Who are SportsViz?
History
SportsViz was formed as a business way back in 2012 as a follow-on to several years of academic research funding that was challenged to bring leading software engineering solutions to sports analysis challenges. Our first major client was the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) with whom we still work and for which we have developed, deployed and supported a whole suite of highly innovative software tools designed and built to their exacting specifications.
The WRU software tools included:
WRU Stats Dashboard - Extensive in game and post match statistical analysis and visualisation tool.
WRU Team Room - Mac kiosk application providing players with secure, role-based access to their files while giving coaches and analysts engagement and usage data.
WRU Clipper - iOS based application for capturing and tagging video footage.
WRU Heatmap Generator - Match analysis tool that generates player and team activity heat maps from imported event data.
In recent years we have added another long-term strategic partnership with the Football Association of Wales (FAW) resulting in the creation of the “Nodiant Platform” that now spans across all of their operations as the governing body for football across Wales and a leading provider of coach education at the highest level. Our software has been used at several Rugby World Cup tournaments, Lions tours and at the Football World Cup in 2022.
Our latest direction is in the provision of Nodiant tools to the Academic sector with the University of South Wales now using our software to teach its undergraduate students. Our mission is to develop and deliver professional software solutions that are highly innovative, easy to use and much more cost effective than what has previously been supplied to the market, whilst also aiming to cover both 'able bodied' and 'disabled' aspects in sport analysis.
What are the benefits of working with SportsViz?
- Access to highly skilled software engineers and scientists with 15 years experience of delivering proven solutions for World Class clients.
- Access to “Nodiant”, a comprehensive ready-made solutions platform that can be tailored to your needs.
- Create bespoke solutions exactly for your information needs. No need to compromise your workflow due to the restrictions of off-the-shelf software.
- On-going partnership that will evolve and respond to the changing needs of your organisation, how and when it’s needed.
- Rapid solutions delivered on-time and on-budget, every time.
- Clear simple pricing, unrestricted licensing options, no hidden extras. What you get is what we promised and at a price you can afford.
Team Member Profiles
Dr Iwan Griffiths
Director of Research
Retired Associate Professor and Chair of Innovation and Engagement Group in A-STEM (Applied Sport, Technology, Exercise and Medicine) Research Centre, School of Engineering at Swansea University. Director and Company Secretary at SportsViz Ltd.
Iwan has a wide experience of physical science, biomechanics and the application of research methods to three-dimensional object tracking, performance analysis and the physics of human movement. He has worked closely with the computer scientists at Swansea University and Cardiff University on innovative solutions for sports analysis (data visualization, computer vision, data mining) and has worked up commercial links with many sports governing bodies and other partners.
He has advised on the creation of many SportsViz apps and software tools involving for example, ball spin visualization, performance analysis and coaching apps.
Mr Adrian Morris
BSc (Hon), Dip-M,
MCIM
Director and Commercial Director
Director and commercial manager of SportsViz. Adrian is an experienced programme and project manager in technology, having worked as the commercial manager for the Centre of Excellence in Computing and Software Technologies at Swansea University and the Pan-Wales Research Institute of Visual Computing funded by the Welsh Government.
He has a wealth of practical commercial experience, having owned and run several successful businesses and has strong sporting credentials, having been a Wales and Great Britain team member for Olympic rifle shooting and an international level coach.
Mr Matthew Parry
BSc (Hon), MPhil
Technical Director
Head of Software Engineering at SportsViz Ltd. Matthew graduated with a BSc in Computer Science with First Class Honours from Swansea University in 2010. He then stayed on at the University for the next 3 years as a Research Assistant on the Sports Video Visualization Project. During this time he was involved in a number of high quality Research publications including a full-length paper as lead author in the 2011 IEEE Vis conference; the highest impact conference for advances in visualization.
At the conclusion of the Sports Video Visualization project, Matthew joined the resultant spinout company SportsViz Ltd. as a Software Engineer and has achieved an MPhil in Computer Science.
Mr Neil Sutton
BSc (Hon)
Graphic Designer/Web Developer,
Customer
Relationship
Manager
Bringing over 28 years experience of working within the graphic design and website design/development industries across to SportsViz, Neil has worked on numerous digital design and website related projects for local, national and global organisations.
Before joining the SportsViz team, Neil was an approved service supplier to Swansea University handling design requirements for the Research Institute of Visual Computing, VIBE (data management), and Homeland Security/Resilience projects.
Neil approaches every project with a pragmatic outlook, a keen eye for detail and continually monitors the industries for emerging trends and technologies, working closely with our clients at every stage to ensure the highest quality end product.
Mr Adam Morris
MEng (Hon)
Consultant Engineer
Master of Engineering (MEng) in Engineering Mathematics with First Class Honours from the University of Bristol. Adam specialises in the principles of mathematics and data modelling and applying them to real-world situations. Currently undertaking postgraduate research at Bristol as a PhD candidate, he is developing autonomous robotic swarm systems, bringing together theories of swarm intelligence with the challenges of physical systems.
Adam works as an advisor alongside SportsViz to provide deep insight on AI/machine learning technologies and mathematical principles that can be applied to sports analysis. He is currently implementing the ability of artificial intelligence models to automatically capture player spatio-temporal data through raw match footage. Furthermore, he has shown how to effectively analyse this data to provide actionable insights, stemming from his expertise in collective dynamics and emergent behaviours.