Former NFL Super Bowl Champion Najee Goode discusses blockchain, sports tech and the importance of optimizing content at BitAngels LA

Earlier in August, we had an exciting BitAngels LA event with a special fireside chat moderated by LA city leader, Bill Inman, and featuring Najee Goode, former Super Bowl Champion and co-founder of sports technology company, Veepio.

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Najee shared his unconventional journey to the NFL noting he didn’t play any contact sports until high school. He walked-on to the West Virginia University football team and found out he was going to be drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers while eating at an IHOP.

Najee knew he was always interested in technology, because of his time studying technology and business, and being an engineer at West Virginia University. “The academic side of my career has always been intertwined with tech,” said Najee.

He continued to play for the NFL and became a free agent in 2019 and was on the Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl winning team. Many professional athletes, specifically football players, struggle to find another career after their time on the field comes to an end. Najee has a different story.

“I got wrapped into Veepio the year I was hurt, it was a big year in Philadelphia, we had just come off a playoff season, coming back I got hurt coming into a game. And so I went to see our college play (West Virginia University), I got connected with Jonathan (Ohliger) through another one of our co-founders. We always saw this thing with tech, Veepio as a way to create and capture content and to enhance and optimize it…”

Najee’s role with the company developed from the combination of professional sports and technology to gain a unique perspective on solving the disconnect with fans., “Kind of where my role played in place in fan engagement being a football player, being involved in engineering, being involved with blockchain.”

He says that what is so special about Veepio’s message and what the technology can do is that, “We can optimize any kind of content.” and whilst the company starts with sports it sees potential beyond that vertical.

Najee says the NFL has shifted its focus to digital content, which allows him to work with football, but in a new way. “My interests fell in love with being able to optimize the content that I know as a player, as a fan, and as a person.”

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We humbly thank Najee Goode for speaking at our BitAngels Las Angeles 2020 event. Find out more about Veepio here: https://veep.io/

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