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- 525 W. Santa Clara St.
- SAP Center at San Jose
- San Jose, CA 95113
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- sjsharks.com
The San Jose Sharks are a National Hockey League (NHL) team that began play as an expansion team with the 1991-92 season.
For the Sharks' first two seasons, the team played in the Cow Palace in Daly City, Calif. (opened Apr 1941; hockey capacity 11,089).
Since 1993, the team's home ice has been the SAP Center (opened Sep 7, 1993, as San Jose Arena, renamed Compaq Center Mar 27, 2001, then HP Pavilion Nov 30, 2002, and finally SAP Center July 9, 2013; NHL capacity 17,562) in San . . .

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Parent Companies
Board of Directors
Majority Owner & NHL Governor
Hasso Plattner
Minority Owner
Gordon Russell
Minority Owner
Rudy Staedler
Minority Owner
Gary Valenzuela
Key Decision Makers
Co-President
Jonathan Becher
Co-President
John Tortora
GM
Doug Wilson
EVP, Governmental Affairs
Jim Goddard
VP, SSE Marketing & Digital
Doug Bentz
VP, Corporate Partnerships
John Castro
VP, Finance
Ken Caveney
VP, Media Relations & Broadcasting
Scott Emmert
VP, Sharks Ice & San Jose Barracuda
Jon Gustafson
VP, Booking & Events
Steve Kirsner
VP, Building Operations
Rich Sotelo
VP, Business Intelligence
Neda Tabatabaie
VP, Ticket Sales & Service
Brian Towers
Personnel
Controller
Stephanie Reitz
Director, Information Technology
Allison Aiello
Director, Client Development
Frank Batres-Landaeta
Director, Corporate Partnerships Sales & Service
Jennifer Birmingham
Director, Business Development
Jon Carpenter
Director, Media Relations
Ben Guerrero
Director, Ticket Operations
Matt Gulino
Director, Sharks Foundation
Heather Hooper
Director, Content Production
Dustin Lamendola
Director, Marketing & Fan Development
Casey Leppanen
Director, Special Event Sales
Mike Nieves
Director, Suite Sales & Service
Bruce Ross
Director, Public Relations, Business Operations
Jim Sparaco
Director, Group Sales
Jonathan White
Director, Business Development, Corporate Partnerships
Aaron Winton
Manager, Sharks Foundation
Jenné Johnson
Manager, CRM Marketing
Stacy McGranor
Manager, Broadcast Operations & Media Relations
Joanna Schimmel
Coordinator, Media Relations
Kyle Stuetzel
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Non-Profits
Sharks Foundation
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