Brad Farkas co-founded and leads HBSE Ventures after four decades as a venture investor and tech operator, bringing rare continuity from early internet and networking through today's sports-tech wave, plus significant C-suite operating experience as CFO, CTO, and CEO at different companies including Compatible Systems (acquired by Cisco for ~$250M) and mobile content company Thumbplay. He combines deep technical credentials—including an Applied Math & Computer Science background, Harvard MBA in Applied Finance, and expertise as a patent holder in network security and wireless data—with early mobile-technology specialization dating to co-founding i-Hatch Ventures in 1999, positioning him as one of the veteran investors behind sports-tech's current capital flows through HBSE's unique deal flow from owning the 76ers, Devils, and Prudential Center.