SPEAKER PROFILES Listed in alphabetical order by speaker name
DEREK BELCH
Founder & CEO, STRIVR Labs, Inc. Derek Belch is the founder and CEO of STRIVR Labs, Inc., a Palo Alto based company that uses immersive technology to improve human performance. Belch laid the foundation for STRIVR during the 2014 season with the Stanford Cardinal football team, when he was an assistant coach for the team while completing a masters degree in VR. His thesis project was exploring virtual reality applied to sports training and he worked with the Cardinals during the season to build and test the technology that is now STRIVR. STRIVR currently works with over 25 professional and collegiate sports teams, Walmart, United Rentals, and several other Fortune 100 companies, all of whom use VR to improve the performance of their players and employees. Belch holds three degrees from Stanford (BA Communication, MA Journalism, MA Media Studies), as well as an MBA from the University of Southern California. He resides in Menlo Park, CA, with his wife, Amelia, and son, Preston.
CHRISTOPHER CLAWSON
Chairman, Sports & Fitness Industry Association Former President of Life Fitness and current Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Sports Fitness Industry Association whose mission is to “Promote Sports and Fitness Participation and Industry Vitality.” Chris earned his MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and received his baccalaureate degree from San Diego State University. He also attended Newman University in Wichita, Kansas, where he was an Academic All-American in baseball and is a two-time member of its athletic hall of fame. Before joining the fitness industry, he was a professional athlete, playing for the minor-league organizations of both the Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves.
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