It's a dream come true to have the worlds of
sports and tech collide. You know, I love
sports growing up and I learned quickly that I was
never going to be an athlete. Uh They're,
they're quite impressive. My name is Costa Claudian.
I'm the executive vice president of technology at the San
Francisco 49 ers responsible for all the technology in the
stadium and the football team net Academy. I have
very fond memories of I really learned and fell in
love with uh networking and network engineering and understood that
really networking is the foundation for all technology. Um
fell in love with it had great teachers, had
a great curriculum and 20 years later, uh here
I am, I have looked at nontraditional ways to
get into the sports industry and technology was one of
them. And I saw the role the important role
that tech played in sports and how I can contribute
to the organization. Using my tech skills, keeping
fans safe is obviously our most important goal. And
we have to make sure that we have the foundation
, the infrastructure to power our cameras, security control
center, uh the Wi Fi um to make sure
, you know, our, our, all our
communications are, are up and running. You know
, cisco gear is, is always up reliable and
it helps our security team do what they need to
do to keep us all safe. 5 to 10
years from now, I think sports technology, the
biggest impact will be where we're seeing A I go
, we're just at the beginning of what A I
can do for, uh, sports organizations off the
field, they can really um understand our fan and
have them let them know what they want before they
even ask for it and create that fan experience that
you can't replicate at home. It's a dream come
true to have these kind of the, the worlds
of sports and tech collide bringing them together has really
uh allowed me to accomplish my dream and, you
know, be a part of a incredible organization and
a bunch of incredible organizations throughout my career.