Sportable
Laurence Herbert is an accomplished technology leader with extensive experience in software development and product management. Currently serving as the VP of Software at Sportable since July 2024, Laurence previously held the position of Software Product Director at Graphcore from April 2019 to July 2024, focusing on AI products for data centres. Prior to Graphcore, Laurence worked at Dyson as Software and Architecture Manager, where innovative software teams were built to enhance connectivity and architecture. Laurence's experience also includes a role as Technical and Software Director at TgK Scientific Limited, overseeing multidisciplinary teams in the Life Sciences sector, and positions as Software and Electronics Engineer at Hi-Tech Ltd, and Systems Engineer at the University of Exeter. Laurence holds a Master of Engineering (MEng) degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Exeter, completed in 1999.
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Sportable
Sportable is a data and analytics company that leverages proprietary data collection hardware to deliver unique insights to the team sports ecosystem. Our portable ‘solution in a suitcase’ democratises high-speed, high-fidelity insights from ball and players tracking at all levels of the team sports pyramid, which in turn drives deeper fan engagement, gamifies player performance, and revolutionizes game dynamics – all while creating new revenue streams for teams, leagues, and their commercial partners. Sportable has extensive operations across five major sports; football, American football, AFL, rugby union and rugby league. Driving this success has been Sportable’s ability to leverage cost effective and flexible hardware and accurate ball tracking to provide sports leagues with a turnkey solution that solves critical challenges in officiating, fan engagement and performance verticals. Today, the business is partnered with eight global ball manufacturers. Currently our global footprint consists of operations and offices in the UK, North America, Australia and South Africa.