About us
JOHAN'S Story
JOHAN Sports was started in 2014 by two students from TU Delft.
Funded by the European Space Agency, we now have over ten years of experience in the Wearable Technology market to optimize performance and reduce injuries in sports teams.
With a customer base of over 150 teams in over 28 countries, we specialize in soccer, field hockey, and rugby health and performance monitoring.
We were acquired in 2021 by the technology company Demcon, and the combined strengths of sports science and technology are now integrated into our 5th-generation GPS tracker, PACER.
The partnership between JOHAN and Demcon includes ongoing software development with the JOHAN team and technological developments by our parent company, Demcon, allowing us to excel in product and technology.
Heart For Our Players
We believe recovery is crucial, the key to peak performance and well-being. Consistent monitoring is essential, not just for the workload but also for the players' capacity to handle it.
At Johan Sports, we have, since January 2023, Heart rate monitoring and GPS tracking combined in one sensor. Not just training but recovery and adaptation are central. Optimizing for well-being and performance.
Our philosophy? True fitness is measured through the heart.
'Heart for our Players' – connecting growth with peak performance, simple and effective, listening to the heart of each player.
The Team
Niels van der Linden
Managing director
Luc Binnendijk
Sports & Marketing
Menno de Jong
Account Manager
Julia Kuijpers
Marketing & Branding Specialist
Tjerk Bijlsma
CTO
David van der Meijden
Data Scientist
Sergey Silvestrov
Lead Front-End Developer
Kiyoaki Menager
Back-End Developer
Liubov Stetsiuk
Front-End Developer
Jesse van der Elst
Front-End Developer
James Kent
Back-End Developer
Andrea Sanchez Rivero
Software Engineer
Sheona Sequeira
Software Engineer
Aag de Bruijn
Intern Data Science
Thomas Hegeman
Intern Software Engineer
Emiel le Clercq
Intern Software Engineer
Felicia de Zeeuw
Operation Specialist
Fabian Boots
Testing Specialist
Frequently Asked Questions
Who founded JOHAN?
JOHAN Sports was founded in 2014 by Jelle Reichert and Robin van Kappel. They laid the foundation for JOHAN until Demcon took over in 2021.
Where does the name JOHAN comes from?
The name is an acronym for Join Our Human Analysis Network. We collect, analyze, and provide data insights to sports teams.