# Steven Sunshine

> Steven Sunshine is the CEO of Ticketure, the cloud ticketing platform that runs admissions, memberships and donations for museums, zoos, aquariums, gardens and immersive venues from Meow Wolf to the Philadelphia Zoo. He co-founded TixTrack in 2008 and ran it through acquisition by The Nederlander Organization in 2022; in July 2025 the Ticketure business was spun out as a standalone company backed by Dahlia Equity, with Sunshine at the helm. Before ticketing he spent the late 1990s and early 2000s commercializing the 'electronic nose' as president and CEO of Cyrano Sciences, a Caltech spinout whose handheld Cyranose device used a 32-polymer sensor array to identify smells, later acquired by Smiths Detection.

- **Role:** CEO at Ticketure
- **Organizations:** Ticketure, TixTrack, Smiths Detection, Cyrano Sciences, Sunshine Consulting, Raychem
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
- **Known for:** Commercialized the 'electronic nose' as President and CEO of Cyrano Sciences, taking Caltech sensor research to a shipping handheld product., Steered Cyrano Sciences to acquisition by Smiths Detection., Co-founded TixTrack (2008) and built it into a global ticketing technology provider with offices in Los Angeles, London, Sydney and Wellington.

## Career timeline

- **1997** — Joins Cyrano Sciences, a Caltech spinout, recruited from Raychem; rises from head of R&D to President and CEO.
- **2004** — Cyrano Sciences and its handheld 'electronic nose' (Cyranose) acquired by Smiths Detection.
- **2005** — Becomes President at Smiths Detection following the acquisition.
- **2008** — Co-founds TixTrack, a cloud ticketing technology company based in Los Angeles.
- **2020** — TixTrack's Ticketure platform signs a wave of new cultural-venue clients across North America.
- **2022** — The Nederlander Organization acquires TixTrack; Sunshine and co-founder Michael Arya continue to lead it.
- **2025** — Dahlia Equity acquires the Ticketure business from TixTrack; Ticketure becomes a standalone company with Sunshine as CEO.

## Achievements

- Commercialized the 'electronic nose' as President and CEO of Cyrano Sciences, taking Caltech sensor research to a shipping handheld product.
- Steered Cyrano Sciences to acquisition by Smiths Detection.
- Co-founded TixTrack (2008) and built it into a global ticketing technology provider with offices in Los Angeles, London, Sydney and Wellington.
- Grew the Ticketure platform into the timed-entry ticketing system of choice for North American cultural attractions.
- Led TixTrack through acquisition by The Nederlander Organization in 2022.
- Led the 2025 spin-out of Ticketure into an independent, Dahlia Equity-backed company.

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — Dahlia Equity acquired the Ticketure business from TixTrack, establishing Ticketure as a standalone company with Steven Sunshine as CEO.
- **2026-01** — Ticketure named a silver sponsor of the 2026 Ticketing Professionals Conference in Manchester, sponsoring attendance scholarships.

## Links

- Website: https://ticketure.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-sunshine-a865602

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Last updated: 2026-06-04