Andy Robinson has been developing software since the age of 16, and professionally for the last 25 years.

His career started with a degree in Physics and Philosophy from Oxford, followed by stints in advertising, investment banking and small business, before settling on his teenage passion of programming.

In 1998 Andy wrote the original version of the Reportlab library, one of the world’s most popular open source tools for generating PDF documents and reports, and launched ReportLab in 2000. Since that time, he has led a small team delivering over a hundred projects, delivering large scale solutions to clients in fund management, travel, banking and many other industries, and ensuring they are well supported for the lifetime of the solution., as well as extending the company’s key reporting products.

He has been heavily involved in the Open Source software world, being a co-author of one of the first books on the Python language, and a lecturer/trainer at Open Source conferences in the USA.

Andy Weir worked in the Finance Industry for 24 years before deciding to find something more interesting to do in the Summer of 2016. Starting at JPMorgan, after researching into the Mathematics of Semiconductors at Oxford, he worked as a mathematician and quantitative analyst modelling large volumes of live data and forecasting the fixed income markets.

After 5 years he moved to Fidelity Investments to lead the Fixed Income Research Team and work on risk modelling and data visualisation. As the models developed track records he started running client money. Over the next 15 years he attracted and was lead manager of more than $6bn of institutional and retail assets. He also spent a few years as Group Leader of Bonds, being in charge of all the fixed income fund managers and the total assets of $40bn.

Paul Bristow is the Co-Founder and Director of European Championships Management, the company behind the major new multisport event taking place for the first time in August 2018 in Glasgow and Berlin. Staged every four years and supported by Europe’s free-to-air broadcasters, the European Championships aggregates the existing senior continental championships of Athletics (European Athletics), Aquatics (LEN), Cycling (UEC), Gymnastics (UEG), Rowing (FISA), Triathlon (ETU), with a new Golf Team Championships (ET & LET) – all unified under a dynamic and exciting new brand.

Prior to this, Paul was Chief Operating Officer of deltatre, a leading sports media technology company. Founding the UK subsidiary in August 2002, Paul eventually became COO of the deltatre group managing over 400 employees worldwide. deltatre has been the supplier of results and graphics services to the IAAF since 1987. He was also a Director at TEAM Marketing from 1992 - 2001 and Director of Television at the International Association of Athletics Federation from 1986 - 1992.

Paul’s international sports marketing and programming experience includes over 20 seasons of the UEFA Champions League, three FIFA World Cups, two Olympic Games and numerous World and European Championships in a variety of sports. He has experience across media rights packaging and sales, event management, sports broadcast production, sponsorship sales, data and graphics, digital and social media and OTT services.

Paul Rowbotham currently works part-time as Chief Operating Officer for a London FinTech start-up, which delivers cloud-based portfolio management software for some of the largest investment management companies in the world.

After studying Physics at Cambridge University and Business at Villanova University in the US, Paul spent 5 years at the IAAF in London. His responsibilities included helping calculate the Grand Prix scores at IAAF meets, using the IAAF Hungarian tables to ‘score’ permit meetings, helping develop an athlete database for press and spectators at the 1991 World Champs in Tokyo, attending and supporting IAAF Council meetings and helping to produce and sell TV programs of the IAAF Grand Prix meets.

After qualifying as an accountant, Paul went on to develop financial reporting systems working for a number of FTSE100 multinationals.

In 2008 Paul set-up an SAP consulting company with two colleagues. Having successfully grown the business, he sold his share in 2016.

David Brunsdon is Head of Risk & Compliance for First Rate Exchange Services Ltd, the UK’s leading foreign exchange business, trading primarily under the Post Office brand.

David was Operations Director of eBusiness Media, a B2B media business company, and has held senior roles with Vocalink, IBM and Abbey National plc. He has an MBA from Loughborough University Business School.

Gus graduated from the University of Bath with a degree in Sports Sciences.

He has more than a decade’s experience in operations and project management.

Llewellyn completed an internship with OpenTrack’s partner company ReportLab in 2017/18 during his computer science degree, and was hired full time by OpenTrack on graduation in 2020.

James is a graduate of the University of Birmingham in Sport & Exercise Sciences, and St Mary’s University, Twickenham in Sports Journalism.

While at Birmingham, James was heavily involved in the university athletics club, creating wide-ranging multimedia coverage of the club and its athletes, and working in the organisation of the club’s athletics meets as Technical Operations Manager. He now works to put on meetings at his home club, Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers.

Having started as a Support Specialist, James now works as a Product Engineer, making OpenTrack better for users, and providing on-site support at major competitions.

Louis is studying Law at the University of Birmingham, training with the university’s athletics club. He’s been involved in running the club’s open meets since his first year, and is a qualified track judge.

This year he will be leading the competitions committee, continuing to put on some of the best open meets in the country, with athletes coming from far and wide while taking strategic steps to ensure the meets remain financially responsible, not only being self-sufficient but also bringing income into the club.