John Wirtz is the chief product officer at Hudl, a company he co-founded in 2006 to help coaches at all levels win. The company creates a suite of state-of-the-art video analysis for athletes and coaches and their mission is to capture and bring value to every moment in sports. Hudl’s various teams specialize in research and development, coding, testing, security and user research.

While, Hudl got its start with the University of Nebraska Husker football team, it quickly expanded to the NFL and throughout Division I football. Today, more than 130,000 active teams and 3.5 million individuals use Hudl products. Hudl has become the preferred game film solution for teams from the smallest youth organization to professional franchises in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia.

Wirtz earned a bachelor’s degree in business and computer science from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 2005, and his MBA in 2006.

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