Today’s sports fans want more statistics and more insights. As the sole owner and data distributor of golf statistics data, the PGA TOUR, (the TOUR), the premier golf membership organization for touring professionals, provides broadcast partners like NBC and CBS delivery of statistics and information via dashboards of reports; however, the data had been somewhat limited in scope.
CapTech Ventures, Inc. (CapTech) collaborated with AWS to modernize the TOUR’s dashboards and data load process from legacy technologies and weekly refresh to a dynamic data product leveraging AWS S3, Redshift, and Lambda, ultimately enabling dynamic and advanced analysis on the fly.
The CapTech Food Fight started in 2013 as a challenge between two account teams to see which could collect the most food. Three years ago, the program expanded to fight hunger and food insecurity nationally. Each year, we’ve relied on CapTech’s competitive nature to drive creativity, participation, and excitement around Food Fight and increase total donations. But with the pandemic driving unprecedented need for food banks, this year’s focus was about competing with ourselves to achieve the highest-ever level of participation.
CapTech, a leading technology consulting firm, and First Tee, a youth development organization that teaches life skills and helps kids and teens build their strength of character through golf, today announced a new partnership that will provide First Tee participants further support and access to technology and mentorship as they progress through the program.
Learning of First Tee’s plans at Belmont, CapTech’s Chairman Sandy Williamson eagerly rallied his company around the mission. CapTech is in the process of developing a state-of-the-art golf technology lab in the former pro shop that will open in Spring of 2022. With an emphasis on inclusivity, the lab will support training and development for all skill levels. A central goal of the lab is to connect and integrate data from golf training tools, mobile devices, and third-party sources. “Right now there are so many amazing technologies out there to help golfers improve their game. We believe it’s important to make that technology available to kids who wouldn’t normally have access,” said Williamson.
Atlanta-based TechBridge, an organization dedicated to breaking the cycle of generational poverty through the innovative use of technology to transform nonprofits, has partnered with CapTech to bring next-gen data and analytics to its annual Tee It Up For TechBridge tournament. Now in its 14th year, the tournament connects senior IT executives and technology industry leaders for a round of golf with all proceeds benefiting TechBridge programs.
The Blacks In Technology (BIT) Foundation has partnered with CapTech to enhance efforts to upskill and retrain people of African descent into high growth tech careers.
In September of 2017, Amy’s Army of Cancer Warriors hosted their inaugural Climb to Conquer Cancer Cycling Event (C3) to help raise money to fight cancer. As a part of the event, the Amy’s Army team wanted something to set their charity ride apart from similar events, so they created two awards categories for those racers who could complete the Libby Hill portion of the race the fastest, but they needed an affordable, efficient way to track racers times.
Studies show that one of the best ways to protect young drivers is for parents to model, monitor and enforce safe driving practices, however, few parents are trained to teach their children to drive. As part of their injury prevention initiatives, Shepherd Center, a world-renowned rehabilitation hospital in Atlanta wanted to bridge that gap with a mobile app that helps parents teach their teens to drive safely.
CapTech partnered with the McShin Foundation – Virginia's leading authentic peer-to-peer Recovery Community Organization, but their website no longer represented the high quality care it provides today. They wanted to make it easier for substance users seeking help to find the answers and support they needed quickly, so CapTech stepped in to help McShin align their website and brand to their current support goals.
Cyclers illuminating the night sky with glowing arm bands. Spectators and other participants waving branded neon sticks and tossing glow balls. A new app, filling the route with streaming music. Seven times the live donations as in the previous year. CapTech was happy and pleased to get to be a part of the Atlanta Moon Ride 2019, helping turn insights and ideas into action.