Jignesh Patel

Jignesh Patel is an accomplished technology leader with extensive experience in sports technology and engineering. Currently serving as CTO at BatFast Sports since October 2015, Jignesh has contributed to the development of augmented reality sports simulators, resulting in over 16 million balls delivered to more than 400,000 players globally and securing four patents in sport technology. As a Non Executive Director for KickX since December 2022, Jignesh provides entrepreneurial leadership and expertise in launching Hybrid Football®, a new category of sport. Prior experience includes working as a Fuel Cell Systems Engineer at Intelligent Energy from August 2012 to September 2015, focusing on advanced fuel management technologies, and completing a summer internship at Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. in 2011, where Jignesh developed models and algorithms for battery and fuel cell systems. Jignesh holds a Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College London.