Joe Eng is the Owner & CEO of the Mississippi Mud Monsters — and if you told 10-year-old Joe he’d someday own a baseball team with a swamp monster mascot, he probably would’ve asked how soon he could sign up.

A lifelong baseball fan and a transformation-driven business leader, Joe brings his passion and experience in technology, hospitality, and customer experience to the Mud Monsters. His career has taken him from leading IT teams at JetBlue Airways and SWIFT, to guiding global product and technology strategy and innovation at Travelclick, a travel and hospitality data and technology provider, and Billtrust, a financial technology provider. But at heart, Joe’s always believed in the magic of a really great customer experience.

As Owner & CEO of both the Mississippi Mud Monsters and the Gary SouthShore RailCats, Joe Eng is focused on building teams and ballparks that feel like home — places where fans come for baseball, stay for the memories, and spread the word on an awesome way for friends, family and community to be together.

A graduate of Rutgers University and New York University, Joe is no stranger to taking big swings and leading big changes. He’s built award-winning customer experiences in everything from airlines to hotels — and now he’s bringing that same energy to the stands of Trustmark Park and the community of greater Jackson Mississippi.

For Joe, baseball isn’t just a business — it’s the best seat in the house for building community.

And if that community happens to include a 6-foot swamp monster named Fish? Even better.