We are a group of professional athletes, performance directors and software CEOs

We have over 100+ years of working with teams such as NY Knicks, Manchester United FC, Chelsea FC, Liverpool FC, Leeds United FC, England National Soccer Team, The Washington Nationals, NIKE and EXOS, to name but a few

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We understand what it’s like to work on the ground floor / at the coal face of elite sport.

Apollo is a platform that helps save you time, increase communication, reduce injury risk and improve player development.

The Team

Dr. Dave Hancock

CEO

Performance Director / Chartered Physiotherapist and Strength coach with 27 years experience having worked in four professional sports in the UK and currently in the USA (MLB / Rugby/ Premier League Soccer/ NBA Basketball).

Richard Rawson

Senior Full Stack Engineer

25+ years in software development. Background in human resources and sports analysis. Previously senior developer at ProZone. Degree in Computer Science.

Jeff Velleca, BA, MS

Project Manager, Client Support

Quality assurance of IT Policies on Security, Data Breach, internal management of day-to-day workflows. 8+ years of experience in project & team management roles in healthcare & sports sectors. Former Div I NCAA athlete. USA Hockey level 2 Coach.

Bo Wandell

VP of Sales & Marketing

Innovative, results-driven sales, marketing, and business development executive with experience growing technology, software, and SaaS companies. Accredited Amazon Web Services Business Professional with a track record of managing complex sales cycles, establishing sales channels, and developing business development partnerships.

Cyrus Bezrodnykh

COO

25+ years in software development
and a background in human resources and sports analysis. Previously senior developer at ProZone with a Degree in Computer Science.

Eddy Garcia

Vice President Analytics, Client Support

Math and Statistics graduate. Several years spent working in data across the UK, US and Asia in senior management roles. Specializes in Data Visualization, delivering clean and clear communication of data. Extremely experienced in training delivery to empower others to make data driven decisions.

Chris DiTusa

CTO

Quality assurance of IT Policies on Security, Data Breach, internal management of day-to-day workflows. 8+ years of experience in project & team management roles in healthcare & sports sectors.

Charmaine Johns

IT Manager

Delivery to time, cost, quality and expectation, achieving cost reduction, service improvement and income generation. 30 years’ experience of running App development platform. Head of IT at Rolls Royce. Head of IT at Leeds Utd.

Matt Verducci

sales executive

An innovative operations leader with over 6 years of experience gained as a Navy SEAL Proven track record and reputation for performing well in tumultuous situations.

Joe Macari

Data Analytics Manager

Math and Statistics graduate. Several years spent working in data across the UK, US and Asia in senior management roles. Specializes in Data Visualization, delivering clean and clear communication of data. Extremely experienced in training delivery to empower others to make data driven decisions.

Adrian Lamb

SPORTS SCIENTIST

Performance coach with over 20 years’ experience training professional soccer players at an elite level in the UK, USA, Canada and China. Enhancing performance in a world class sporting environment inclusive of strength and conditioning, physical outputs, recovery, nutrition, individualized fitness programming, and injury prevention.

Chris Bate

Head of Marketing

30+ years in the design/marketing industry. Experience in web/app design, front end system development, print, branding, social media campaigns. Prefered out source senior designer for Hilton/Waldorf Astoria Hotels for 10 years. Experience working with start-ups and multi nationals.

Sasha Kuliievych

Senior Full Stack Engineer

25+ years in software development. Background in human resources and sports analysis. Previously senior developer at ProZone. Degree in Computer Science.

Hiram Scott

AI & Sports Data Analyst

Expertise in data engineering/extraction and warehousing in Python, R, SQL, and Javascript. Graduate of Manhattanville College. BA in Economics/Data Science.

Arno Rheinberger

Account Executive

My goal is to return and keep athletes on the field as quickly and as safely as possible.

Will Leather

Sports Data Analyst

Expertise in sports data analysis/visualisation using Tableau. BSc graduate in Computer Science from York St John University.

Fope Onadeko

Tableau Engineer

Expertise in data analysis/visualization in Python and Tableau. Former Data Analytics Intern at the Sports Performance department and the Counseling Center of Johns Hopkins University. BSc in Applied Mathematics and Statistics from Johns Hopkins University.

Taichen Zhou

AI & Data Scientist

The Board

Dr. Peter Vint

Board Advisor

Academy Director Everton FC
Previous Performance Director USOC

Dr. Tony Strudwick

Board Advisor; Head of Youth Performance at Arsenal FC

Head of Performance at the Welsh FA. Previous Head of Performance at Manchester United FC. Previous Nike Performance Board Member.

George Pyne

Board Advisor / investor

CEO Bruin Sports Capital
Previous CEO IMG
Previous CEO NASCAR

Mark Simpson

Board Advisor

CEO $300m SaaS Company in Marketing Software carved out of IBM

The Board

Dr. Peter Vint

Board Advisor

Academy Director Everton FC
Previous Performance Director USOC

Dr. Tony Strudwick

Board Advisor; Head of Youth Performance at Arsenal FC

Head of Performance at the Welsh FA

Previous Head of Performance at Manchester United FC

Previous Nike Performance Board Member

George Pyne

Board Advisor

CEO Bruin Sports Capital
Previous CEO IMG
Previous CEO NASCAR

Ram Mylvaganam

Board Member

Prozone , Ai Abacus

Mark Simpson

Board Advisor

CEO $300m SaaS Company in Marketing Software carved out of IBM

Investor

Ram Mylvaganam

Prozone , Ai Abacus

Harvey Sharman

Executive Director, Medical Services, Washington Nationals

Their understanding of our needs and professional sport are second to none. We have definitely made the right choice in choosing them to develop and implement such a system.

Nik Popovic

Director of Sports Performance WBB, USC

On numerous occasions, the Apollo team have always found a way to achieve the exact objective that we are aiming for as we strive to deliver and tell a story to our coaches about their athletes, which has included bespoke designed reports based on information from two of our systems.