Sport Group Holding
Dario Grochla's work experience is as follows:
- From 2022 to present, they work at Sport Group Holding as the Global Head of R&D Engineering and Technology. Prior to this, they served as an R&D Project Manager from February 2022 to January 2023.
- In 2021, they worked at WEERULIN GmbH as an R&D Project Manager from April 2021 to February 2022.
- From 2016 to 2021, they worked at the Institute of materials, RUB, where they held the position of Head of industrial and scientific research projects.
- At Ruhr University Bochum, they worked as a Technical Manager for Commissioning from June 2016 to June 2020.
- Dario started their career at the Institute for materials, RUB, as a Scientific Associate from May 2011 to June 2016.
- Dario began their professional journey in 1998 at Brenner & Co Pijpleidingsbouw as a Surveyor and Industrial Technician, where they worked until October 2006. So far, they have proven expertise in various roles within the research and technical fields.
Dario Grochla's education history began in 1995 when they attended Bilfinger & Berger AG in Essen as a draftsman and surveying assistant, focusing on structural engineering. Dario then pursued a degree in Micro Engineering at Ruhr University Bochum from 2004 to 2011, earning their Engineer (Dipl.Ing.) degree. Continuing their education at Ruhr University Bochum, from 2011 to 2016, Dario obtained their Dr.-Ing. degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Sport Group Holding
Sport Group is the world’s largest and greenest business dedicated to sport surfaces. The Group provides synthetic turf sport fields, athletic tracks, courts and recreation areas in over 70 countries, and uniquely covers the complete value chain, including R&D, chemicals, manufacturing and installation. With headquarters in Burgheim, Germany, the Group’s corporate brands include Polytan, AstroTurf, Melos, APT and SYNLawn, and world-leading global product brands such as LigaTurf (football turf), Poligras (hockey turf), Rekortan (tracks) and Laykold (courts). Notable recent projects include tennis courts for the US Open, hockey turf for Paris 2024, soccer turf for Bayern Munich, American football turf for University of Washington and baseball turf for the Toronto Blue Jays. Sport Group is committed to green technology and has received an ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) Risk Rating Score of 12.7 from Sustainalytics. This places Sport Group in the top 6% of companies globally. Sport Group’s strength is sustainable products and services, for example LigaTurf Cross GT zero, is the world’s first carbon neutral football turf, and Poligras Paris GT zero, is hockey’s first carbon zero hockey turf and has been chosen for the Paris Olympics