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It's a dream come true to have the worlds of

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sports and tech collide. You know, I love

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sports growing up and I learned quickly that I was

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never going to be an athlete. Uh They're,

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they're quite impressive. My name is Costa Claudian.

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I'm the executive vice president of technology at the San

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Francisco 49 ers responsible for all the technology in the

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stadium and the football team net Academy. I have

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very fond memories of I really learned and fell in

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love with uh networking and network engineering and understood that

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really networking is the foundation for all technology. Um

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fell in love with it had great teachers, had

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a great curriculum and 20 years later, uh here

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I am, I have looked at nontraditional ways to

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get into the sports industry and technology was one of

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them. And I saw the role the important role

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that tech played in sports and how I can contribute

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to the organization. Using my tech skills, keeping

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fans safe is obviously our most important goal. And

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we have to make sure that we have the foundation

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, the infrastructure to power our cameras, security control

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center, uh the Wi Fi um to make sure

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, you know, our, our, all our

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communications are, are up and running. You know

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, cisco gear is, is always up reliable and

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it helps our security team do what they need to

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do to keep us all safe. 5 to 10

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years from now, I think sports technology, the

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biggest impact will be where we're seeing A I go

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, we're just at the beginning of what A I

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can do for, uh, sports organizations off the

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field, they can really um understand our fan and

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have them let them know what they want before they

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even ask for it and create that fan experience that

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you can't replicate at home. It's a dream come

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true to have these kind of the, the worlds

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of sports and tech collide bringing them together has really

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uh allowed me to accomplish my dream and, you

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know, be a part of a incredible organization and

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a bunch of incredible organizations throughout my career.