Australia
I've been an integral part of High Performance teams for 20 years, working along side dedicated practitioners from diverse disciplines. These include sports medicine, physiotherapy, strength and conditioning, sports coaching, and senior management. This journey has provided opportunity across the globe. My educational foundation includes a Double Degree in Sports Administration and Exercise Science, complemented by a Graduate Diploma of Teaching. Throughout my career, I've successfully prepared elite Cricketers, Australian Rules Footballers, and Major League Soccer players for competition. In addition to my practical experience, I hold credentials in Strength and Conditioning (ASCA Level 2) and Sports Science (ESSA Level 2). I've progressed my skills with proficiency in visualization and analytics tools such as Excel, Tableau, PowerBi infrastructure, and R programming language. As a team player, my motivation stems from a robust competitive spirit, driving me to elevate those around me and contribute to ongoing growth and development.
Personal Strength and Conditioning Business in which I have consulted to a vast range of athletes and sporting teams (local & elite). Clients have included; Caitlin Hawks - Australian Track and Field females hurdles Basketball - US College graduate Cricket - District Cricketers Jordan Ridley - Essendon FC - B&F Zac O'Brien - Brisbane Football Club (AFL) Australian Gridiron Representatives - Caleb Morgan & Bailey Flint (Toledo University FB Punter) VFL / TAC Cup players
Consultant and Camp based Performance Data Scientist for Canadian Men’s National Soccer Team. Workload monitoring (Catapult Sports), Video analysis (Catapult Focus), VALD ForceDecks, work with HPM with respect to conditioning prescription, analysis, cleaning & presentation of data (R Studio, PowerBi, Excel, ClaudeAI). Work closely with HPM, Coaching and key medical staff.
Responsible for the implementation of our internal and external load monitoring practices through the use of Catapult S7 devices, across the entire Charlotte FC organization - Starting XI, Second XI & Academy programs. Conduct Heart Rate Recovery assessments on MD+2 with all starting XI, using Catapult 2.3 integrated garments. Work closely with Director of Health & Performance on implementation of periodization strategy. Liaise with key personal in Medical and Performance to transition injured players back into full program. Quantify all match and training demands - speed profiles, ACWR, Heart Rate and session benchmarks. Utilize Catapult Focus and MatchTracker for wearable, optical (TrackAb), Statsbomb for Match analysis and produce actionable insights. Build protocols & implement testing and monitoring processes for VALD, KangaTech, Heart Rate Recovery & on field physical assessment. One of the first clients in the MLS to implement Speed Signature for running gait analysis on all rostered First XI players. Build strong relationships with key stakeholders. Utilize data analysis tools such as R Studio, PowerBi and Excel to integrate data sets and present actionable insights.
Lead Catapult Major League Soccer, NCAA College (Football, Basketball & Soccer) wearables account management, product innovation and consultation on areas of Sports Science (periodization, load management, conditioning strategies, data science and more). Lead specific projects for pre season design, player and positional analysis and return to play. Experience with Salesforce, Slack, TripActions, Google Sheets, PowerBi, Catapult R & Excel). Successfully hosted Football ⚽️ performance webinars through Catapult 4 from 4 series and Major League Soccer workshop. Designed and implemented in conjunction with the University of Louisville Sports Science workshops (22/23). Liaise with NSCA for CEU points for attendees. Represented Catapult Sports at NSCA & CSCCa conferences. Assisted in the launch of the Major League Soccers first Sports Science workshop in the USA. Successfully conducted industry growth through content design of Catapult One application (warm up, speed, agility, endurance & Soccer specific based drills), now available through App store. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/catapult-one-sports-training/id1382164781 Assist Senior Product Managers in innovation and reporting for all areas of performance and analytics, plus design team to further innovate product design, in key areas of Sports Science and Strength and Conditioning. Mentor newly appointed Applied Sports Scientists at Catapult.