About

Meet the Founders.

Built by coaches who happen to be parents. Built because clipboards weren't cutting it. GameOn! is built by a small group of parents (who happen to be tall) and youth-sports coaches who were tired of juggling spreadsheets, stopwatches, and substitution notes. We wanted something better — so we built it.

(And yes, two founders really are named Chris. We're rolling with it.)

Christopher Smylie

Co-Founder

Chris S has coached multiple youth soccer teams and served as a director for one of the region's largest soccer organizations. Before that, he worked within one of the area's major entertainment and gaming groups, which shaped his approach to product management — prioritizing the roadmap and keeping the team driving to the hoop on what ships next.

His experience running soccer programs — and always channeling his inner Arsène Wenger — made it clear that youth sports needed better tools. GameOn! was created to fill that gap.

Christopher Palmieri

Co-Founder

Chris P brings a lifelong passion for sports along with real-world experience running a healthcare software company. He has a natural knack for design, clean workflows, and turning messy ideas into streamlined features coaches actually want to use.

Picture Doc Brown if he traded the DeLorean for Figma — that's what we have with Chris.

(Again — no, we don't only hire people named Chris.)

Nicholas Palmieri

Co-Founder

Nick's background spans sports & entertainment, finance, analytics, and team operations. He has coached multiple basketball and soccer teams, and today he serves as a league director for one of the region's fastest-growing girls' basketball organizations.

His commitment to fairness, development, and real-time game management and analytics helped shape the mission behind GameOn! What makes this even more special, he was our first hire not named Chris.

Our Mission

GameOn!’s mission is to augment the people who run basketball — giving coaches greater insight, league directors greater oversight, and every team a smarter front office. We illuminate the patterns, moments, and connections hiding within the game to unlock better decisions and greater game intelligence at every level.

Based in the U.S.
Focused on youth sports
Community-first approach
Built by coaches, for coaches

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