WHAT RUNS A RUN · JUNE 9, 2024
A conversation with Kurt Hansen, Founder & CEO of Innovative Timing Systems
Welcome to the share the next episode on Tech in 26.2 podcast - A conversation with Kurt Hansen Founder & CEO of Innovative Timing Systems, one of the top 4 (@Mylaps, @Chronotrack, @Raceresults) and privately held race timing companies in the world. During our conversation, we focus on the following areas: 👉 It was an accident - founding story of Innovating Timing System 👉 Passion for rescuing animals and love for big cats leading to naming the race timing products after big cats e.g Jaguar timing systems 👉 How frustration and anger due to lack of innovation in the race timing industry led to 32 patents 👉 High level over view of how does Jaguar timing system work? 👉 Building the infrastructure to scale Innovative timing system to 700 offices supporting ~18000 races across 70-80 countries 👉 Why build an unparalleled tech support for its customers, legendary in the industry? 👉 Consolidation underway - Kurt’s take on where is the race timing industry heading? Podcast Outline: 0:05 - Introduction 3:00 - Traveling 140 countries around the world 5:15 - It was an accident - founding story of Innovating Timing System 14:08 - Passion for rescuing animals and love for big cats leading to naming the race timing products after big cats e.g Jaguar timing systems 16:45 - Drive for Innovation so “that 5K was their Olympic experience”. How frustration and anger due to lack of innovation in the race timing industry led to 32 patents 21:10 - Creating the magical experience on race day - high level over view of how does Jaguar timing system work? 33:59 - Building the infrastructure to scale Innovative timing system to 700 offices supporting ~18000 races across 70-80 countries 38:17 - Why build an unparalleled tech support for its customers, legendary in the industry? 47:27 - Consolidation underway - Kurt’s take on where is the race timing industry heading? References:Innovative Timing Systems website - https://www.innovativetimingsystems.com/Jaguar Race timing systems demo by Kurt - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT8-pZXvXEcIronman World Championship, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii - https://www.ironman.com/im-world-championship-kona Podcast production tool credit - Planning - Notion- Research and show notes - Perplexity and Microsoft Copilot- Recording - Zoom- Transcription - Restream.io- Media editing and mixing - Canva MagicAI Episode Info - Apple Podcast link - https://apple.co/4bWDXmD - Spotify podcast link - https://bit.ly/3VjaIDg - Youtube - https://youtu.be/_r1VUANuZuU Transcript & Shownotes- https://www.traxamo.com/tech-in-26-2-kurt-hansen
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Welcome to the share the next episode on Tech in 26.2 podcast - A conversation with Kurt Hansen Founder & CEO of Innovative Timing Systems, one of the top 4 (@Mylaps, @Chronotrack, @Raceresults) and privately held race timing companies in the world. During our conversation, we focus on the following areas: 👉 It was an accident - founding story of Innovating Timing System 👉 Passion for rescuing animals and love for big cats leading to naming the race timing products after big cats e.g Jaguar timing systems 👉 How frustration and anger due to lack of innovation in the race timing industry led to 32 patents 👉 High level over view of how does Jaguar timing system work? 👉 Building the infrastructure to scale Innovative timing system to 700 offices supporting ~18000 races across 70-80 countries 👉 Why build an unparalleled tech support for its customers, legendary in the industry? 👉 Consolidation underway - Kurt’s take on where is the race timing industry heading? Podcast Outline: 0:05 - Introduction 3:00 - Traveling 140 countries around the world 5:15 - It was an accident - founding story of Innovating Timing System 14:08 - Passion for rescuing animals and love for big cats leading to naming the race timing products after big cats e.g Jaguar timing systems 16:45 - Drive for Innovation so “that 5K was their Olympic experience”. How frustration and anger due to lack of innovation in the race timing industry led to 32 patents 21:10 - Creating the magical experience on race day - high level over view of how does Jaguar timing system work? 33:59 - Building the infrastructure to scale Innovative timing system to 700 offices supporting ~18000 races across 70-80 countries 38:17 - Why build an unparalleled tech support for its customers, legendary in the industry? 47:27 - Consolidation underway - Kurt’s take on where is the race timing industry heading? References:Innovative Timing Systems website - https://www.innovativetimingsystems.com/Jaguar Race timing systems demo by Kurt - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT8-pZXvXEcIronman World Championship, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii - https://www.ironman.com/im-world-championship-kona
Podcast production tool credit - Planning - Notion- Research and show notes - Perplexity and Microsoft Copilot- Recording - Zoom- Transcription - Restream.io- Media editing and mixing - Canva MagicAI Episode Info - Apple Podcast link - https://apple.co/4bWDXmD - Spotify podcast link - https://bit.ly/3VjaIDg - Youtube - https://youtu.be/_r1VUANuZuU Transcript & Shownotes- https://www.traxamo.com/tech-in-26-2-kurt-hansen