Experience

Kognia Sports Intelligence

• Spain
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder and CEO

  • Jan 2017 - Present

  Kognia has developed an artificial intelligence software unique in the market that allows tactical analysis of the game automatically and in real time.It is an innovative product created for professional football clubs, leagues, federations or even sports media companies.Managers such as Unai Emery, Xavi Hernández, and Paulo Sousa have already used this advanced technology to analyze the performance of their teams.The product is structured around three main blocks:1-. Automated video production of the game and training sessions.2-. Tactical analysis that automatically detects the situations during the game by the two teams, generating cuts of video clips with the graphic representation of these tactics.3-. The manual tagging tool, which allows video analyst users to generate cuts and additional video clips of specific situations that complement the automatic analysis of the game.No other previous method has managed to meet these parameters that avoid manual processing while gaining objectivity when analyzing the game. And all in real time so the user can make immediate decisions in the live game, beyond speeding up the analysis in the preparation of the matches, at halftime or at the end of the game.



FC Barcelona

• Spain
• Spectator Sports
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Research - Departamento Metodología

  • Jan 2016 - Dec 2019

  As Head of research at the Methodology Department at FCB we aimed at developing the right theoretical framework and adequate models to quantify the game throughout the qualitative aspects that characterize Barça’s model. Together with Paco Seirul.lo and Joan Vila, our goal was to go beyond the immediate benefits of sports analytics and develop deeper insights of the principles underlying players’ tactical behaviors. Furthermore, my activties at FCB also involved disseminating our work at numerous conferences and events as well as keeping research alliances with top Universities and research centers around the globe.



University of Connecticut

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut

  • Jan 2014 - Dec 2018

  Research Projects Involved: Physical Intelligence, Joint Perception.

• Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut

  • Jan 2014 - Dec 2018

  Courses Taught: PSYCH 1100 (HONORS section) - Introduction to Experimental PsychologySTAT 2100 - Introduction to Descriptive & Inferential Statistics with R, a free Application Programming Interface



Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant, Kinesiology Department, Southern Illinois University

  • Jan 2012 - Dec 2014

  Courses Taught: KIN 101 Current Concepts of Physical Fitness KIN106C Soccer KIN 300 Motor Learning & Control Courses Taught: KIN 101 Current Concepts of Physical Fitness KIN106C Soccer KIN 300 Motor Learning & Control