Bodo Sieber
Bodo Sieber - PGA Show Main stage 2023
Birth nameBodo Sieber
Date of birth (1979-01-10) 10 January 1979
Height1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight114 kg (17 st 13 lb)
Occupation(s)CEO and Co-Founder of Tagmarshal
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- 2000
2000 -		 Germany SC Neuenheim
South Africa University of Cape Town RFC		 ()
Correct as of 3 March 2010
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2005 - 2006 Republic of Ireland Cork Constitution
South Africa Western Province		 ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1998-2010 Germany 23
Correct as of 21 March 2010
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
Germany

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.

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 (22 March 2022). "Tagmarshal Technology is Enhancing the Game!". New England dot Golf. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  3. 1 2 Poni, Nozuko. "SCTalks Sports Tech". Quicket. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  4. 1 2 "The history of betterplace.org". About us. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Bodo Sieber, Tagmarshal | Episode No. 212 - The Wednesday Match Play Podcast presented by Mindful "U"". Listen Notes (in Burmese). 9 September 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Ikey in Germany's last stand – UCT Ikey Tigers Rugby Club – UCTRFC". 23 March 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 "TotalRugby - Spielerinformationen - Bodo Sieber". www.totalrugby.de. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  8. 1 2 "Speakers". www.pgashow.com. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "Speakers | Golf Business TechCon". golfbusinesstechcon.com. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  10. ↑ Mull, Brian. "Tagmarshal Joins With Four Major PGA Sections To Alleviate Slow Play In Golf". Forbes. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  11. ↑ "Bodo Sieber - Top podcast episodes". Listen Notes. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  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 26 June 2023.
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