The genesis for TeamUnify started when Tom Fristoe became President of Tri Valley Masters Swim Team, as well, his association with Pleasanton Seahawks Swim Team, where his three daughters swam. Tom quickly witnessed the repetitive tasks and issues that these volunteer run teams face everyday and how each struggled to effectively manage themselves. The core issue is that data and process was not centralized. In-turn the part-time administrators struggled to be effective. Everyone was working on separate tasks from separate islands of data. The scenario begged to be fixed by moving the tasks and information into one central location.

Tom and long-time friend Ming Lee started the long development process of engineering and then re-engineering the platform as they learned what worked best to enable the greatest productivity with the least amount of work. In the summer of 2007 TeamUnify moved from the "helping stage" and incorporated. The name TeamUnify was chosen because it represents our mission to unify a team together. In the process, we re-located to Bend, Oregon and opened our office.

The SportsEngine Mission

To us, Sport is about the qualities that every athlete learns as they participate in organized sports activities. They learn about teamwork, respect, and discipline. They create lasting friendships. They build leadership skills. They learn how to win with humility and graciously tip their cap in defeat.

Many of us were taught these qualities by coaches and volunteers of sports organizations that we were a part of growing up. We are forever grateful for their impact in our lives. They were, and often still are, our heroes.

At SportsEngine, we build applications and services to help the heroes of today spend less time on the administrative activities of their organization and more time teaching the qualities of Sport to their athletes. They are our future leaders, doctors, firemen, policewomen, teachers, fathers, mothers and friends.

They inspire everyone of us every single day. Everything we do we do for the love of sport.