# Patrick Moodie

> Patrick Moodie is the CEO and founder of Overland Park-based DARI Motion, where he has spent more than a decade turning laboratory biomechanics into markerless motion analysis. A University of Kansas-trained exercise scientist and biomechanist, he is an inventor on patents covering physical evaluation and objective joint-motion analysis, and an advocate for making complex movement data useful while keeping athlete consent, privacy, and trust in the foreground.

- **Role:** CEO and Founder at DARI Motion
- **Organizations:** DARI Motion, Dynamic Athletic Research Institute, University of Kansas
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science, University of Kansas, Master’s degree in Biomechanics, University of Kansas
- **Known for:** Inventor of US Patent 8,527,217, an apparatus and method for physical evaluation that calculates force without a force plate., Co-inventor with Derek Wassom of US Patent 12,700,103, covering image-data analysis for objective evaluation of joint motion., Co-authored research and technical work on muscular effort, lower-limb kinetics and kinematics, and markerless motion-capture comparison.

## Career timeline

- **2006** — Co-authored research on the biomechanics of muscular effort while affiliated with the University of Kansas.
- **2007** — Completed a master’s degree in biomechanics at the University of Kansas.
- **2009** — Filed the priority application for an apparatus and method for physical evaluation.
- **2010** — Formed the early Dynamic Athletic Research Institute venture with Ryan Moodie and Ryan Comeau and filed the full patent application.
- **2013** — US Patent 8,527,217, covering physical evaluation and force calculation without a force plate, was granted.
- **2014-2015** — DARI-related motion technologies received consecutive Silver Edison Awards, according to Moodie’s professional profile.
- **2016** — DARI Motion was named Kansas Technology Company of the Year, according to Moodie’s professional profile.
- **2018** — DARI was sold to Scientific Analytics, as reported by Sports Business Journal.
- **2024** — Published a FIFPRO essay calling for athlete consent, privacy, transparency and regulation in the use of biomechanical data.
- **2026** — US Patent 12,700,103, for objective analysis of joint motion data, was granted to Moodie and Derek Wassom and assigned to DARI Motion.

## Achievements

- Inventor of US Patent 8,527,217, an apparatus and method for physical evaluation that calculates force without a force plate.
- Co-inventor with Derek Wassom of US Patent 12,700,103, covering image-data analysis for objective evaluation of joint motion.
- Co-authored research and technical work on muscular effort, lower-limb kinetics and kinematics, and markerless motion-capture comparison.
- DARI-related technologies received Silver Edison Awards in 2014 and 2015, as listed on Moodie’s professional profile.
- DARI Motion was named Kansas Technology Company of the Year in 2016, as listed on Moodie’s professional profile.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — US Patent 12,700,103 was granted to Patrick Moodie and Derek Wassom for a system and method for objective analysis of joint motion data.
- **2026-02** — HSS Presents featured DARI technology in an episode about advanced modalities and patient-care decision making.
- **2024-01** — Moodie published a FIFPRO Foresight essay urging athlete privacy, consent, transparency and regulation as biomechanical tracking expands.

## Links

- Website: https://darimotion.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-moodie
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/DARImotion
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DARImotion

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Last updated: 2026-08-26