Jody Mulkey
CTO, TicketMaster
Jody Mulkey is the Chief Technology Officer at Ticketmaster. An accomplished technologist and inspirational engineering leader, Jody is known for building high performance systems and teams. The excitement and excellence that permeate Jody’s teams are fueled by his passionate leadership and his ability to connect them to the mission.
Prior to Ticketmaster, Jody spent over 14 years at Shopzilla Inc, a leading source for connecting buyers and sellers online that reaches a global audience of over 40 million shoppers monthly. As Chief Information Officer of Shopzilla, Jody led the overall the technology development and operations of the company. Part of the inaugural team at Shopzilla, then Bizrate and in the formative years, Jody built the company’s data systems, analytics, infrastructure and team from the ground up.
Prior to Shopzilla, Jody spent several years at William O’Neil & Co, an institutional investment company where he cut his teeth in the fast paced, high volume, zero-fail environment of finance. Jody was an integral part of bringing the flagship WONDA product to the Internet.
Born in the great state of Texas, Jody attended military school and got his degree in shenanigans before moving to California. Jody studied Business Administration at the University of Southern California with dual emphases in Entrepreneurship and Information Systems.
Content & Articles by Jody Mulkey
How To Craft Your Website Messaging & Positioning as a Startup
In this Mucker Growth Series session, Anthony Pierri, co-founder of FletchPMM, walks through how to craft website messaging and positioning as a startup. FletchPMM is a consultancy that has worked...
2026 New York Tech Week Recap of Mucker Sessions
Mucker Capital went to New York Tech Week to host sessions for founders, operators, and builders thinking through how AI is changing product, growth, and search. Among the sessions were:...
Closing Enterprise Deals in Founder-Led Sales as a Startup
In our recent Mucker Growth Series session, I invited David Mackay, Managing Director at D9Y and one of our operating experts at Mucker, to talk about closing enterprise deals in...
The 10 Security Gaps That Plague Startups Before Their A Round
A NOTE ON SEVERITY Not every item on this list carries the same level of risk. Some are the kind of finding that stops a deal. Others are serious but...
Community-Led Growth for Startups: Why Most Communities Fail and How to Build One That Actually Works
In our recent Mucker Growth Series session, I invited Sam Jacobs — founder and CEO of Pavilion — to talk about community-led growth: what it actually means, why most communities...
Pricing Models & Monetization Systems for Startup Success
In our recent Mucker Growth Series webinar session, we invited Jeffrey Tjiok and Jack Benson from Simon-Kucher to break down how startups can build pricing into their DNA from day...