Bodo Sieber
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Birth name | Bodo Sieber | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 10 January 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 114 kg (17 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | CEO and Co-Founder of Tagmarshal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bodo Sieber (born 10 January 1979)[1] is an entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of Tagmarshal Golf Course Optimization Technology[2][3] and previously co-founded Berlin-based platform for social causes called betterplace.org.[4][5] Sieber is a former German international rugby union player, playing for the University of Cape Town RFC[6] and the German national rugby union team.[7]
Sieber has been a keynote speaker at the Golf Business Conference, Golf Inc Innovation Summit, PGA Show,[8] Golf Business Tech Conference,[9] as well as appearing in Forbes magazine,[10] Golf.com, PGA Magazine, Compleat Golfer, and other leading industry publications, radio shows, and podcasts.[11]
Sports career
[edit]Born in 1979, Bodo Sieber grew up in the German city of Heidelberg, where he developed a lifelong passion for sports, with a focus on rugby, which he started playing for SC Neuenheim in 1993.[7] By 1998, Sieber had played at two U19 World Cups (Chile/France) and made his debut playing for the German National Team, for which he earned 24 caps.[citation needed]
After relocating to Cape Town in 2000, Sieber joined the University of Cape Town RFC Ikey Tigers, where he played a record 172 first class games[12] and captained the team.[6] He continued to play professionally for Cork Constitution in the AIB League in 2005-06,[13] as well as playing for Western Province in the Vodacom Cup for two seasons.[7] He remains an Exco member of the UCT Ikey Tigers Rugby Club.[3]
Career highlights
[edit]- 2006: Co-founded Berlin based donation platform betterplace.org[4]
- 2016: Co-founded Tagmarshal Golf course optimization technology platform
- 2022: Most Innovative Person in Golf (Golf Inc.)[14]
- 2023: PGA Show - Keynote speaker[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Bodo Sieber profile at scrum.com accessed: 3 March 2010
- ^ Gorman, Tommy (22 March 2022). "Tagmarshal Technology is Enhancing the Game!". New England dot Golf. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ a b Poni, Nozuko. "SCTalks Sports Tech". Quicket. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ a b "The history of betterplace.org". About us. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ "Bodo Sieber, Tagmarshal | Episode No. 212 - The Wednesday Match Play Podcast presented by Mindful "U"". Listen Notes (in Burmese). 9 September 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Ikey in Germany's last stand – UCT Ikey Tigers Rugby Club – UCTRFC". 23 March 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ a b c "TotalRugby - Spielerinformationen - Bodo Sieber". www.totalrugby.de. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Speakers". www.pgashow.com. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "Speakers | Golf Business TechCon". golfbusinesstechcon.com. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ Mull, Brian. "Tagmarshal Joins With Four Major PGA Sections To Alleviate Slow Play In Golf". Forbes. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ "Bodo Sieber - Top podcast episodes". Listen Notes. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ TotalRugby Experten (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 7 March 2010
- ^ Season's Round-Up: Cork Constitution Archived November 20, 2007, at the Wayback Machine irishrugby.ie, accessed: 3 March 2010
- ^ "The 9 most innovative people in golf". bluetoad.com. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
External links
[edit]- Bodo Sieber at scrum.com
- (in German) Bodo Sieber at totalrugby.de
- (in German) Bodo Sieber at the DRV website
- Interview with Bodo Sieber by Bobby Skinstad