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- 123 - #78: The Aussie AI start-up now powering the world’s greatest Olympians, Team USA
Iggy Jovanovic is the founder of Gerford AI- a real-time in play AI data acquisition and distribution platform that gives athletes that elusive 1% edge.
In May 2023, Iggy inked the deal of a lifetime, becoming the AI partner of the United States’ Olympic Swim Team.
Iggy’s Gerford AI has already helped deliver Winter Olympic Gold, Commonwealth Games Gold, and he’s working with David Beckham’s Esports company, Guild.
Today, Iggy takes us inside the tech, inside the road to Paris with Team USA, and into his amazing broader life story.
Sun, 05 May 2024 - 50min - 122 - #77: Empathetic branding, with singer-songwriter Dene Menzel from Branthem
Dene Menzel is a singer-songwriter who’s gone to Number 1 on the iTunes charts. She’s also an author who has topped Amazon best seller lists in the USA. And Dene is the founder of Branthem.
Branthem work hand-in-hand with clients to create the right sound to engage their target audience through the power of music.
Dene joins us to today to speak about her passion for sportstech, and how music branding can help Aussie start ups to cut through the clutter.
Sun, 21 Apr 2024 - 53min - 121 - #76: The world’s leading sports psychologist, Scott Goldman from Athletic Intelligence Quotient
Scott Goldman is Performance Psychologist at the Golden State Warriors. Prior to that he was at the Detroit Lions, after being the head of Performance Psychology at the Miami Dolphins.
Through his own shop, Athletic Intelligence Quotient (AIQ), Scott and his team consult with a wide array of pro teams in the USA (NBA, MLB, NFL), Europe and now Australia.
Scott is renowned for his humility and sincerity, in an approach where he builds organically with an individual, rather than dictates from on high.
Today we hear the role data, analytics and intuition plays in helping to build the mindset of world class athletes.
Sun, 07 Apr 2024 - 1h 07min - 120 - #75: Cutting the puffery: How Graham Dudley is helping sportstech get real with the consumers
Graham Dudley comes into sportstech companies like a specialist coach, to help them make sense of data, and turn artificial intelligence into actual intelligence.
He founded Global Performance Testing in 2011, and works with companies in North America, Europe, Australasia and now India.
Graham and his team assess products, provide evaluation and validation, tech support, training, analytics and cyber security.
In today’s show, Graham says overselling and underdelivering is a major modern problem in sportstech.
Sun, 24 Mar 2024 - 32min - 119 - #74: Winning the biggest gig in sport: Craig Green, SprtsHQ & the FIFA World Cup
Aussie media executive Craig Green was the International Marketing Director & Advertising Boss during his 20-year career with Sony Entertainment. He then did the same thing at EA Games & EA Sport.
Craig now has his own shop, SprtsHQ, creating an all-encompassing digital collectible business model, amplifying leagues, engaging fans, and integrating commercial partners.
SprtsHQ won the world-wide race to become official licensee to the FIFA World Cup, and are now surging into both grass roots and elite level sport.
Sun, 17 Mar 2024 - 46min - 118 - #73: The NFL’s secrets to social media success, with Aaron Eisman
Aaron Eisman is renowned in America as a social media savant.
He’s run socials for the NFL Network, Bleacher Report and Turner Sports.
Aaron now has his own shop, Eisman Digital, and he works hand-in-hand with brands throughout North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific to “cut through the clutter” and “stop the scroll”.
Today, Aaron opens up with key lessons on his 15 years in the sports entertainment industry, and his time at the coalface of the globe’s social media revolution.
Sun, 03 Mar 2024 - 42min - 117 - #72: Removing sport’s socio-economic barriers: Clubfunders’ Blake Lawrence & Stuart Jacobs
Clubfunders’ co-founder Blake Lawrence grew up as one of five boys with a single Mum. He saw first-hand how money can be a major hurdle to jump for kids to play sport.
Fellow co-founder Stuart Jacobs grew up in South Africa, and was a gun young golf talent. But golf is a sport that requires significant financial investment to make it all the way to the top. Stuart eventually reached a financial tipping point.
These two have come together to create Clubfunders- an open source banking platform that aligns sports bodies, clubs and leagues, along with participants and sponsors.
It’s a win-win-win formation, where leagues grow their competitions, players have more access to sport, and sponsors can realise greater return on their investments. It’s a model for junior, community and elite level sport.
Blake and Stuart join us on the show today to talk us through the mission, the growth and their cutting edge open banking technology.
Sun, 25 Feb 2024 - 37min - 116 - #71: When the Italian Renaissance meets revolutionary electrical engineering: Callum Laurenson & EnPointe Fencing
The sport of fencing is a throw-back to medieval sword fighting, with its modern incarnation drawing from the Italian Renaissance.
Fencing was an original Olympic sport in 1896, and has captivated people with its grace, daring and precision ever since.
Callum Laurenson, an electrical engineer and avid fencer, began a journey in 2012 to solve a perennial problem for the sport- electrical wires.
Laurenson, and co-founders Tony Grubman and Rachel Muir-Smith, have built multiple iterations of world-leading patented wireless technology for the sport they love.
Today, Cal takes us inside the inventors lab, and tells us how it was done, and how EnPointe is now setting its sights on new sports to revolutionise.
Sun, 18 Feb 2024 - 38min - 115 - #70: Getting kids active, with PrezentBox’s Dan Frkic & Con Apostolopoulos
PrezentBox is a platform to enable and facilitate activity-based gifting for kids.
Parents can create a profile that allows family members and friends to contribute money towards their kids’ participation in a sport or activity, rather than just buying another toy to sit on the shelf.
Sport and activity providers can also use the platform to help connect with parents and communities.
PrezentBox was founded by Dan Frkic, a business manager who built a stellar career with two of Hollywood’s biggest studios, Paramount and 20th Century Fox.
Dan’s great mate and former colleague from Paramount and Fox, Con Apostolopoulos, is also on board at PrezentBox, as they help to get kids more active.
They both join us on today’s show.
Sun, 17 Dec 2023 - 50min - 114 - #69: Capturing the moment, capturing the world: Andy Edwards’ GeoSnapShot global rise
GeoSnapShot is a tech platform creating a centralised place to upload and download photos- with cutting edge AI recognition technology allowing for an instantaneous user experience.
GeoSnapShot also broadens the opportunity to commercialise image content, provide brand integrations, and deeper fan engagement and connection.
Tech maverick Andy Edwards founded this company, which has just been invested into by the most important media company in world sport, Comcast NBC Universal.
Geo’s client list now includes NBC Sports, NASCAR, PGA Golf, the USCAA College sports, the San Antonio Spurs, USA Boxing and Tough Mudder.
Andy gives us the inside story of his world beating tech!
Sun, 10 Dec 2023 - 54min - 113 - #68: A Place to Belong: How Michelle Walshe & Leigh Kenyon’s CoachMate is driving joy in kids’ sport
Michelle Walshe is a film & TV director who has worked with Warner Bros., the BBC, and her own Augusto Group, based in New York City.
Leigh Kenyon is a former soccer star, who played with New Zealand’s Football Kingz in Australia’s National Soccer League.
Together they founded CoachMate, drawing upon their individual expertise, to make engaging, easy-to-digest content designed to educate and empower grassroots coaches, parents, kids and communities, to create sporting environments where all kids feel at home.
The pair are now backed by Australian sportstech heavyweights Stirling Mortlock and James Godfrey’s XV Capital.
Michelle and Leigh tell us how we can all make a better place for kids to play and love sport.
Sun, 03 Dec 2023 - 1h 04min - 112 - #67: Flying High! the Power of High Altitude, with Rico Rogers & Callum Taylor from Box Altitude
No longer do you need to fly to Arizona for high altitude, because Arizona comes right your bedroom, or lounge room, or anywhere you want to set up Box Altitude.
Founder Rico Rogers is a former international pro cyclist, who used to benefits of high altitude training to try to bridge the gap he and other clean riders faced during the drug-riddled racing days of the early 2000s.
Now he is allowing everyone to create a high altitude environment at home, through their Altitude Bedroom, Training Cloud and Sleep Cloud offerings.
Rico, and leading engineer Callum Taylor, give us the inside story on this world-leading technology.
Sun, 26 Nov 2023 - 50min - 111 - #66: The Aussie business that got head-hunted by the biggest sports broadcaster in the world, NBC: Craig Horobin from Aircast
Craig Horobin has spent the past 25 years at the tech cutting edge of sports broadcasting.
His first big gig came as the Olympic Broadcast Manager for Telstra at Sydney 2000.
Craig spent the next two decades working on FIFA World Cups, Olympics Games, Commonwealth Games, and major international diplomatic events like APEC.
In 2015 he started his own shop- Aircast.
Aircast provide ultra-low latency in-venue and at home streaming, and they are now working with one of the world’s largest media companies, Comcast NBC Universal, as their streamer of choice.
Craig tells us how he did it!
Sun, 19 Nov 2023 - 28min - 110 - #65: XV Capital’s Stirling Mortlock & James Godfrey, powering the future of Aussie sports technology
Australian rugby union legend Stirling Mortlock, and much-vaunted sports mentor James Godfrey, are dynamically opening-up capital flow into sportstech start-ups, through their firm XV Capital.
XV are investing capital, acumen and energy to help start-ups reach their full potential.
They are behind the hottest sportstech property in the world, the Smart Ball, from UK company Sportable.
Their Smart Ball- or as described by Eddie McGuire, ‘Super Footy’- will now be used in the AFL.
It is already used in global rugby, while Nike and Adidas are jostling to bring it into soccer, and Sportable are now pushing into the USA.
Mortlock & Godfrey are working with a wide array of tech start-ups like CoachMate- who’s mission is to empower women, girls, and all kids to have positive experiences in sport.
And the likes of Queensland business, Clubfunders, which is using tech to help breach the perennial divide between how much money sports have, and how much they need.
Mortlock & Godfrey tell us there’s so much room for growth and performance in Australian sports technology.
Sun, 12 Nov 2023 - 56min - 109 - #64: Fearless: The Steph Bofinger story
Steph Bofinger is the founder of Fempro Armour.
In 2019, Steph and 12 other ladies completed the first all-female motorbike run of the Simpson Desert- four days of gruelling off-road riding, in the unforgiving, and at times fatal, Australian Outback.
For Steph, that ride was part of her healing process, having just escaped and survived domestic violence.
While the Desert allowed one dark chapter to close, it brought to life a whole new world. On that ride she discovered the dire lack of female protective equipment for riders. All 13 women faced that same problem.
So, Steph decided to find the solution. And Fempro Armour was born.
Steph has expanded beyond motorsport, and is working hand-in-hand with Bond University with their Rugby Union program. She has also created a range of products for health care, aged care and disability care. Fempro Armour also create products for men and boys.
For more info, check out femproarmour.com
Sun, 05 Nov 2023 - 42min - 108 - #63: ‘Feel the fear and do it anyway’, with ASTN Women in Sportstech Boss, Amy Crosland
Amy Crosland is one of Australian sport’s leading figures turbo-charging the women’s sportstech sector.
Born and raised in iconic Tamworth, Amy has built an epic career, working with United Nations, the UK Ministry of Justice, and recently was Australian boss of global tech firm, Orion.
She is now ASTN’s Women in Sportstech Boss, with a mission to empower and promote women and girls to become front and centre, in what has been a male-dominated sphere.
For more info on women in sportstech, you can email Amy at: amy.crosland@astn.com.au
Sun, 22 Oct 2023 - 38min - 107 - #62: Data that makes us smarter, with ECAL’s UK Boss Will Wright
Will Wright was at the vanguard of e-commerce 20 years ago, and he now leads ECAL’s European expansion.
ECAL are the world’s leading calendar marketing solution, and service the English Premier League, Liverpool FC, FC Barcelona, the International Cricket Council, Formula One and many other of the world’s biggest brands.
ECAL are an Australian business that have blitzed the international field, and today we’ll hear how they’ve done it, as we get a look under the hood, discuss the growing role of AI, and look at future growth.
Sun, 08 Oct 2023 - 44min - 106 - #61: The Aussie sportstech powering the world’s Special Olympics, with Kronos Enterprise’s Lachlan King
Kronos Enterprise use cutting edge tech to deliver key information to their clients across sport, event management, timing solutions, sustainable energy and cyber defence.
Lachlan King is a Master of Business Information Technology from RMIT, and is a Global Senior Business Analyst for Kronos.
Lachy and his team delivered the sportstech that powered the Special Olympics in Berlin this year.
Today we hear how tech can be purpose built to ensure people of all different abilities can fully immerse themselves in sports, and big event experiences.
Sun, 24 Sep 2023 - 38min - 105 - #60: The sportstech revolutionising health and wellness, with Anya Lee from Smartform Architecture
Anya Lee is regarded as one of the sharpest young minds in Australian architecture. She works with Smartform Architecture, who have just completed the $250 million rebirth of Marvel Stadium in Melbourne.
Smartform have made a name for their algorithmic and computational design processes- creating the cutting edge of new world architecture. And they take a holistic, human centred approach.
Anya’s passion and expertise runs deep into health and wellbeing, and she is building the Smart360 platform to create immersive, accessible and individualised health and exercise.
Sun, 10 Sep 2023 - 39min - 104 - #59: “Be bold and get on a plane”: Sportradar’s Global Basketball Chief Ben Turner
Australian Ben Turner is Head of Sports Content and Partnerships APAC & Head of Global Basketball at Sportradar.
Ben was an early architect of our industry, first with SportingPulse, before co-founding Atrium and Synergy Sports.
His reputation for landing the biggest clients in the world saw Ben head-hunted by Sportradar, where he now helps them set the global agenda.
Ben says Aussies must seize the day on the world stage, and he tell us how you can do it!
Sun, 27 Aug 2023 - 46min - 103 - #58: The community that sportstech built, with Zonely founder Alicia Nagle
Alicia Nagle is a passionate community builder. This firefighter and surf life saver has spent the past decade working in media and marketing across Australia and the United Kingdom.
Alicia’s grandpa, Kel Nagle, is an Aussie golf legend, who won the 1960 British Open, and was runner-up at the 1965 US Open.
Naturally, Alicia’s first venture as a start-up entrepreneur is Zonely- a platform that uses golf as a vehicle for community-building.
Zonely’s accent is on promoting physical, mental and social health through bringing diverse groups of people together to have fun and play golf.
Sun, 25 Jun 2023 - 40min - 102 - #57: Sportstech building the Coliseums of the future, with Chris Smiles from Smartform Architecture
Chris Smiles is one of the world’s leading tech-driven architects. He has mastered the use of digital technology and computational design to create sports stadia that will dominate deep into the 21st Century.
He is the man behind the quarter of a billion-dollar Marvel Stadium redevelopment. He was a key member of the winning bid to build Optus Stadium, and was lead designer of the new Adelaide Oval.
Prior to starting his own firm, Smartform, Chris did major projects everywhere from China, to Kazakhstan, and even worked on the Royal Botanic Gardens and Kings Cross Station in London.
Today, Chris gives us an exclusive insight into the cutting edge tech driving the future of sports stadiums.
Tue, 20 Jun 2023 - 35min - 100 - #56: How Aussie sportstech is thriving in turbulent economic times, with Dr. Martin Schlegel
In the past 18 months, crypto has crashed, NFTs have gone from rare gold to rarely spoken about, inflation continues to bite hard, and recession fears loom.
Despite the adversity, Australian sportstech has continued to power forward, with ASTN’s Australian Sports Innovation Report 2023, showing the industry now generates $4.25 billion annually.
ASTN Chair Dr. Martin Schlegel says the tough economic times are actually driving a greater appetite for the kinds of efficiencies that sportstech companies can deliver.
Today we delve deep into the undercurrents of the industry, the new areas for growth, how to survive tight capital markets, and the future of AI in sportstech.
Tue, 06 Jun 2023 - 38min - 99 - #55: Cricket’s Sportstech Surge, with Luke Santamaria & Felicity George
Cricket is one of the world’s oldest sports, first played in the 1500s in England.
The modern game is equal parts tradition and revolution- first seen with Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket, and now T20.
BBL team the Melbourne Renegades, in conjunction with ASTN, selected Spark-Up Studios to digitally revolutionise their fan connection.
Today we hear from Spark-Up founder Luke Santamaria and Renegades Fan Engagement Boss, Felicity George on how gamification and personalisation can keep this 16th century sport relevant in the Web-4 era.
Sun, 21 May 2023 - 46min - 98 - #54: Dream it, then do it: The Lydia Lassila story
Lydia Lassila is one of Australia’s all-time Olympic greats, having won aerials Gold at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, and then become the first ever woman to complete a quad-twisting triple somersault at the 2014 Games in Sochi.
Lydia says “playing it safe is not my style”, and she used all of that resilience to get her through the depths of despair in 2006, when she tore her ACL apart, twice, in the space of six months.
That time of agony was also the genesis of her creation-BodyICE. Experiencing first-hand the desperate lack of suitable ice and heat therapy products, Lydia created her own.
BodyICE is now a global business operating in health, wellness and sports. Lydia uses the latest in tech, and also a deep understanding of mental and emotional wellbeing, to help create a wholistic approach to healing and recovery.
Her BodyICE Woman range has been a game changer for women around the time of pregnancy and post-pregnancy, and also those having undergone major surgery.
Today, Lydia gives us the inside story on an epic sporting career, and her global sensation- BodyICE.
Sun, 07 May 2023 - 43min - 97 - #53: Move smarter, perform better: How Wallabies legend George Gregan is using sportstech to power Aussie sport- from the elite to grassroots.
George Gregan is one of greatest rugby union players of all time: A Wallabies captain, 1999 World Cup winner, 5x Bledisloe Cup winner, and the Australian games record holder.
George co-founded PTP Fitness to bring his fitness passion and expertise to the wider community. PTP now work with the Wallabies, Matildas, the Diamonds, Boomers and the Opals.
They are also with Richmond, Carlton and Sydney in the AFL, and the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL.
George is bringing the latest tech to the grassroots community, and helping to enable older Australians to keep living healthy, active lives.
Today, we go inside his extraordinary sporting journey.
Sun, 23 Apr 2023 - 43min - 96 - #52: The Sportstech that powers the Tour de France, and the Aussie bloke who makes it happen- Peter Gray from NTT.
NTT is one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies, founded and based in Japan.
NTT have become a major player in sports technology, and Aussie Peter Gray is their Global Sportstech & Innovation Boss.
Peter heads-up NTT’s Tour De France operation, powering one of the world’s most iconic sports events with revolutionary technology.
Today, Pete takes us behind the scenes of the Tour, and we also celebrate the Tour de France Femme, the ground-breaking new women’s cycling event.
Sun, 09 Apr 2023 - 57min - 95 - #51: The Sportstech G.O.A.T, Carsten Koerl, Founder & CEO of Sportradar
Carsten Koerl founded Sportradar in 2001, and the NASDAQ-listed company are the official data partner of FIFA, the ICC, the NBA, MLB, NHL, NASCAR and UEFA.
Carsten Koerl is the mastermind who made it happen. With a Masters in Electronic and Microprocessor Engineering, Koerl has always been two steps ahead of the competition.
Before the ‘dot-com boom’, he founded sports data company B-WIN, in 1997.
Then on a trip through the Australian Outback around the turn of the millennium, Carsten imagined the idea of Sportradar.
He’s spent the past two decades making that dream a reality, and making Sportradar the best in the world.
Today, we hear how he does it.
Sun, 26 Mar 2023 - 33min - 94 - #50: Knowledge is Power: How Paul Hoon and etrainu use digital engagement and education to lift the community up, and bring us all together.
Paul Hoon is the CEO of etrainu. He’s been with the Queensland company since day one, 18 years ago, when he started as the Sales Boss.
Paul is an Engineer by profession, and was formerly General Manager at SumTotal, and Sales Boss at YomStar.
etrainu is an online learning platform now playing on the global stage- working with golf’s PGA and LPGA, Youth Soccer in the USA, as well as Basketball Australia, Surf Life Saving Australia, Gymnastics Australia and Touch Football.
Paul shares his passion today about how knowledge and education are key to driving better outcomes for the individual and for the community.
Sun, 12 Mar 2023 - 34min - 93 - #49: Sportstech infused Olympic performance apparel, with Aussie Olympian & 776BC founder Cameron McKenzie-McHarg
Cameron McKenzie-McHarg is a 2-time Olympic rower, winning Silver in Beijing. He is a 2-time World Champion, and former Australian Captain.
The prodigious athlete was also a top-10 AFL Draft Pick, who went on to become Chair of Rowing Australia, forge a successful commerce career, and then found 776BC with wife, Kate.
776BC are now a global leader in performance apparel, as the official outfitter of Team USA Rowing, the Ivy League US Colleges, the Aussie Rowing team, and working with others like Major League Baseball teams and Cricket Australia.
776BC products also allow for unique motion-capture performance analysis through their patented technology.
Cam takes us inside his cutting edge tech, global conquest, and we reflect on a magnificent sporting career.
Sun, 26 Feb 2023 - 40min - 92 - #48: Champion Data CEO Libby Owens with how the latest sportstech is supercharging the future of sports data
Libby Owens has been a leading figure in Australian sport, business, and media for more than a decade.
Formerly managing broadcast rights at Cricket Australia and a formative stint with the Indian Cricket Board, the BCCI, Libby was also formerly at Australia’s media watchdog, ACMA.
Since April 2016, Libby has been CEO of the company that invented modern sports data in Australia, Champion Data.
Champion are now a strong global player, operating out of the United States and Europe.
Libby shares how sportstech innovation is driving sports data and reflects on lessons learned from her prolific career.
Sun, 12 Feb 2023 - 51min - 91 - #47: The sportstech reigniting and rewarding Aussie volunteers, boosting local sport & local business, with Firefly Initiative’s Courtney Smith.
Courtney Smith has been a prolific business and tech entrepreneur for the past quarter century. He has now founded the world’s first blockchain volunteering rewards platform, Firefly Initiative.
This not-for-profit is on a mission to pump $25 million worth of direct social benefit into local communities, empowering local sport and local business.
Most importantly, their goal is to honour the tireless work of Aussies all over the country who volunteer for their communities.
Sun, 29 Jan 2023 - 28min - 90 - #46: Hearts & Minds: How Sportstech Can Win Gen Z
Gen Z (those born after 1996) are the first cohort of true digital natives, and are fast becoming one of the most influential age demographics.
Forbes reports Gen Z purchasing power to be US$360 billion, and Brisbane 2032 Olympics Minister Sterling Hinchcliffe says he wants Gen Z advisors to help shape and organise the Games.
Winning Gen Z is crucial to the future of any sport.
Today we find out how it can be done, with Gen Z’r Justin Moskowitz- who is a US Game Developer and Sports Marketing College student at Syracuse University in New York.
Sun, 04 Dec 2022 - 44min - 89 - #45: The future of the Metaverse, with British Web3 pioneer, Niall Hendry from MOVE Ai
Niall Hendry is an Emmy award-winning sports technologist who has been at the industry’s spear-tip for the past 15 years.
Niall became a world-renowned figure during his time at ChyronHego, where he and his team won an Emmy in sports broadcasting for their TRACAB Player Tracker.
The Englishman then jumped head-long in to Web3, when he joined MOVE Ai, to become Head of Product & Partnerships.
MOVE Ai are a global-leader in AI computer vision and marker-less motion capture, working with Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, Nike, EA Sports and UniSoft.
Niall takes us behind the scenes at MOVE, and gives us cutting-edge industry insights.
Sun, 27 Nov 2022 - 51min - 88 - #44: Finding the humanity in Artificial Intelligence, with Australian Institute of Sport AI Boss, Stuart Morgan
The Australian Institute of Sport is a national treasure, a source of great Aussie pride, and international success.
Stuart Morgan is a world-leading figure in AI and machine learning, and is at the helm of AIS innovation.
Stuart’s original background is in psychophysiology, and he is uniquely placed to find the happy medium with technology- both embracing the power of the human mind, and the power of computer science.
We go behind the scenes at the AIS, lifting the curtain on some of the world’s foremost tech, like swimming’s Sparta 2.
Sun, 20 Nov 2022 - 48min - 87 - #43: The Aussie bloke who went from backpacking Europe to running the show for the biggest brand in Motocross: POD Active CEO Brett Nicholas
Brett Nicholas has been a high achiever from day one. His first job out of Uni was running Rip Curl’s ‘No Fear’ marketing campaign at the turn of the millennium.
He then became Aussie brand manager for motorsport and board labels Fox and Shift.
Brett then decided to backpack Europe, before he was headhunted by Fox, and made marketing boss of Fox Europe.
Promotions and a highly successful career in the US followed, before returning home to become CEO of POD Active.
POD Active are one of the world’s most revolutionary sports tech companies, designing and developing the use of composites, polymers, and urethane materials, to create joint protection products around natural human motion.
***AND we head live to New York, and catch-up with emerging App & Game Developer Justin Moskowitz, for his review of the new Meta Quest Pro Headset.
Sun, 13 Nov 2022 - 1h 08min - 86 - #42: The data powering a fitter, healthier Australia, with ActiveXchange CEO James Ellender
James Ellender has worked in health and fitness since he was a 15 year-old kid growing up in Sydney.
From personal trainer, to group fitness instructor, then to sales, before becoming a gym manager, and then a state manager.
James saw a problem, and is now finding the solution, as CEO of ActiveXchange.
ActiveXchange uses tech and data to bridge the knowledge gap, and help all health and fitness stakeholders make informed, efficient decisions that benefit the individual, the community, and the bottom line!
Sun, 06 Nov 2022 - 44min - 85 - #41: From the Sharehouse to the Penthouse: How Aussie start-up VALD took on the world and won, with co-founder Sam James
Sam James, co-founder Laurie Malone, and first employee Chris Rowe, were sitting around a Brisbane sharehouse one day in 2015, when the idea of VALD was born.
Seven years later, VALD are world-leaders in musculoskeletal technology for performance and allied health.
They work with 20 EPL clubs, 25 NBA teams, 27 NFL teams, and are now focused on democratising their cutting edge tech, to enable access across the community.
This is their story.
Sun, 30 Oct 2022 - 48min - 84 - #40: Olympic-sized dreams and Olympic-sized determination: How Sarah Cook conquered two sports, represented her country on the greatest stage, and now works in the upper echelon of world sport
Sarah Cook is a two-time Olympic rower for Australia, and a dual international athlete, having also sailed for her nation, and won an Aussie championship.
Sarah is now Chief Operating Officer of Rowing Australia, represents Oceania on the World Rowing Council, is lead commentator for World Rowing, works on the Australian Government’s National Sports Tribunal, and champions the cause of women in sport.
Sarah tells us what makes her tick, and gives an insight into the way sportstech can take rowing to a whole new audience.
Sun, 23 Oct 2022 - 45min - 83 - #39: Sportradar’s Cricket Tech Revolution, with Jarod Pickering
Jarod Pickering became a software engineer at the turn of the millennium, and built his career as a leading figure in our nation’s digital footprint.
The former Digital Product Owner at Medibank, and Digital Boss at Cricket Australia, is now Head of Cricket at global tech titan, Sportradar.
Jarod and his Sportradar team are the official data provider for the International Cricket Council, and for the current T20 Cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Jarod tells us the cutting edge tech that’s taking cricket to a new generation of fans.
Sun, 16 Oct 2022 - 53min - 82 - #38: How a born and bred Queenslander became the go-to performance data guy for the US Military: Markus Deutsch from Fusion Sport.
Markus Deutsch is a PHD in Exercise Physiology, and a pioneer in sport and health data science.
He worked with New Zealand Rugby as a Sports Scientist at the turn of the Millennium, before becoming an internationally renowned University Professor.
In 2003, he started Fusion Sport, which is now a global leader in human performance solutions, used by elite sports all over the world, and now the US Military.
This is the story of Markus and his Fusion team!
Sun, 09 Oct 2022 - 53min - 81 - #37: How the Melbourne Renegades gave one lucky company a Shark Tank-style crack at the big time!
Felicity George is the Melbourne Renegades Marketing & Brand Boss. Felicity is an elite operator, having worked at FIFA in Zurich, Arsenal Football Club, along with Tennis Australia, St. Kilda and the Western Bulldogs.
Craig Hill, a co-founder of ASTN, is a key architect and engineer of Australia’s $3billion sportstech industry.
Together, they ran a start-up pitch opportunity, with one successful company ultimately chosen to work with the Renegades.
This is the inside story of how you win a pitch, and how you win a big client.
Sun, 02 Oct 2022 - 46min - 80 - #36: Show Me The Money! Key lessons to win crucial investment dollars, with a founder of Australia’s Venture Capital Industry, Bob Beaumont
Credited by the Australian Financial Review as a “Visionary” behind the creation of Australia’s Venture Capital industry, Bob Beaumont has worked in finance for nearly half a century.
Bob made his name in United States finance, and is the original ‘Business Angel’ in Australia.
He works hand-in-hand with UC Berkeley & UCLA, helping to foster next-gen businesses.
Bob helped to create ASTN, and gives us a master class in winning capital investment.
Sun, 25 Sep 2022 - 50min - 79 - #35: The Sportstech & Science Powering Australia’s Olympic Swimmers, with Jess Corones from Swimming Australia
Jess Corones is Swimming Australia’s Sportstech Boss, and is Head of Sports Science for Australia’s Olympic Swim Program.
Jess gives us an incredible behind-the-curtain look at the high performance that goes into the world’s best swimmers.
We hear about the revolutionary Sparta 2 technology, which debuted at the Tokyo Olympics, and the machine learning helping our Aussies build to Paris 2024.
And Jess talks about the human touch that’s required when applying sports data to maximise outcomes for the athletes.
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 - 49min - 78 - #34: The keys to start-up success, with newly elected ASTN Chairman Dr. Martin Schlegel
While the coaches at the AIS train promising athletes, Dr. Martin Schlegel and his team train promising sportstech start-ups.
Martin, a globally renowned Chemical Engineer, joined ASTN in 2016, and is Program Lead at the Australian Sports Innovation Centre of Excellence.
Having just been handed the ASTN baton by founder, James Demetriou, Martin gives us the keys to business success, and some razor-sharp industry forecasting.
Sun, 11 Sep 2022 - 59min - 77 - #33: Karma Armani with the tech powering women’s sport!
Karma Armani is the Sport’s Cutting Edge International Correspondent, and works in New York City with mega sports agency Sportfive.
Karma gives us a deep insight in to the latest in women’s sport and sportstech, including a recent study showing that women’s sport could be a better bet than men’s sport, when it comes to economic decision-making.
Karma also shares strategies for females facing cyber-bullying.
Sun, 04 Sep 2022 - 33min - 76 - #32: EUROPE SPORTSTECH SPECIAL, with LaSource’s Sam Westberg
European sport is world-renowned for its prestige and tradition.
European sportstech is “old school and cautious”, which is a positive, that helps refine and sharpen decision-making, according to Sam Westberg.
Sam is CEO of LaSource- a B2B sportstech agency based in Paris, helping to shape the future of sport and entertainment.
Sam is clever, modest and speaks his mind- giving us a great insight into the state of sportstech in Europe.
Sun, 28 Aug 2022 - 47min - 75 - #31: Australian Sports Innovation Week 2022, with Sports Tech World Series Co-Founder, Johann Odou
The biggest week in Aussie sportstech kicks-off just days away in Olympic City, Brisbane on August 30.
The Australian Sports Innovation Week includes a master class, start-up & investor day, field tours and partner workshops.
The two headline acts are the Sports Tech World Series and the Australian New Zealand Sports Tech Awards.
Johann Odou is co-founder of the Sports Tech World Series- the largest global sporstech conference series in the world.
Johann joins us to preview the week, and reflect on his time in sportstech.
Sun, 21 Aug 2022 - 44min - 74 - #30: How to turn Aussie sports in to global brands- with former US Olympic Marketing Boss, and now Playbk Sports North America Chief, Rick Burton
Rick Burton is the former marketing boss for the US Olympic Committee and Miller Lite, and has worked with the NHL, Nike, Visa and Fedex.
He also ran Australia’s National Basketball League, and is a Professor at Syracuse University, in New York.
Rick is now North America Chief for Playbk Sports- a company creating new digital information and engagement commodities for clubs and leagues.
Rick gives us the game plan of how Australian sport can harness rapidly evolving technology to grow global brands.
Sun, 14 Aug 2022 - 46min - 73 - #29: ASTN 10-Year Anniversary Special, with founder James Demetriou
James Demetriou is one of the great success stories of modern Australia.
The first generation Aussie became the first person of Hellenic background to represent the Essendon Football Club in the VFL/AFL, in 1975.
After footy, James carved out a grand career in law, commerce, sport, governance and innovation.
In 2012, James founded the Australian Sport Technologies Network, as a mechanism to grow Aussie sportstech companies, and help propel them on to the world stage.
In that time, James and ASTN have helped take a $250 million industry, and turn it in to a $3 billion phenom.
This is the story of James Demetriou, and ASTN.
Sun, 07 Aug 2022 - 36min - 72 - #28: The art of sportstech decision-making, with Netball Victoria COO Steven Gatt
Steven Gatt is Chief Operating Officer of Netball Victoria, co-founder of Sports Accounting Australia, and a Director of the Sports Excellence Scholarship Fund.
Steve takes us on Netball Victoria’s journey of big sportstech decision-making. He tells us how tech has the power to connect the vast netballing community.
We also discuss how the Sports Excellence Scholarship Fund is providing more equality of opportunity for Aussies to make their sporting dreams come true.
Sun, 17 Jul 2022 - 41min - 71 - #27: WHO DARES WINS! How Pete Hull used daring tech innovation to take FITSTOP from a Brisbane shed to now become an international fitness player!
When Pete Hull’s international Motocross career was cut short by injury, he channelled his flair and energy in to building a functional fitness gym.
He started in a “small tin shed” in Brisbane, and pre-covid had built a 22-strong gym franchise.
When covid hit, Pete Hull seized the day with a rapid tech intervention that saw his business explode.
Fitstop now have more than 80 gyms, and they’re sizing-up the Northern Hemisphere.
Sun, 10 Jul 2022 - 47min - 70 - #26: Sarah Wall and NETFIT Netball- Aussie sportstech powering a global community
Sarah Wall is a three-times National Championship-winning Netballer.
Sarah founded NETFIT Netball as a means to community-build, empower girls and women, and increase healthy living and netball participation.
NETFIT powered through Covid with the aid of elite sportstech, and now caters to more than 100,000 people across more than 60 nations.
Sun, 03 Jul 2022 - 35min - 69 - #25: Inside Australian sport’s biggest Metaverse play: the QRL State of Origin NFT, with Playcasta
Ken Lee and Daman Foy are co-founders of Playcasta, a company pioneering Metaverse technology in Australia.
Playcasta are tech creators of the State of Origin Metaverse revolution, with Queensland Rugby League’s ‘Ultimate Queenslander NFT’.
On the eve of the NFT’s first exclusive drop we talk to the people behind this cutting edge sportstech.
Sun, 26 Jun 2022 - 47min - 68 - #24: The tech solution to help save Australian sport from its umpire & referee crisis, with Refbook’s Jon Chapman
From grassroots through to the elite level, there is a referee and umpire crisis in Australian sport.
On the eve of this Aussie Rules season, there was a shortage of 6,000 local umpires across the country.
Refbook has stepped-up at this dire time to provide cutting edge tech solutions.
Joining us on the show is Australian and international basketball referee Jon Chapman, who co-founded Refbook, and helped create its referee and umpire management software.
Jon also gives us a great insight in to the life of a sports official.
Sun, 19 Jun 2022 - 36min - 67 - #23: EXCLUSIVE: State of Origin Metaverse Revolution, with Ministry of Sport’s Ben Parsons
In a Sport’s Cutting Edgeexclusive, we can reveal Queensland Rugby League are pioneering the Australian metaverse, with ‘The Ultimate Queenslander NFT’ for State of Origin 2022.
Wally Lewis, Karl Stefanovic, Johnathan Thurston and the Stafford Brothers have all signed-on, and will be available in NFT form as legendary Queenslanders.
The QRL will drop ‘The Ultimate Queenslander NFT’ on Twitter and Discord, with 10,000 tokens available July 6, and a pre-sale of 1000 exclusive tokens June 29.
Exclusive fan experiences will be available across the pre-sold tokens.
Ministry of Sport founder Ben Parsons is driving this QRL NFT revolution and joins us on the show!
Sun, 12 Jun 2022 - 36min - 66 - #22: Zena Sport’s revolutionary product making women’s sport safer, with Donna & Brad Johnson
Donna Johnson is the mastermind behind Zena Sport’s world-first female protection garment for the upper torso.
Donna identified a major safety concern for women’s sport, and created the solution.
She is passionate about preventing injury, enhancing safety and empowering women to participate in sport.
Donna and her partner-in-crime, AFL Legend, Brad, are a dynamic wife & husband sportstech start-up, and they’re now taking on the world!
Tue, 07 Jun 2022 - 36min - 65 - #21: Olympic Gold Medal Cyclist Scott McGrory & International Correspondent Karma Armani
Sydney 2000 Olympic Gold Medallist Scott McGrory has one of Australian sport’s most inspiring and most heartbreaking stories to tell. As you’ll hear, this man is resilience personified.
And Scott is now an Olympic commentator with the Seven Network, and he tells us the supreme role technology plays in cycling.
Karma Armani returns to the show, having just completed her double-Masters in Business & Sports Administration.
Karma has just landed a plum sportstech gig in New York City, and brings us the latest news from around the globe.
Tue, 31 May 2022 - 1h 14min - 64 - #20: Sport, technology, education: How Jon Shepherd & Damian Hecker hit the trifecta with Playbk Sports
Jon Shepherd is an Aussie who went to the US and became a College Basketball Star, he’s since become one of the sharpest minds in education and coaching, first with the Australian Sports Commission, and then as an entrepreneur.
Damian Hecker has been a leading light in Australian education and coaching for the past two decades, with Australian Sports Commission, as Netball Australia’s Coach Development Chief, and as an entrepreneur.
Jon and Damo teamed-up and founded edtech business Leaders of Evolution, which became a global phenom.
Now they are back with a brand-new start-up, this time in sportstech and education, Playbk Sports.
The entrepreneurial pair share their story, and give great insight into a business already booming within the AFL, NBL, Winter Olympics and Special Olympics.
Sun, 22 May 2022 - 58min - 63 - #19: Rockstar Sports Physio Kusal Goonewardena from Elite Akademy & Tech Genius Ken Fretwell with StableForm’s cutting edge equine tech
Kusal Goonewardena is one of the world’s leading sports physiotherapists.
Kusal founded Elite Akademy at Melbourne University, he is the sports physio to Women’s Tennis Doubles star pairing Vera Zvonareva & Laura Siegemund, he is on ABC Radio National, and is a highly regarded author.
Kusal is at the cutting edge of global sports physio research and tech, and he gives us a powerful insight today on the show.
Ken Fretwell has turned his tech genius mind to inventing new technology for the horse-racing industry: to increase safety, reduce injury and increase performance.
Ken takes us inside his StableForm workshop, and tells us about the latest tech and what’s next.
Sun, 15 May 2022 - 1h 06min - 62 - #18: Women in Sports Tech Founder Marilou McFarlane & Simon Murphy’s Trophie- using tech to breathe new life into Aussie community sport
Marilou McFarlane has spent the past 30 years as a dynamic force for good in the United States of America.
The all-star businesswoman has dominated sport, media and tech, and has made it her mission to help elevate and empower young girls and women.
Marilou shares her insights from an incredible career, and tells us all about her company Women in Sports Tech (WiST)
Simon Murphy is the acclaimed Chief Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Melbourne University, and founder of RefLIVE.
His new company Trophie shows the power of tech to energise a lifeblood of the Aussie community- local sport.
Sun, 08 May 2022 - 1h 16min - 61 - #17: Athletics Australia’s Development Boss Adam Bishop & Asia-Pacific Chief of New York’s KORE Software Marc Roufeil
Adam Bishop is helping to drive the future of athletics in Australia with the latest tech and innovation.
He’s been integral to the revolutionary ‘Active Bands’ technology launched by Athletics Australia and Weet-Bix, helping to engage and inspire Aussie kids in exercise.
KORE Software is a global giant of sportstech, currently managing $USD 47 billion worth of assets.
Last year they recruited young Aussie sportstech star, Marc Roufeil to head-up their APAC operations.
Marc gives us the inside story on the latest tech being launched by KORE- the Helix fan intelligence platform.
Sun, 01 May 2022 - 52min - 60 - #16: E-Sports Team USA President David Geddes & Women and Diversity Warrior Molina Asthana
David Geddes is a leading figure in Global Sports Tech. Dave’s background is in the US Defence Industry- where so much of the world’s new tech is born.
Dave is Founder & President of the International Sports Tech Association, and is now President of E-Sports’ Team USA.
We hear the latest sports tech and E-Sports insights from a man who is always in the know!
Molina Asthana is a highly esteemed legal eagle in Australia, and is President-elect of the Law Institute of Victoria.
Molina is Founder of Multicultural Women in Sport, and works with great vigour and success to create a more inclusive environment in sport, media, commerce and society.
She is also an AFL Commissioner and an ICC Champion for this year’s World T-20, as well as board member of Gymnastics Victoria and Table Tennis Victoria.
Molina shares her inspiring story, and describes how sports tech can help create a more diverse and inclusive community.
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 - 1h 02min - 59 - #15: World Champion Netballer & Head of Female Cricket at Cricket Victoria Sharelle McMahon & XT Ventures Co-Founder Andrew Fagan
Sharelle McMahon is one of Australia’s all-time sporting greats, and now Head of Female Cricket at Cricket Victoria.
Sharelle is now becoming just the fifth sportswoman to be immortalised in statue form in Victoria. There are 29 sportsmen represented in statues in the state, and three racehorses.
On today’s show, we discuss the importance of female representation in sport, and the role modelling impact it has on younger generations of women and girls.
Sharelle also shares insights in to the role of sports tech and analytics at Cricket Victoria.
Andrew Fagan has spent nearly three decades in the upper echelons of sports management in Australia- from the AIS, to the Brumbies, Rugby Australia and the Adelaide Crows.
Andrew has now turned his focus to the future of sports tech, and how it impacts fitness, health and wellbeing.
We hear how Andrew's started venture capital firm XT Ventures, looking to fuel the next gen of sports tech success stories.
Sun, 17 Apr 2022 - 45min - 58 - #14: Rosterfy’s Cinderella Story with Bennett Merriman & Aussie Sporting Hero Cory Mostran
Bennett Merriman is co-founder and CEO of Rosterfy- the world leader in workforce managment technology.
A company that started in a spare room is now in 23 countries, and has clients including the Super Bowl, FIFA World Cup and Dubai’s Expo 2020.
Bennett tells us how Rosterfy turned their dream in to a reality, and gives us an insight in to the tech lessons learnt over the journey.
Cory Mostran is a five-time Queensland State of Origin representative in Wheelchair Rugby League.
Cory is a powerful champion of wheelchair sports and inclusion across Australia.
An epically inspiring man, Cory shows us all that- no matter the odds- where there is a will, there is a way!
Sun, 10 Apr 2022 - 58min - 57 - #13: Rugby’s Smart Ball Revolution, and Inside Dubai’s Expo 2020
Australian Rugby Union Immortal Stirling Mortlock, and Global Sports Tech Leader, James Godfrey are behind the ‘Smart Ball’ that has launched in Super Rugby and the NRLW.
‘Stirlo’ and ‘Goddes’ run XV Capital Advisory, and their client Sportable have created this revolutionary new technology.
We get the scoop on the Smart Ball’s mechanics, it’s utility, and it’s future.
Global Sports Tech Leader John Persico is a founder of Australia’s Sports Tech Industry, and he champions the Aussie cause all over the world.
John has just returned from Dubai’s Expo 2020- and he tells us about Australia’s place in the future of sports tech.
Sun, 03 Apr 2022 - 50min - 56 - Europe Correspondent and former Top Flight European Footballer, Chelsea DisseldorpSun, 19 Dec 2021 - 13min
- 55 - Aussie country footy legend Rob Clarke with the Redtails Right Tracks Program, helping to unify Australians through sportSun, 19 Dec 2021 - 33min
- 54 - Gemba’s Strategy Boss Mark Zucco with key industry insightsSun, 19 Dec 2021 - 29min
- 53 - #12: Gemba’s Mark Zucco with key industry insights & Rob Clarke with the Redtails Right Tracks Program, helping to unify Australians through sport
Mark Zucco is the Strategy Boss at Gemba- a world leader in sports entertainment. Mark shares key insights about the future of sport entertainment, and the crucial role of technology and innovation.
Aussie country footy legend Rob Clarke and his great mate, Ian McAdam- a legendary Indigenous leader- came together a decade ago to start the Redtails Right Tracks Program in the Northern Territory. ‘Clarkey’ joins us to share how they use sport to bring people together and empower young men and women to live their best life.
Our Europe Correspondent, and former Top Flight European Footballer, Chelsea Disseldorp joins us, for the latest insights in sports tech from the Northern Hemisphere.
Sun, 19 Dec 2021 - 1h 21min - 52 - Aerospace Engineer James Waldie and his company Cape Bionics- bringing NASA to sport!
James Waldie is one of the most prolific Aerospace Engineers in Australian history- having spent the past quarter century working with the elite: NASA, the European Space Agency and MIT. James tells us how he is now delivering this cutting edge science and technology to sport, with his company Cape Bionics.
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 - 38min - 51 - Hayley McAdam celebrates the legendary Lionel Rose.Sun, 12 Dec 2021 - 07min
- 50 - #11: From NASA to the biggest sport in the world- Aerospace Engineer James Waldie and his company Cape Bionics & Hayley McAdam celebrates the legendary Lionel Rose
James Waldie is one of the most prolific Aerospace Engineers in Australian history- having spent the past quarter century working with the elite: NASA, the European Space Agency and MIT. James tells us how he is now delivering this cutting edge science and technology to sport, with his company Cape Bionics.
And the Mighty Hayley McAdam from 3KND Indigenous Radio celebrates the legendary Aboriginal Australian boxer Lionel Rose.
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 - 48min - 49 - World Champion Netballer & Women’s Cricket Boss Sharelle McMahon
Sharelle McMahon is a legend of Australian sport. One of the world’s greatest ever netballers is now the Female Cricket Boss at Cricket Victoria. We are honoured to have Sharelle as a regular on the show- this week we wrap the WBBL, preview the summer of women’s cricket- from the elite through to grass roots, and celebrate the immortal Betty Wilson!
Mon, 06 Dec 2021 - 20min - 48 - Aussie Sports Tech Pioneer Andrew Walton
Andrew Walton is a pioneer of the Australian Sports Tech Industry, co-founding InteractSport. They revolutionised sports statistics & data accumulation and presentation, and invented one of the world’s most successful live score platforms. Andrew is an internationally renowned coach- for both sport and business. He’s become a gun for hire in recent times, with a strong penchant for E Sports. Andrew is also a key figure in the public sector, working to build greater inclusion across the community.
Mon, 06 Dec 2021 - 1h 06min - 47 - The Mighty Hayley McAdam profiles Socceroos Super Star Lydia WilliamsMon, 06 Dec 2021 - 12min
- 46 - #10: World Champion Netballer & Women’s Cricket Boss Sharelle McMahon, and Aussie Sports Industry Luminary Andrew Walton.
Sharelle McMahon is a legend of Australian sport. One of the world’s greatest ever netballers is now the Female Cricket Boss at Cricket Victoria. We are honoured to have Sharelle as a regular on the show- this week we wrap the WBBL, preview the summer of women’s cricket- from the elite through to grass roots, and celebrate the immortal Betty Wilson!
Andrew Walton is a pioneer of the Australian Sports Tech Industry, co-founding InteractSport. They revolutionised sports statistics & data accumulation and presentation, and invented one of the world’s most successful live score platforms. Andrew is an internationally renowned coach- for both sport and business. He’s become a gun for hire in recent times, with a strong penchant for E Sports. Andrew is also a key figure in the public sector, working to build greater inclusion across the community.
And, the Mighty Hayley McAdam from 3KND Indigenous Radio is back, this week profiling Aussie Soccer Super Star, Lydia Williams.
Mon, 06 Dec 2021 - 1h 41min - 45 - Wallabies Legend Stirling Mortlock & Sports Tech Gun James GodfreySun, 28 Nov 2021 - 42min
- 44 - India's Sports Tech Champion Arminder ThindSun, 28 Nov 2021 - 27min
- 43 - US Correspondent Karma Armani with the latest in Women's Sports TechSun, 28 Nov 2021 - 25min
- 42 - #9: Wallabies Legend Stirling Mortlock & Sports Tech Gun James Godfrey, and India's Sports Tech Champion Arminder Thind
Wallabies Legend Stirling Mortlock & Sports Tech Gun James Godfrey are the co-founders of XV Capital Advisory- now a pre-eminent player on the global sports tech scene. We get the inside word on the cutting edge companies and products Stirlo & Goddes are working with.
Arminder Thind is a co-founder of StanceBeam, the sports tech product that has revolutionised cricket. We celebrate Arminder's success, learn about the trailed he blazed during Covid, and find out what's next for one of the world's most exciting companies.
And, US Correspondent Karma Armani gives an amazing insight in to the key products and trends in Women's Sports Tech. Karma delivers cutting edge news, analysis and looks ahead to what could be next.
Sun, 28 Nov 2021 - 1h 38min - 41 - Colin ‘Funky’ Miller: from Test Cricket to Las Vegas!
Colin Miller is one of Australian sport’s great Cinderella stories- the power of never giving up, and making dreams come true. ‘Funky’ reinvented himself from a medium-fast bowler to an off-spinner at the age of 33, to keep his dream of playing for Australia alive. 12 months later, he made his Test Debut.
We talk about the mental discipline, resilience and self-belief required, and also the tactics and strategy, to pull off such an audacious move.
Sun, 21 Nov 2021 - 40min - 40 - Nick Frederiksen from Timing Solutions- helping Australia's next generation of OlympiansSun, 21 Nov 2021 - 23min
- 39 - Pete Coleman with his revolutionary new app, ReShare- promoting economic opportunity and environmental sustainability.Sun, 21 Nov 2021 - 08min
- 38 - Hayley McAdam profiles Evonne Goolagong Cawley.Sun, 21 Nov 2021 - 09min
- 37 - Former Top Flight Dutch Footballer & Europe Correspondent Chelsea DisseldorpSun, 21 Nov 2021 - 14min
- 36 - #8: Colin ‘Funky’ Miller- from Test Cricket to Las Vegas & Nick Frederiksen’s Timing Solutions
Colin Miller is one of Australian sport’s great Cinderella stories- the power of never giving up, and making dreams come true. ‘Funky’ reinvented himself from a medium-fast bowler to an off-spinner at the age of 33, to keep his dream of playing for Australia alive. 12 months later, he made his Test Debut.
We talk about the mental discipline, resilience and self-belief required, and also the tactics and strategy, to pull off such an audacious move.
Nick Frederiksen is co-founder of Timing Solutions, the company powering Little Athletics all around Australia. Nick tells us how this company grew from a small garage, to now helping to foster Australia’s next generation of Olympians.
Pete Coleman is a young gun Aussie geologist- he and wife Kelly have started a new app called ReShare- which is like Airbnb, but for everything. Pete tells us how this app is making sports more affordable for people right across the community, and helping the environment!
Former Top Flight Dutch Footballer & Europe Correspondent Chelsea Disseldorp gives us all the latest global sports tech news.
And the Mighty Hayley McAdam from 3KND Indigenous Radio is back, this week profiling Evonne Goolagong Cawley.
Colin Miller is one of Australian sport’s great Cinderella stories- the power of never giving up, and making dreams come true. ‘Funky’ reinvented himself from a medium-fast bowler to an off-spinner at the age of 33, to keep his dream of playing for Australia alive. 12 months later, he made his Test Debut.
We talk about the mental discipline, resilience and self-belief required, and also the tactics and strategy, to pull off such an audacious move.
Nick Frederiksen is co-founder of Timing Solutions, the company powering Little Athletics all around Australia. Nick tells us how this company grew from a small garage, to now helping to foster Australia’s next generation of Olympians.
Pete Coleman is a young gun Aussie geologist- he and wife Kelly have started a new app called ReShare- which is like Airbnb, but for everything. Pete tells us how this app is making sports more affordable for people right across the community, and helping the environment!
Former Top Flight Dutch Footballer & Europe Correspondent Chelsea Disseldorp gives us all the latest global sports tech news.
And the Mighty Hayley McAdam from 3KND Indigenous Radio is back, this week profiling Evonne Goolagong Cawley.
Sun, 21 Nov 2021 - 1h 40min - 35 - Cricket Legend Mark WaughSun, 14 Nov 2021 - 18min
- 34 - Global Sports Tech Leader John PersicoSun, 14 Nov 2021 - 40min
- 33 - Hayley McAdam highlights the life and career of Adam Goodes.Sun, 14 Nov 2021 - 08min
- 32 - US Correspondent Karma Armani with the latest news in global sports techSun, 14 Nov 2021 - 35min
- 31 - #7: Mark Waugh & John Persico
Mark Waugh is one of the greatest cricketers of all time. We talk about the power of taking risks, chasing dreams, working hard and playing for Australia. As Mark Waugh says, "Don't die wondering."
John Persico is one of world's most influential operators in sports technology. John gives us the latest trends we need to know, cutting edge analysis and shares his future vision of sports tech.
Karma Armani, our US Correspondent, gives us the latest news in global sports tech.
And Hayley McAdam, from 3KND Indigenous Radio, highlights the life and career of Adam Goodes.
Sun, 14 Nov 2021 - 1h 45min - 30 - Hayley McAdam profiling Aussie Basketball Legend Patty MillsSun, 07 Nov 2021 - 15min
- 29 - USA Sports Tech Leader David Geddes
David Geddes leads the way in the American Sports Tech Industry. With a background in the US Military, cutting edge tech, business and sports, Dave created the International Sports Technology Association. We talk about his 50 year vision of A.I., and the potential of Esports making their Olympic debut in Los Angeles, 2028.
Sun, 07 Nov 2021 - 33min - 28 - AFL Legend Anthony Koutoufides
Anthony Koutoufides is one of Australia's greatest ever athletes- the pioneer of the modern AFL player. We talk about the mindset it takes to perform at the elite level, the culture of winning, the power of hard work, the pride Kouta has in his family and heritage, and the role he now plays trying to help create healthy eating and living in the community.
Sun, 07 Nov 2021 - 28min - 27 - #6: AFL Legend Anthony Koutoufides & USA Sports Tech Leader David Geddes
Anthony Koutoufides is one of Australia's greatest ever athletes- the pioneer of the modern AFL player. We talk about the mindset it takes to perform at the elite level, the culture of winning, the power of hard work, the pride Kouta has in his family and heritage, and the role he now plays trying to help create healthy eating and living in the community.
David Geddes leads the way in the American Sports Tech Industry. With a background in the US Military, cutting edge tech, business and sports, Dave created the International Sports Technology Association. We talk about his 50 year vision of A.I., and the potential of Esports making their Olympic debut in Los Angeles, 2028.
And, the Mighty Hayley McAdam from 3KND Indigenous Radio is back, this week highlighting Aussie Basketball Legend, Patty Mills.
Sun, 07 Nov 2021 - 1h 20min - 26 - Horse Racing's A.I. Revolution with Robert Walker from Alerte Equine ScienceSun, 31 Oct 2021 - 16min
- 25 - Hayley McAdam profiles Cathy FreemanSun, 31 Oct 2021 - 12min
- 24 - Karthik Yanamandra from Tightend Global Sports with their Sports Mission in IndiaSun, 31 Oct 2021 - 14min
- 23 - Former European Footballer, now Sports Tech Guru Chelsea Disseldorp with the latest newsSun, 31 Oct 2021 - 14min
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