PLANO, Texas – Jeff Gosey has joined Learfield in a newly created position of vice president-sales acceleration. Gosey, former New Orleans Saints and Pelicans’ senior director, business intelligence, will establish and manage a business intelligence unit for Learfield’s core concern that manages multimedia rights and sponsorships for nearly 130 collegiate institutions, conferences and arenas nationwide.
Gosey will relocate from Louisiana to Texas to work in Learfield’s North Dallas headquarters. During his 11-year stint in New Orleans, he led the dedicated effort of establishing a business intelligence unit to gather relevant and impactful analytics for the city’s NFL and NBA franchises. In his first five years, he was director, ticket operations for the NBA’s former New Orleans Hornets. Gosey also previously served as a senior financial/marketing analyst for Harrah’s Hotel & Casino and as a financial analyst for the NFL’s Miami Dolphins. He earned his undergraduate degree from Auburn University and an MBA and master’s degree of sport business from the University of Central Florida.
“Jeff is a talented professional who possesses tremendous business intelligence experience. We look forward to his leadership as we establish and build out a quality business intelligence unit in support of our sponsorship sales efforts,” said Steve Gowan, Learfield’s senior vice president-sales operations. “We are excited about the positive contribution that sales analytics and insights will provide to our multi-media rights business.”
An industry leader for more than four decades, Learfield has a deep presence in the college athletics landscape nationwide. In addition to managing individual rights relationships with collegiate properties, Learfield provides its partners access to professional concessions and ticket sales; branding, licensing and trademark consulting; digital and social platform expertise; campus-wide business and sponsorship development; and venue and technology systems through its affiliated companies.