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Jafar Maurice

Sports Performance App Developer · Athlete Development Coach · Product & Solutions Leader

Sports-performance app developer, product builder, and athlete-development coach with 30+ years of multi-sport coaching experience. Founder of JL Influence and former co-owner of Black Star Athletic Academy, combining applied biomechanics, speed development, enterprise technology, customer education, and founder-led product development.

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Professional experience

Coaching intelligence meets product execution.

Jafar's background spans athlete development, sports technology, gym ownership, enterprise IT, product development, and customer-facing technical work.

2010–Present

JL Influence

Founder, Sports Performance Coach & Sports Technology Developer

  • Developed AiQ/AthleticIQ, Baseline, Hybrid, JL Vision, JL Pulse, and MovementOS.
  • Coached athletes across track and field, football, soccer, baseball, basketball, volleyball, fitness, and multi-sport development.
  • Uses JL Vision in active speed-training sessions while the product remains in development.
2019–2025

Black Star Athletic Academy

Co-owner, Sports Performance Gym Operator & Coach

  • Co-owned and operated a sports-performance gym serving youth, high-school, collegiate, and adult athletes.
  • Delivered speed, strength, movement, assessment, and athlete-development programming.
  • Managed facility operations, programming, athlete communication, and coaching delivery.
2020–2026

Toyota Motor North America — TCS / Cognizant

L2 Desktop Support Technician / Technology Liaison

  • Supported more than 400 users across corporate and operational environments.
  • Managed endpoint deployment, onboarding, identity access, documentation, and issue resolution.
  • Worked across Microsoft 365, Active Directory, Azure AD, SCCM, Intune, ServiceNow, Jira, and enterprise support workflows.
2018–2019

Nike World Headquarters — Stefanini

Technology Coach & Deskside Specialist

  • Provided enterprise deskside support and user enablement in a global sports brand environment.
  • Translated technical issues into clear user-centered solutions.
Product portfolio

Built from real athlete-development problems.

The products below are part of Jafar's founder-led sports-performance technology work. They are presented here as portfolio evidence, not as navigation into an athlete application.

AiQ / AthleticIQ

Athlete-intelligence and assessment framework for organizing performance observations and coaching decisions.

Baseline

Initial athlete assessment and reference point for movement capacity, speed performance, limitations, and progression.

Hybrid

In-person and remote coaching model connecting live training, digital review, monitoring, and programming.

JL Vision

AI-assisted video and biomechanics platform in development and used in live JL Influence speed training to create real context, content, and coaching decisions.

JL Pulse

IMU wearable and sensor-feedback system for JL Vision supporting progressive speed training.

MovementOS

Coaching-intelligence layer connecting athlete profiles, assessments, video, sensors, sessions, limiters, and progression recommendations.

30+ years coaching

Multi-sport athlete development.

01

High-school football WR/DB coach at Rex Putnam.

02

Football speed training with several NCAA players and five NFL players; speed coach at multiple NFL camps.

03

Youth club and high-school soccer sports-performance training connected with Eastside Athletic FC, La Salle High School, and Barcelona FC Youth Academy.

04

Track-and-field coaching through JL Sports Performance, Black Star Athletic Academy, La Salle High School, and Franklin High School.

05

Long-jump specialist; coached several NCAA track-and-field athletes and 10 athletes reported as nationally top-three ranked in sprint or jump events.

Credentials & positioning

Applied experience supported by coaching education.

Certifications

  • NASM Performance Enhancement Specialization — PES
  • USATF Level 1
  • USATF Level 2 — Sprints / Long Jump
  • CPR, AED and First Aid

Career facts

  • 30+ years coaching
  • JL Influence: 2010–Present
  • Black Star Athletic Academy: 2019–2025
  • Toyota: 2020–2026
  • High School Diploma — Bellevue High School, Washington

Target roles

  • Sports Technology Product Manager
  • Athlete Performance Product Manager
  • Sports AI Product Specialist
  • Applied Biomechanics Technology Specialist
  • Solutions Engineer
  • Sales Engineer
  • Implementation / Customer Success
  • Sports Performance Market Development
Contact

Sports performance. Product. Technology.

Vancouver, Washington · jafar@jlinfluence.com · 503-432-3034

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