UEFA Champions League co-founder Craig Thompson joins Pixellot advisory board

Pixellot has welcomed Craig Thompson as a member of its advisory board.

Thompson has a rich background in consulting for major global sports projects spanning 17 sports across 66 countries. He has vast experience in early-stage sport technology investments and is the founding partner at Mindspring Capital and CEO of Mindspring Sport. As part of his involvement in the creation, funding and management of sports events and leagues, he was one of the founders of the UEFA Champions League and served for 11 years as its managing director for Team Marketing, the exclusive agency.

Prior to Mindspring, Thompson served as CEO of the 34th America’s Cup San Francisco, created the sporting and commercial concept for Europe’s first professional, multi-country hockey league launched in 2008, and served as VP of ISL Marketing, whose properties included exclusive global marketing relationships with the IOC, FIFA, UEFA, FIBA, IAAF and the FEI.

“Pixellot is the ideal, complete solution for so many federations and leagues around the world,” said Thompson. “It provides a true end-to-end solution to capture, stream and analyse video, opening up new opportunities for monetisation, fan engagement and athlete development. I am looking forward to helping speed up the adoption and deployment of their market-leading technologies around the globe.”

“It is a great honour to have Craig join our team,” said Alon Werber, CEO of Pixellot. “With the exponentially growing interest we are seeing in Pixellot’s solutions, the ability to have an onboard professional with so much global experience and reach will be of great value. We look forward to expanding our relationships with federations, associations and governing bodies.”