# Andy Priestley

> Andy Priestley is the Iowa technology founder who co-founded My Online Camp in 2006 and developed it into Ryzer, a sports-event registration and data platform. His work moved from practical camp administration to event discovery, athlete measurement and recruiting connections, including a patented alert system; Scorability acquired Ryzer in November 2025.

- **Role:** Founder at Ryzer
- **Organizations:** Ryzer, My Online Camp, Camp Marketing Services
- **Known for:** Co-founded My Online Camp in 2006 and developed the business into Ryzer., Passed one million cumulative registrations by 2015, according to the company interview published that year., Co-invented the participatory-event notification system covered by U.S. Patent No. 9,852,194.

## Career timeline

- **Early 1990s** — Helped computerize accounting and invoicing for his father's Iowa construction business while in high school and college.
- **2006** — Co-founded My Online Camp, an online registration and administration service for sports camps.
- **2015** — Launched Ryzer's customizable event-discovery alerts; My Online Camp also passed one million cumulative registrations.
- **2017** — U.S. Patent No. 9,852,194 was granted for a user-criteria participatory-event notification system, naming Priestley and Matthew Morris Mann as inventors.
- **2021** — As Ryzer CEO, announced a Tracking Football partnership linking camp testing results with athleticism analytics and recruiting profiles.
- **2022** — Appeared on the FUTRSPRT podcast to discuss athletic mindset measurement and changes in college sports.
- **2025** — Ryzer was acquired by college recruiting technology company Scorability in a cash-and-stock transaction with terms undisclosed.

## Achievements

- Co-founded My Online Camp in 2006 and developed the business into Ryzer.
- Passed one million cumulative registrations by 2015, according to the company interview published that year.
- Co-invented the participatory-event notification system covered by U.S. Patent No. 9,852,194.
- Expanded Ryzer from camp registration into event discovery, athlete testing, scorecards and recruiting-oriented data tools.
- Built a company that was managing 25,000 sports camps annually for more than 4,000 programs when Scorability acquired it in 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2025-11** — Scorability acquired Ryzer in a cash-and-stock transaction; the Ryzer brand and employees were reported to be staying with the combined company.
- **2022-02** — Priestley appeared on the FUTRSPRT podcast to discuss Ryzer's athletic-mindset measurement and the changing college-sports environment.
- **2021-06** — Ryzer and Tracking Football announced a partnership to apply athleticism scoring to camp testing results and athlete profiles.

## Links

- Website: https://ryzer.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/priestley
- Twitter/X: http://www.twitter.com/myonlinecamp
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/My-Online-Camp/122209521219842

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Last updated: 2026-08-26