Tuomas Kanervala
Tuomas Kanervala is an experienced management consultant with a burning passion for sports. His likes to figuring out how the digital revolution can help different stakeholders in sports and other parts of entertainment industry and during the evenings ensuring sports predictions are used for a good purpose.
His specialties are Sports Management, Sports Betting, Digital Media, Supply chain management, Operational excellence, Digital supply chain, Communication, media and high tech industries, Sports Industry.
Tuomas holds a Master of Business Administration focus on Sports and Management from the IE Business School in Madrid and did an internship at FinPol Shipping, Handling operations of two steamship lines between Finland and Eastern Mediterranean. Main cargo was paper and timber from Finland and some chemicals to Finland in containers and as a break-bulk.
Tuomas Kanervala worked during almost ten years at Accenture, starting as Manager. Support for all industry areas as a subject matter expert in the wide range of sustainability and environmental projects and other activities. Drive initiatives further with client partners and conduct survey of current sustainability status of top companies in Finland. Then, he was Senior Managern, he developed new business models for digital media and created new point of views for gaming and gambling industries.
Moreover, Tuomas was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Wall of Sport Pte Ltd. He had to manage IT development, product research and development as well as created business models for B2B and consumer markets. Enriched sports data with predictions and live videos are the main services delivered to customers.
Since five years and nine months, Tuomas is Chairman of the Board at Kerkkoon Panomiehet Oy. Contract brewery that provides great beers branded after villages, suburbs and other geographical locations.
Tuomas Kanervala is the Chief Executive Officer of AccuScore, it is the definitive pre-game resource for serious sports fans. We deliver accurate, robust pre-game information and statistics on AccuScore.com and on partner networks consisting of ESPN, CBS Sports, Yahoo!, The Wall Street Journal, and 80+ local TV and Newspaper websites. AccuScore is powered by a patent pending simulation engine that delivers the most comprehensive and accurate sports forecasts. The simulation engine plays each game play by play at least 10,000 times and produces over 500,000 pages of sport and player information.He leads global operations, product development, sales and marketing activities for the global leader in sports forecasting. Main duties are stabilize service delivery and re-build b2b relationships with new products in soccer, ice hockey, basketball, baseball and football. Built the company from 70k usd value to over 2 musd value between 2014 and 2020.
Tuomas Kanervala spoke at the SIGMA 2021 conference about : Suppliers sound-off: eSports, Virtual Sports and Live Sports ( at the Ikigai Ventures Stage Day 2 and also at SiGMA/ AIBC Stage Day 3)
SiGMA World celebrated the iGaming industry’s resilience even in the most troubling of times. With this we also congratulate the efforts made to make the iGaming world ethical, fraud-free and lawful.
Affiliate Grand Slam congratulated the brilliant marketers and influencers bringing much needed attention to a massive portfolio of industries and rejuvenating the economy one click at a time.
AIBC brought together the pioneers of a bright new age of emerging technology ready, able and willing to be the vanguard of Tomorrow. Other than just the established names, we also hosted many an entrepreneur seeking to expand the frontiers of AI and the Blockchain ever forward.
Finally, Med-Tech World united the medical professionals of many disciplines to combine their keen minds and inexhaustible passion for a better tomorrow with the entrepreneurial spirit of investors who also dream of a world free from disease and cancer.
The Week also saw many a networking dinner, speaking panel, drink gatherings and other opportunities for our hard-working delegates to unwind. A few highlights include the awards that congratulated those whose dedication, skill and acumen made them a leading figure in their industry as well as the fact that the conferences where graced by titans such as John Karony, Nolan Bushnell, Djibril Cissé, Akon and Mark Blandford who was awarded an Outstanding Contribution of the Year award for his pioneering work in the iGaming industry.