From the shoes we wear on our feet to the high definition televisions in our living room, wearable devices, the sports universe is a breeding ground for technology. Writer and Photographer Rick Limpert will examine this each week on The Tech of Sports – With guests which include athletes, inventors and journalists that cover the intersection of sports and technology.
WaitTime provides stadiums and fans real-time wait times for concessions, bathrooms and merchandise stands. The company added three sports and business leaders to its board of directors, including the former president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and an advisor to the Olympic Committee.
This week we are joined by former Oklahoma Sooner and Baltimore Ravens WR, Mark Clayton. When former first round draft pick and NFL wide receiver Mark Clayton broke his Beats headphones during a pre-game workout, he decided it was time to create something more durable that would stay in place no matter the physical activity and sound amazing. On September 1, Clayton will finally bring his LIVV Headphones (www.LIVVHeadphones.com) to market with a Kickstarter campaign.
Coach Bru is a noted public speaker, author, executive coach and an inspiration to everyone he meets. He is the author of “The Coach Approach” and “Seeds of Success”. His clients range from financial services and healthcare to manufacturing and nonprofit organizations as well as the thousands of executives, entrepreneurs, and sales teams from all over the country who attend his speeches, trainings, and workshops
This week we are joined by Gerald Mortensen of Rabble TV. Rabble TV is an app and a platform where you can broadcast your own commentary during sporting events, news broadcasts and other live events. “Morty” is a big time sports fan who enjoys soccer, college basketball and football the most. His loyalty lives with the teams that hail from Wisconsin and he worked in the advertising business for 20 years before joining Rabble TV.
Mary Pat Faley was the Southern California 2011 USPTA Tennis Pro of the Year and is an accomplished published author, keynote speaker and tennis entrepreneur. An elite member of the Babolat Advisory Team, Faley has been described as a “Tennis Pro’s Pro”.
Mike Kujansuu joined TechSmith in 2002 and has played a marketing manager role for most of the products in the company’s portfolio through the years. He moved into a dedicated marketing manager role in 2011 when the Coach’s Eye app research and development originally started. Since then Mike has helped rapidly grow Coach’s Eye into a brand that now includes multiple products and services in the sports video market. Mike graduated from Michigan State University with a bachelor’s degree in marketing and later went on to receive his MBA from Northwood University. Like any good Spartan he bleeds green throughout and is cautiously optimistic about the upcoming football season.