Kickin' it with Krish

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 Optio...

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 ...

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 enterta...

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...

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...

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 e...

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 M...

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 Inter...

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 positio...

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...

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 clos...

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 fi...

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 s...

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, managi...

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 y...

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 y...

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 G...

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 ...

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 s...