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SMT instills confidence in our clients through our more than 20 years of expertise in the arena of sports production. It is part of SMT’s role to understand and think like a producer in order to provide the best products and services. With a producer’s mentality, SMT is able to provide solutions that are relevant, timely and enhance the outcome of the broadcast.

Hans Weber has more than 20 years of experience in developing real-time, state-of-the-art video and graphics hardware and software systems. He joined SMT in 2002 as the Technical Lead Engineer responsible for the development of augmented reality products, such as the virtual first down line, virtual billboards, signage and video walls.

SMT was founded in 1988 by Gerard J. Hall after developing the first real-time scoring and wireless data delivery system for the PGA Tour, replacing standard walkie-talkie communication. Since then, SMT’s innovations have spanned the world of sports and technology, providing broadcasters the data, graphics, support tools and displays to put at-home fans in the middle of the action.

Patricia Hopkins brings to SMT more than 20 years of experience in corporate marketing, advertising, strategic planning, sports management and television production. As SMT’s vice president of marketing, Patricia oversees a team of product and marketing managers and other business development personnel. She works closely with the CEO and executive management team to execute major company initiatives including corporate communications and events, strategic marketing, branding, public relations, web site content and sales and marketing materials.

SMT has served as the backbone for integrating live statistical information for the NCAA Men’s Tournament for the past 15 years, putting the games in context for producers so that fans can enjoy the fullest experience of March Madness. The integration of live basketball scores and statistics from each tournament site take place at SMT’s Data Operations Center (DOC) in Durham, N.C. The DOC is outfitted with three levels of redundancy to ensure that game clock and score information is constantly available on television.

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