Sylvain Pennetier
Sports analyst, CSCS
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USAAbout
Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist with a tech and data background, working in applied sport science and performance coaching. My goal is to use and provide useful data-driven insights for athlete development to help organizations, and individuals translate performance metrics into personalized training decisions.
Experience
Performance coach, sports analyst
Aug 2025 - Present
- Performance coach: remote coaching for recreational athletes
- Live data gathering at NBA, NFL, College Football and Basketball games for Nash Research
- Data integration consulting at USL level: architecture and pipelines implementation, KPI development, quality standards, interpretation towards individualized training programs
S&C internship
Apr 2025 - Jul 2025
- Macro/microcycle program development and modifications for physique athletes
- Nutrition profiling and program development- Sports psychology: motivation for gen pop and recreational athletes
- Helped with KPI management, entrepreneurship tasks
Gym ownership internship
Apr 2025 - Jul 2025
- Director's tasks shadowing: business development, membership management, employee management, equipment maintenance, marketing & communication
- Group class principles and implementation (including LesMills)
- Helped with digital strategy, KPI systems, business strategy
Data Analyst / Analytics Engineer
Feb 2021 - Feb 2025
- First for Smartway, then a year self-employed
- Adhoc analysis and dashboards for sales, products, and international teams
- ELT development & maintenance (dbt-centric)
- Data quality & documentation
- Tableau admin
- Cross-disciplinary communication & training
Marketing Manager
Aug 2017 - Feb 2019
- Team management, C-level daily communication
- Product owner of a SaaS
- Organization of international tech events & conferences
- Internal communication strategy
- Marketing strategy & analytics reporting
Co-founder
Oct 2012 - May 2017
- Co-founder & VP: administrative tasks
- Designed data-backed marketing, business, and engagement strategies in B2B, B2C, and C2C.
- Provided regular training for 15+ customers in web marketing and business management.
- Managed 300+ international customers, with a 92% month-to-month retention rate over 2 years.
Education
Data management
Jan 2014 - Dec 2024
- Associate Data Engineer in SQL | Datacamp
- SQL, Star Schema Modeling, Design & Implementation | NextDecision
- Maîtrise (“Bachelor” +1 year) of Digital Marketing & Sales, GDPR | CNAM Nantes, France