Ryan McCumber

Ryan is the former Global Head of Sports Tech for KPMG. In this role, they delivered game scheduling projects to the NBA and scaled The Sports Analytics World Series to 5 countries leveraging the global KPMG network in Amsterdam, London, Tokyo, India, and Melbourne. Ryan resigned from an 18 year big 4 management consulting career where he focused on customer experience for the Telecom, Media, and Entertainment sector to refocus and double down on the startup community and innovation. Upon founding SportsTech.ai Ryan signed his first clients MyKicks, Edisn.ai, and StanceBeam and today maintains a portfolio of 10+ startups which he advises. Ryan also delivers strategic consulting projects such as 3-year digital transformation for the Royal Belgian Football Association in conjunction with Cap gemini as well as a more recent Esports strategy project for a leading Saudi telecom provider in conjunction with Roland Berger. In addition to SpotsTech.ai Ryan is also a co-founder of the Sport Innovation Alliance; an alliance of 23 football clubs globally sharing a common innovation agenda. Ryan also lead the Global Virtual Accelerator for Hype Sports, an effort focused on bringing sports back during Covid-19 for 13 global leading partners including Golden State Warriors, PSG, LAFC, Miami Dolphins, NY Islanders and Toronto Blue Jays.