Mike Vegar

Mike Vegar has been responsible for creating and executing HITIQ's strategic plan, fundraising & developing the product's vision, as well as growing the HITIQ team from conception to now a team of 25 people. Mr Vegar has extensive experience in the sporting industry across a variety of roles with more than 13 years of domain knowledge. Before co-founding HITIQ, Mike operated a sport science consultancy firm advising various professional and semi-professional sporting programs from 2008 - 2017, including working in the High-Performance Unit at the Australian Institute of Sport with the Australian Men's Hockey program. In that role, Mr Vegar was responsible for managing the injury rehabilitation and physical preparation programming. In 2012, Mr Vegar also co-founded Game Guardian, a leading Australian manufacturer of mouth guards and sports protection goods, which he exited in 2020.