Sports Info Solutions

Congratulations to the SIS All-Star for March, our Lead Information Technology Analyst, Brian Reiff. Brian is one of our longest-tenured employees having joined the company as a Video Scout in 2016. He worked on our R&D team from 2017 to 2020 before making the switch to IT. He was just promoted into his current position. Brian is one of those people who makes sure everything is running smoothly behind the scenes with many of our team and organization clients. Colleagues site his commitment to excellence and attention to detail as two of his best traits. Fun fact: Brian was one of the co-authors of The Fielding Bible Volume 5, a book that explains our baseball defensive metrics. Congratulations Brian!

Huge thanks to Basketball Hall of Famer and ESPN broadcaster Rebecca Lobo for speaking to our company today about the growth of women's basketball and her history in the sport as part of our celebration of Women's History Month. SIS regularly brings in guest speakers to talk to its employees about current events and issues as we believe a wide array of perspectives celebrating diversity are important in creating our company culture. #WomensHistoryMonth #WNBA #RebeccaLobo

SIS will be represented at the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) Analytics Conference in Phoenix this weekend. If you see Joe Rosales, Evan Butler, or Joey Mahon there, be sure to say hello and ask them what we're up to!

We're hiring a senior software engineer! Sports Info Solutions (SIS) is growing its new Engineering department and is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help us develop web-based applications that power the analytics departments behind the most successful professional sports organizations, supply the most in-depth data in sports to the leagues, enable the most engaging user experiences in gaming, and deliver the most cutting edge real-time datasets in sports betting. Check out the listing and apply: https://lnkd.in/e7SdQHEq

It's your LAST CHANCE to sign up for our first virtual CFP Data Competition, in association with our 5th annual OSU Sports Analytics Conference! The aim of projects will be to optimize the College Football Playoff format, using statistical analysis. The data consists of individual and team level college football data from 2018-2025. The package will be released to everyone registered on MONDAY 3/3 and we will accept submissions for two weeks, until 3/21. The best part - both the competition and the conference are FREE, with our goal being to prioritize student research and visibility! This is a great opportunity to enhance your Resume by working hands-on with a comprehensive, well-structured dataset, all while receiving feedback from industry professionals. The top three teams will earn the chance to present at the Ohio State Sports Analytics Conference, and all participants are invited to showcase their work with a poster. A special thanks to Sports Info Solutions for providing the data for the event, and to Naveen Elliott, Dr. Ryan Ruddy, and Dr. John Draper. If you have any questions feel free to reach out! You can register for the Data Competition at: https://lnkd.in/g3iqrARq

Congratulations to the SIS All-Star for February, our injury analyst Brett Barnes. Brett is a rising star in our company. His job is to review and maintain the SIS Injury Database, which covers the baseball and football leagues scored by the company. He started as a Baseball Video Scout here in 2021. ? Brett's supervisor, John Verros, said he's impressed with Brett's growth mindset, positive approach to the job, and his ability to work well within stressful situations. He's the ideal employee to work and talk with on a daily basis. Congratulations Brett!

To commemorate Black History Month, on February 20, the SIS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee hosted a discussion of the movie, The Six Triple Eight, which meeting attendees watched on Netflix. The movie tells the story of the only Black Women's Army Corps unit stationed overseas and its members and leaders. The Corps took on the role of mail sorting, ensuring that millions of pieces of mail were delivered to troops overseas and their families at home. This was a massive project and their were many obstacles in the way of success, but the Corps succeeded in completing the task ahead of schedule. Our discussion group talked about the work the Corps unit did, how accurately the movie conveyed what happened, and the examples of leadership shown by Corps leader Charity Adams. Our DE&I Committee regularly hosts interactive talks and guest speakers as a means of educating and encouraging discussion among our employees

Beginning March 3rd and running through March 21st, we will be hosting a FREE and VIRTUAL Sports Analytics Hackathon where contestants will determine the ideal College Football Playoff format and selection using data from Sports Info Solutions. This is a great opportunity to enhance your Resume by working hands-on with a comprehensive, well-structured dataset, all while receiving feedback from industry professionals. The top three teams will earn the chance to present at the Ohio State Sports Analytics Conference, and all participants are invited to showcase their work with a poster. Link to register: https://lnkd.in/g3iqrARq

When we say that we try to measure everything that happens in a game, we mean EVERYTHING. That means not just the players but those who officiate games. With baseball, we have a tool that generates reports on tendencies in how umpires call pitches that TV networks use in their game broadcasts. With football, it means looking at the referees and the officiating crews to see if crews call more/fewer penalties of certain types than their peers. That's a pertinent story the last 2 weeks as some of the talk around the Super Bowl (#SuperBowl) was on whether the Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes were getting favorable treatment from officials. So Bryce Rossler looked into it. Check out the article link in the comments to see what he found.

We are still looking for teams for our Football Analytics Blitz! This competition is open to undergraduate students from any school! Don't miss this opportunity to have your work seen by judges from the National Football League (NFL), Sports Info Solutions, Houston Texans, and Tennessee Titans! Register here today: https://lnkd.in/gqT9QwyT