Proactive soil management and water conservation solution
Save our Water • Save your Soil • Save on Costs
“GroundWorx was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is managing vital resources is fundamentally more sustainable than one where we are not. Today, GroundWorx is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of conserving water and energy and decreasing harmful toxins that are released into the environment.”
GroundWorx® is a Ground & Weather Intelligence Platform as a Service (PaaS) that monitors and alerts on vital soil & weather readings. This service includes a patent-pending, stand-alone mobile wireless soil & turf sensor and robust & secure cloud software dashboard & apps utilizing machine learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies.
Deployed along with the GroundWorx GX-1 Platform® micro weather station, this virtually invisible solution gives golf course General Managers and Superintendents a holistic view of golf course soil and weather data points, allowing for better course management, a uniform playing surface, and the ability to protect their courses from certain funguses and potential disease outbreaks.
Introducing the
GX-1A Soil Sensor
Our GX-1 Platform™ Hardware Features
Invisible Deployment
GroundWorx GX-1A wireless soil sensors (patent pending) are placed underground in greens, and tees boxes and at ground level in fairways. Undetectable to golfers on the course, our in-ground GX-1 Platform® provides vital micro weather, soil and turf data needed to keep golf courses healthy and green.
Reliable Connectivity
Our wireless antennas provide a strong signal and we support multiple wireless carriers for fail-over and failsafe redundancies.
Power Efficient Sensors
With our ultra-low power GX-1 PCB board design, our proprietary battery packs provide years of power and are warrantied for the life of our service.
Secure Data
The GroundWorx service is available on all your devices utilizing our encrypted & redundant cloud data services.
Flexible Placement & Spot Sampling
Place in fairways, greens, tee boxes, rough, landscape beds and common areas. There is no limitation to where sensors can be placed using our "Always-on Connectivity". Along with our GX-1H spot sampling device, we have your course covered.
Adjustable Depths
Adjustable sensor depth for your region's optimal underground soil and turf measurements.
Standalone Sensors
With no line-of-sight or multiple component requirements, our state-of-the-art wireless sensors operate autonomously.
Packages & Warranty
Available in a large range of service packages with monthly or annualized terms, our hardware is warrantied against failure or defect for life.
GroundWorx has a Focused and Experienced Executive Leadership Team
The GroundWorx Executive Leadership team is comprised of experienced technology, hospitality, and golf industry executives. Many are entrepreneurs and have had successful companies in the wireless and software industries, giving the team a deep breadth of understanding in the Internet of Things (IoT).
Brad David (Founder, Chairman & CEO) Brad is an entrepreneur with a proven track record in developing companies and delivering solid high-tech products and services. Over his 25-year career in the wireless industry, Brad has founded four companies and advised many others. Brad has worked in the IoT space for the past seven years and has created industry-first products in the soil & turf, fuel tank, and pest control marketplaces. Brad conceptualized and co-invented the GroundWorx GX-1 Platform SaaS solution. Brad is the driving force behind the go-to-market plan for the service, has set up all of our sales channels, and has recruited top-tier worldwide Sales Agents in the golf and commercial landscaping industries.
Diego Borrego (President, CTO & Board Member) Diego is a business and technology leader talented in envisioning and executing technical and operational strategies that result in strong bottom-line results. A seasoned executive with almost 20 years of management experience building and shaping lean organizations and product development teams to create and invigorate high-tech companies. Having received his master’s degree (Master of Science Engineering and Technology Management) from MIT, Diego went on to found Networkfleet and worked in many senior management positions at some of the largest automakers in the world, including General Motors and Delphi. Diego also served as CTO of Morey Corp. for four years and has helped GroundWorx™ build a strong and lasting relationship with our chosen manufacturer.
Dennis Clark (COO & Board Member) Dennis retired from 26 years with Fairmont Hotels and Resorts as Managing Director of the Grand Del Mar and private Grand Golf Club in San Diego, one of only 12 Triple Five Star Properties in the World. In his role as GM, Dennis supervised the owner’s capital investments as well as all operations and sales. In total, he oversaw approximately $75M in construction and capital improvements over the last 20 years. These projects were driven by ROI or Competitive advantage. At the Grand, irrigation, and water use were regular and critical topics as efforts were made to manage expenses. Clark is very familiar with the need to invest capital wisely and the analysis that goes with those decisions.
Tim Barrier (VP, Business Development) Tim has been a Certified Golf Course Superintendent (CGCS) for nearly thirty years and in the golf industry for thirty-eight years. He is the former two-term president of the San Diego Golf Course Superintendents Association and served on the Board of Directors of the SDGCSA for six years. He has served on the California Golf Course Superintendents Association Board of Directors, numerous GCSAA Committees, and as a seminar instructor for the GCSAA GIS Conference and Show. Barrier was most recently the Golf Course Superintendent at Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club in Rancho Santa Fe, California, from 1992 to 2021. In 2006 RSFGC hosted the USGA Boys Junior Amateur Championship, including numerous other top amateur championships. During his tenure at RSFGC, Barrier was involved in more than $20,000,000 in capital improvements, including a complete renovation with renowned golf course architect David McLay Kidd.
Wade Williams (CIO) Wade specializes in building and leading high performing software engineering teams. He is responsible for providing the vision and strategic leadership of technical product development operations, including managing system infrastructure, security initiatives, and product service levels. Previously, Wade served as CTO for OrderMyGear, CTO for Zego, Senior Software Engineer for the United Nations International Labor Organization (ILO) and held various technical positions at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). Wade has a Computer Science/Mathematics degree from Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, co-inventor on three US Patents for Internet-based Vehicle Diagnostic Systems, served on the Web Services Advisory Board of the University of California San Diego, and served as the Chairman of the Tech San Diego CTO Roundtable.
