Meanwhile, Seatgeek's outgoing CTO Eric Waller isn't leaving the company-
instead, he's becoming chief product officer.
With today's launch of the Seatgeek Marketplace, anyone can make their tickets available through Seatgeek itself.
He also said he
will be working on international expansion and helping Seatgeek build a broader live event experience.
And once someone makes the purchase, the transfer happens within Seatgeek, and they can just redeem the tickets using their phone.
Brian is an incredible leader and team-builder who has
overseen engineering teams for some remarkable companies,” said CEO and Co-Founder of Seatgeek Jack Groetzinger.
But the New York City startup counts companies like Airbnb, Seatgeek, Soulcycle and Spotify among its customers,
and it recently raised a $15 million Series A.
Brian is an incredible leader and team-builder who has overseen
engineering teams for some remarkable companies,” said Seatgeek co-founder and CEO Jack Groetzinger in a statement.
The Fire spent the past 13 years at suburban Bridgeview's Seatgeek Stadium,
but recently concluded an agreement with the Village of Bridgeview to exit their lease agreement.
In a sense, the tickets on Seatgeek are being resold already,
but the model relied on aggregating tickets that were put up for sale on other sites.
As for Seatgeek, Murphy described it as a“very consumer-oriented,
very mobile-focused” company that's now moving into the enterprise business by working with teams and venues to sell tickets.
He is a perfect fit for this role at Seatgeek and embodies the values we hold-
he loves building great products, is humble yet aggressive in how he approaches opportunities, and is focused on creating experiences live event fans will love.”.