Our first customer spotlight of 2016 shines on the fit and innovative team at Wodify. Similar to Kin, they created their CrossFit workout management software out of a seeming void of existing solutions. They’re expanding their software and team this year, and are excited for what the future holds. Read on to learn more about the team and how they’ve used Kin to improve their onboarding process.
Who are you, what’s your role, and your favorite hand-held food?
[NF] My name is Nicole Fasolino and I’m the VP of Operations at Wodify. My favorite hand-held food? PIZZA!
What’s the story of Wodify?
[NF] Wodify was founded in 2012 after the founder and CEO, Ameet Shah, fell in love with CrossFit. Tired of watching his performance get erased from the whiteboard at the gym each day and frustrated with the tedious process of keeping a workout journal, he began searching for digital performance tracking tools. Unhappy with the other performance tracking apps on the market, he set out to create Wodify.
Wodify is an all-in-one tool for athletes and gym owners. Boxes that adopt Wodify replace their traditional whiteboard with a digital whiteboard kiosk where athletes can view their WOD (“workout of the day”), check in to class, and input performance results into the Coachboard. The web and mobile platform allows coaches to configure WOD’s in advance, view athlete progress and attendance over time, see athlete percentage charts (all percentages of 1-rep max for a back squat, for instance) and automate processes like billing and class scheduling. Athletes too can track their results with performance graphs, log their diet, and like and comment on each other’s performances.
Our offices are located just outside of Philadelphia in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Wodify started with just 3 employees and has grown to 30 employees. We are currently in 3000 CrossFit gyms in over 70 countries and continue to grow at a rate of 7 to 10 gyms per day!
What’s great about working at Wodify?
[NF] Perks! We’re all about them! We have an onsite barber and nail technician to make sure our team is well taken care of. And being in the fitness industry, it would only make sense that we have a gym right below our office. Employees are free to workout when they want and we even offer a lunchtime class for people who want to get their sweat on during lunch.
Above and beyond all of the perks, we’re a group of people who not only enjoy working in each other’s company, but also enjoy spending time with each other outside of the office. It’s not uncommon to kick off our Friday early, grilling burgers and drinking beers from our 6 tap kegerator.
Please share some insight into Wodify’s approach to employee and workplace operations. How has Kin played a role?
[NF] We’re a software company so, obviously, we use a great deal of cloud software solutions to keep us productive from anywhere. One process we were looking to bring online was our onboarding process. Like many businesses, we started with pen and paper checklists and as our onboarding needs grew, we started looking for a tool that allowed us to manage the process online. Kin has allowed us to do just that and has helped us improve our onboarding process.
Using Kin, we create tasks for several employees in the company who help with onboarding new hires, including account creation, ordering hardware, sharing company handbooks, completing paperwork, and getting acquainted with our software tools. It can be easy to lose track of which tasks and paperwork have been completed and what’s still outstanding, but with Kin, we eliminate all of that.
“Kin’s onboarding feature also gives new employees a seamless experience so when they come in for their first day they know exactly what to expect and are ready to go with all paperwork completed.”
Anything notable going on lately?
[NF] Things are always moving quickly here at Wodify and we’re excited about what 2016 holds for us! We’re in the middle of completely redesigning our app to be fully responsive on mobile so gyms can manage their business from anywhere. We’re also redesigning the athlete and kiosk experience in the gym.
We’re also planning to take the social experience to the next level for Wodify athletes and to expand on what we’ve learned in the CrossFit industry to branch out into other fitness verticals. Wodify is always looking to the future and sometimes that even means experimenting with wearable and iBeacon technologies in the gym. Always looking for new talent to join our team too!