%20Driving%20Innovation%20for%20the%20San%20Jose%20Sharks%20-) [![](https://blog.koresoftware.com/hubfs/social_icons/gplus.png)](https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://blog.koresoftware.com/podcast/driving-innovation-neda-tabatabaie-san-jose-sharks) [![](https://blog.koresoftware.com/hubfs/social_icons/email.png)](mailto:?subject=Check%20this%20news%20https://blog.koresoftware.com/podcast/driving-innovation-neda-tabatabaie-san-jose-sharks%20from%20our%20blog) ![NedaTabatabaie](https://blog.koresoftware.com/hs-fs/hubfs/NedaTabatabaie.jpg?width=250&name=NedaTabatabaie.jpg) In this episode of [Inside Sports Business Intelligence](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/0-welcome-to-inside-sports-business-intelligence-podcast/id1453434794?i=1000430119715), I sat down with a good friend [Neda Tabatabaie](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nedatabatabaie/), Vice President of Business Intelligence for the [San Jose Sharks](https://www.nhl.com/sharks).   There’s a lot of talk a lot about how consumers are changing and how digitally savvy everyone is - how we need to be targeting a different audience. 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