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Junior Gaspard Promoted To President & CEO At Mobile Ticketing Firm Experience

Atlanta-based mobile commerce company Experience has promoted JUNIOR GASPARD to President & CEO. Gaspard, previously Chief Revenue Officer and the company’s eighth employee when he joined in ’13, succeeds GREG FOSTER, who will retire Dec. 31 and join the company’s Board of Advisors. Experience, a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, is best known for powering a variety of ticket and experiential upgrades for more than 350 sports and entertainment partners. The company is also developing a subscription-based ticket product called Inwego that pools together live events in a given market for a flat monthly rate. Inwego has debuted in Atlanta and Phoenix, with more markets planned for '18. Gaspard said that in addition to expanding Inwego and pass-based ticket products for dozens of teams, Experience also plans next year to work more closely with corporate sponsors to power exclusive benefits for consumers around live events.

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