Bodo Sieber
Birth nameBodo Sieber
Birth date10 January 1979 (age 47)
Height1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight114 kg (17 st 13 lb)
OccupationCEO and Co-Founder of Tagmarshal
PositionLock
Repyears 11998-2010
Repteam 1Germany
Repsevensteam 1Germany
Amatteam 1SC Neuenheim
Amatteam 2University of Cape Town RFC
Years 12005 - 2006
Clubs 1Cork Constitution
Clubs 2Western Province
Amatyears 1- 2000
Amatyears 22000 -
Ru amupdate3 March 2010
Repcaps 123
Ru ntupdate21 March 2010

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

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

  • 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

  1. ^ Bodo Sieber profile at scrum.com accessed: 3 March 2010
  2. ^ Gorman, Tommy (2022-03-22). "Tagmarshal Technology is Enhancing the Game!". New England dot Golf. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
  3. ^ Poni, Nozuko. "SCTalks Sports Tech". Quicket. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
  4. ^ "The history of betterplace.org". About us. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
  5. ^ "Bodo Sieber, Tagmarshal | Episode No. 212 - The Wednesday Match Play Podcast presented by Mindful "U"" (in Burmese). Listen Notes. 2020-09-09. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
  6. ^ "Ikey in Germany's last stand – UCT Ikey Tigers Rugby Club – UCTRFC". 2010-03-23. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
  7. ^ "TotalRugby - Spielerinformationen - Bodo Sieber". www.totalrugby.de. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
  8. ^ "Speakers". www.pgashow.com. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  9. ^ "Speakers | Golf Business TechCon". golfbusinesstechcon.com. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
  10. ^ Mull, Brian. "Tagmarshal Joins With Four Major PGA Sections To Alleviate Slow Play In Golf". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  11. ^ "Bodo Sieber - Top podcast episodes". Listen Notes. 2019-05-10. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  12. ^ TotalRugby Experten (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 7 March 2010
  13. ^ Season's Round-Up: Cork Constitution Archived November 20, 2007 at the Wayback Machine irishrugby.ie, accessed: 3 March 2010
  14. ^ "The 9 most innovative people in golf". bluetoad.com. Retrieved 2023-06-26.