Jim Goddard enters his 16th season with the Sharks and his ninth as executive vice president and general manager of HP Pavilion at San Jose. Goddard, 57, oversees all facets of the building's operation, including ticket operations, event booking, guest services, parking, food services, engineering and facility technical operations. He is the point person for all discussions between building management and the City of San Jose. Goddard also implements and oversees all building improvements, from the design phase to final construction and sign-off. Goddard also oversaw two separate expansion and renovation projects of Logitech Ice at San Jose, which included the addition of a multi-million dollar, 58,000-square foot training and practice facility for the Sharks in August 2000 and a fourth sheet of ice in 2005. The facility is now the largest ice facility under one roof west of the Mississippi River. In addition, the facility added Stanley�s, a 5400 square-foot sports bar which overlooks three of the four ice surfaces and boasts 11 flat-screen, plasma televisions and a state-of-the-art sound system. From 1993-96, he served as vice president of building operations and from 1990-93, Goddard served as San Jose Arena project manager, helping oversee the design and construction of the facility. He represented the Sharks and HP Pavilion Management interests in working with the City of San Jose, architects, consultants and contractors. Goddard came to San Jose from Minnesota, where he completed a 23-year term of service at the Met Center, finishing as vice president of Met Center Operations. While at the Met Center, Goddard was involved in all aspects of the management and operation of the facility, working with promoters, tenants, concessionaires and suppliers to ensure a consistent level of superior service was enjoyed by everyone involved with the building. Goddard attended the University of Minnesota.