CEO Mike Shogren is the father of a young athlete who suffered a devastating concussion leading to years of symptoms that could’ve been easily diagnosed and treated with a better protocol in place.
While researching concussion treatment, Mike Shogren was introduced to Prevent Biometrics. He left his job, joined Prevent as the CEO, and set out to bring this technology to athletes and parents at every level of sports.
Prevent Biometrics has become an industry leader for head injury protocol in sports partnering with over 200 organizations, deploying 20,000+ impact-monitoring mouthguards, and leading the largest head impact study to date.
Chapters:
(02:15) Background in athlete safety
(04:05) Son’s injury
(06:15) Inception of Prevent Biometrics
(11:00) Understanding the product
(16:00) Top of the pyramid down with World Rugby
(19:45) Understanding governance in sports
(21:50) Balancing product, data, & creating systems
(25:20) Concussion tech in the future