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Startup tech exec and former pro hockey player joins new Seattle NHL franchise to lead tech efforts
Looks like a great hire.
Todd Humphrey is getting back to his hockey roots.
Humphrey is leaving his position as CEO of Seattle startup LiquidPlanner and will join Seattle’s new pro hockey franchise as its senior vice president of digital and fan experience.
Humphrey took the reins at LiquidPlanner, a project management company founded more than 12 years ago, in November 2017. He previously co-founded Toronto healthcare startup League and sold Seattle-based CleverSet to ATG in 2008.
He’ll be replaced at LiquidPlanner by Ted Hawksford, a veteran of Microsoft, Fluke, Booking.com, and most recently Restaurants Unlimited, where he led human resources.
The NHL recently approved a Seattle expansion franchise that will begin play in 2021. Humphrey will be apart of the team’s front office — also known as Seattle Hockey Partners, or NHL Seattle — and lead technology-related integrations.
The new gig will combine two passions — tech and hockey — for Humphrey, a former pro hockey player in Canada.
“Joining this team at this moment is a once-in-a-lifetime role for me,” Humphrey said in a statement. “We have an enormous opportunity to shape a new technology experience for our fans and our hockey operations.”
Looks like a great hire.
