LEARN ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND THE PASSION THAT MAKE 6–4–3 CHARTS POSSIBLE.

DEREK WELDON, CEO

Derek is the CEO and Co-Founder of 6–4–3 Charts. Derek oversees product design and development and client outreach. Derek has devoted his life to the game of baseball and devised the concepts for 6–4–3 Charts during his tenure as an Assistant Baseball Coach at Tennessee Tech University. Derek holds a B.S. in Education from Southern Arkansas University and a M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction with a Technology Emphasis from City University of Seattle.

RICK AHLF, CTO

Rick is the CTO and Co-Founder of 6–4–3 Charts. Rick leads and oversees all software development efforts, data analytics, sabermetric research, code base optimization, and manages the full-stack web application framework. Rick also contributes heavily to the overall product design and development. Rick holds an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, B.S.E. in Aerospace Engineering and B.S. in Sustainability (Energy, Materials and Technology) from Arizona State University.

TIM KUHN, COO

Tim is the COO and Co-Founder of 6–4–3 Charts. Tim oversees the execution of all business operations, financial management and enterprise strategy. Tim is also highly involved in product design and development and client outreach. Tim holds a B.B.A. in Accounting and a M.S. in Management Information Systems, both from Texas A&M University.

LUKE SMAILES, Lead Data Analyst / Developer

Luke serves as the lead data analyst for 6-4-3, while also contributing heavily to software development and application framework. He oversees a wide range of data analytics projects and sabermetric research, as well as managing our evolving internship program. Luke holds a B.A. in Economics from Coe College where he played four seasons as an outfielder. Off the field, Luke also co-founded Kohawk Baseball Analytics, Coe’s analytics program.

NATALIE HANSEN, Data Analyst

Natalie is a data analyst contributing to product development, data management, and client requests. Natalie also manages the 643 blog and supports marketing and social media initiatives. Natalie holds a B.A. in Economics from Coe College, where she played four seasons as an outfielder.

RYAN FLICK, D2/D3 Softball & D3 Baseball Sales

Ryan is responsible for all Division 2 & 3 Softball and Division 3 Baseball sales and client interfacing. Ryan had a highly decorated baseball career at Tennessee Tech, including earning OVC Rookie of the Year, 2nd Team All-American honors, and being named Tennessee Tech’s Male Athlete of the Year. Ryan holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering with a focus in Power from Tennessee Tech University.

MEGAN AHLF, Executive Assistant

Megan serves as the Executive Assistant for 6–4–3 Charts and oversees CRM processes and procedures, executive scheduling, invoicing and assists the Executive team with day-to-day business organization and operations. Megan holds a B.S. in Nutrition and Dietetics from Arizona State University.

GREG HUNTER, Consultant

Greg comes to 6-4-3 Charts after more than 20 years in scouting and player development with the Seattle Mariners Organization. Greg started his career with the Mariners as the Director of Minor League Operations, before transitioning to Director of Player Development, and finishing his tenure with the Mariners as a Pro Scout. Greg played baseball for 4 seasons at Washington State University where he graduated with a BA in General Studies.

RYAN CADBY, Designer

Ryan recently came aboard to create all 6-4-3 graphics and oversee maintenance of our expanding website. Since graduating from The Design School at Arizona State University in 2018, Ryan has helped design and build high performance e-commerce and lead generation websites that receive millions of monthly visitors.


Like most innovations,
6–4–3 Charts was born of necessity.

Derek Weldon was an assistant baseball coach for Tennessee Tech University when the team secured a spot in the 2017 NCAA Regional Tournament. On the overnight bus to Tallahassee, Derek scrambled to complete scouting charts for three opponents in two days. Lacking confidence in existing spray chart services and choosing not to subscribe to a service for the 2017 season, Derek was spending up to eight hours tediously sorting through all of the available information, organizing data, and manually creating charts himself. Working laboriously with his laptop on the bus, Derek had an idea: with all of the information available, a scouting service has the opportunity to efficiently put together fully comprehensive and objective spray charts. It could also serve to compile short-game stats and other advanced analytics. What if there was a service that took this information and

organized it into a highly detailed and intuitive product? He grabbed his phone and, as the bus sped through the night toward Florida, made a phone call that set 6–4–3 Charts in motion.

Rick Ahlf is a former baseball player and high school valedictorian whom Derek coached at Timberline High School in Washington State. He had recently graduated at the top of his class in the graduate aerospace engineering program from Arizona State University, and Derek remembered he had experience in software development. From the bus, Derek presented his former player with a hypothetical: if you had a given set of baseball data, could you create user-friendly charts to bring the numbers to life? Rick insisted that he could. Post-tournament, Derek followed up with Rick to begin designs on a prototype chart. With Rick on board, Derek realized that this idea could change the game of sabermetrics at the college level. It was time to seek business and financial guidance. Once again, he called an old friend.

Tim Kuhn, a childhood friend and former teammate of Derek’s, is a CPA and highly successful business professional. The two have stayed in touch over the years, largely because of their mutual love of baseball. Derek shared his plan with Tim and asked for advice on how to move forward. Intrigued by his old friend’s idea, Tim spent that evening researching the current market and knew that he wanted to be involved: he called Derek back the next day and became the third partner. Two months later, 6–4–3 Charts produced its first deliverable product.

Experts in their respective fields of coaching, software development, and business, co-founders Derek, Rick, and Tim have built a superior product to revolutionize the way coaches prepare to defeat each opponent with increased efficiency and confidence. 6–4–3 Charts’ mission is to provide clients a competitive advantage through the most accurate and applicable scouting reports and advanced analytics.

Like most innovations,
6–4–3 Charts was born of necessity.

Derek Weldon was an assistant baseball coach for Tennessee Tech University when the team secured a spot in the 2017 NCAA Regional Tournament. On the overnight bus to Tallahassee, Derek scrambled to complete scouting charts for three opponents in two days. Lacking confidence in existing spray chart services and choosing not to subscribe to a service for the 2017 season, Derek was spending up to eight hours tediously sorting through all of the available information, organizing data, and manually creating charts himself. Working laboriously with his laptop on the bus, Derek had an idea: with all of the information available, a scouting service has the opportunity to efficiently put together fully comprehensive and objective spray charts. It could also serve to compile short-game stats and other advanced analytics. What if there was a service that took this information and organized it into a highly detailed and intuitive product? He grabbed his phone and, as the bus sped through the night toward Florida, made a phone call that set 6–4–3 Charts in motion.

Rick Ahlf is a former baseball player and high school valedictorian whom Derek coached at Timberline High School in Washington State. He had recently graduated at the top of his class in the graduate aerospace engineering program from Arizona State University, and Derek remembered he had experience in software development. From the bus, Derek presented his former player with a hypothetical: if you had a publicly available set of data, could you create user-friendly charts to bring the numbers to life? Rick insisted that he could. Post-tournament, Derek followed up with Rick to begin designs on a prototype chart. With Rick on board, Derek realized that this idea could change the game of sabermetrics at the college level. It was time to seek business and financial guidance. Once again, he called an old friend.

Tim Kuhn, a childhood friend and former teammate of Derek’s, is a CPA and highly successful business professional. The two have stayed in touch over the years, largely because of their mutual love of baseball. Derek shared his plan with Tim and asked for advice on how to move forward. Intrigued by his old friend’s idea, Tim spent that evening researching the current market and knew that he wanted to be involved: he called Derek back the next day and became the third partner. Two months later, 6–4–3 Charts produced its first deliverable product.

Experts in their respective fields of coaching, software development, and business, co-founders Derek, Rick, and Tim have built a superior product to revolutionize the way coaches prepare to defeat each opponent with increased efficiency and confidence. 6–4–3 Charts’ mission is to provide clients a competitive advantage through the most accurate and applicable scouting reports and advanced analytics.

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Derek Weldon, CEO
phone: 903.399.3654
email: derek@643charts.com

Tim Kuhn, COO
phone: 210.784.6530
email: tim@643charts.com

Rick Ahlf, CTO
phone: 360.790.8959
email: rick@643charts.com