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Ben Mackriell - Stats Perform
Manage episode 263531362 series 2540094
Ben Mackriell is the Head of Team Performance Product Strategy at Stats Perform, which owns the data-tracking company Opta. In our conversation, Ben discusses…
- What teams are doing with data while leagues are shut down
- How he got into sports analytics
- His first club job with Everton
- Working at Everton, Fulham, Reading, Norwich City & Burnley
- The best advice he received as an analyst
- Keys to communicating data at clubs
- How he works with clubs in his Stats Perform role
- AI, computer vision, and the future of analytics
- The state of analytics in cricket and rugby
- Why he roots for Boston teams
- Joining Fulham right before Clint Dempsey’s famous chip against Juventus
Show links
- Follow Ben on Twitter (@BenMackriell) & LinkedIn
- Stats Perform & OptaPro
- ProVision, the analytical platform from Stats Perform & TruMedia
- How Opta collects data
- Ben’s reflections on the 2020 OptaPro Forum
- British Lions 2017 rugby documentary
- Clint Dempsey’s chip vs Juventus in the 2010 Europa League quarters
- The Test, an Australian cricket documentary series on Amazon Prime
- The MVP Machine, by Ben Lindbergh & Travis Sawchik
- Stats Perform on Twitter: @StatsPerform
- TruMedia on Twitter: @TruMediaSports
Listen here or wherever you get podcasts: Apple, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn
77 episodes
Manage episode 263531362 series 2540094
Ben Mackriell is the Head of Team Performance Product Strategy at Stats Perform, which owns the data-tracking company Opta. In our conversation, Ben discusses…
- What teams are doing with data while leagues are shut down
- How he got into sports analytics
- His first club job with Everton
- Working at Everton, Fulham, Reading, Norwich City & Burnley
- The best advice he received as an analyst
- Keys to communicating data at clubs
- How he works with clubs in his Stats Perform role
- AI, computer vision, and the future of analytics
- The state of analytics in cricket and rugby
- Why he roots for Boston teams
- Joining Fulham right before Clint Dempsey’s famous chip against Juventus
Show links
- Follow Ben on Twitter (@BenMackriell) & LinkedIn
- Stats Perform & OptaPro
- ProVision, the analytical platform from Stats Perform & TruMedia
- How Opta collects data
- Ben’s reflections on the 2020 OptaPro Forum
- British Lions 2017 rugby documentary
- Clint Dempsey’s chip vs Juventus in the 2010 Europa League quarters
- The Test, an Australian cricket documentary series on Amazon Prime
- The MVP Machine, by Ben Lindbergh & Travis Sawchik
- Stats Perform on Twitter: @StatsPerform
- TruMedia on Twitter: @TruMediaSports
Listen here or wherever you get podcasts: Apple, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn
77 episodes
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