Linius Technologies Limited announced the commencement of Barry McNeill in the role of Non-Executive Director and the retirement of Steve McGovern from the Board. Mr. McNeill was formally appointed to the Board with effect from today. Mr. McNeill has over 20 years' experience in Sports Management and Sports Technology.

He has led multiple sport-tech companies through rapid growth phases as CEO at Catapult Sports and Prozone, which was acquired by Stats Perform in 2015. He has built his career by commercialising technology products across many sporting codes in Australia, Europe and the US, and is well placed to help drive Linius' accelerate growth. Currently based in the US, Barry is already actively involved in driving new revenues for the company and paving the way for Linius' entry into the substantial US sports market.

Mr. McNeill led commercial success of some of the sports world's most recognizable and successful technology and video/data analytics organizations. During Mr. McNeill's time at Catapult and Prozone, the sports industry was digitally transformed beyond recognition with the influx of technology, data and more informed decision making across global sports. Mr. McNeill led the development of how performance analysis and wearable technology would develop from innovative technologies to global brands with a globally distributed customer base and circa 75% CAGR.

While at Prozone, Mr. McNeill lead the provision of analysis and consultancy services for the English Premier League, as well as league-wide deals with premier football leagues in Poland, Greece, Qatar, the United States, and China. This included the Men's 2010 World Cup media deal with Chinese media powerhouse Tencent to provide live in-game insights for fans. At Catapult he sold the wearable solution as a leaguewide first to the Australian Football League, in partnership with Championship Data as well as a leaguewide deal with the National Rugby League and with CAF - Confederation of African Football providing over 54 teams with access to world leading technology, software and services.

Barry was also CEO at Sportsology. Currently, Mr. McNeill is Founder & CEO at Bloom Sports Partners.