Our Team

Serial entrepreneur in the high-tech, online gaming sector. Co-founded nWay, Pixelberry, Nurien Software, and IvyConnection. Advisor to many successful startups including SundayToz, Cloudgine and Coffee Meets Bagel. President of Realtime Worlds Korea and early member of New Business Development team at Samsung Electronics where it spawned smartphone and mobile gaming businesses.

Favorite 90s game: Tekken 3

Animator turned designer with 12+ years in game development working on a wide range of projects including Jet Li’s Rise to Honor, Conan, Star Wars The Force Unleashed 2, and Sly Cooper Thieves in Time.

Favorite 90s game: Mortal Kombat II

20+ year video game, entertainment, and Web3 veteran who has previously worked at companies such as Vivendi Games, THQ, Tyranno Studios, WAX Blockchain, Sony Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Universal Music, and Warner Music.

Favorite 90’s game:  Final Fantasy VII

Technology leader and entrepreneur with 20+ years of industry experience. Previously at Oracle, Kabam and Glu Mobile.

Favorite 90s game: Doom

Business Development and Licensing executive with 20+ years’ experience developing and growing global brands: Toys“R”Us, WWE, Power Rangers, Halo, Star Wars.  Passionate about pop culture and expanding product lines to fan communities.

Favorite 90s game: Super Spike V’Ball

Born in the 90’s and raised in the Bay Area with a love for video games. BA in Animation and Visual Effects. Enjoys seeing or applying the smallest details in art, especially animation.

Favorite 90s game: Jak 2

Grew up in the Philippines and Guam. Dropped the island life to come stateside and got my BFA in Animation/Illustration at SJSU. Been working in the game industry for the past 10 years. Have a deep love for raw fish and rice.

Favorite 90s game: NBA Jam

A San Francisco native who majored in accounting. 10+ years in the financial industry and 6+ years in mobile gaming. Previously worked at Kabam on Marvel Contest of Champions, Transformers Forged to Fight, and Shop Titans. Loves sports, sci-fi and noodle soup.

Favorite 90s game: Final Fantasy VII

Growing up in the 80s, feeding countless quarters into arcade machines, I remember thinking “one day these games will look as cool as the illustrations on the sides of these game cabinets”. This fascination, with my obsession with control panels probably had something to do with me finding a home doing video game UI.

Favorite 90s game: MDK

Previously worked as a Programmer at EA, Namco, SmartBombInteractive, and KIXEYE. Previous titles include Godfather, Dead To Rights, Snoopy Vs RedBaron.

Favorite 90s game: ICO (almost 90s!)

Video games have been my passion since I was a kid. Went to school to design video games, 8+ years developing my skills to break a game before it’s even in development.

Favorite 90s game: Final Fantasy 7

Graduated from UC Berkeley and landed in the world of PvP mobile games. Claims to play games for fun, but is that really true?

Favorite 90s game: Final Fantasy Tactics

Previously worked at Popcap Studios on Plants vs. Zombies 3. An expert gamer who excels at mashing.

Favorite 90s game: 2nd Super Robot Wars G

Majored in Computer Engineering from Ajou University, Korea. Previously worked at Wonder and Neople, where he worked on Dungeon and Fighter. Loves music, photography, and travelling.

Favorite 90s game: Command and Conquer

Majored in English at UCLA and studied Literature Translation at KLTI.

Favorite 90s game: Chrono Trigger

Has 9 years of 3D graphic and lead concept artist experience. Formerly worked at GameHi and Doobic Entertainment (both acquired by Nexon) in South Korea.

Favorite 90s game: Dungeon Keeper

Experienced product manager with a passion for solving problems and delighting users. Worked on titles such as Big Fish Casino, Jackpot Magic Slots, and King’s Road. Loves food, loves games, loves music.

Favorite 90s game: Super Mario Bros. 3

MFA in Visual Development at Academy of Art and BA in Graphic Art and Animation at SF State University. Worked as freelance concept artist in animation at Helpful Bear Production Inc. and Carlos Baena LLC.

Favorite 90s game: NBA Jam

Developer Liaison, SME extraordinaire turned QA nerd. I don’t like to break things; I like to dispel the illusion that things work.

Favorite 90s game: Doom

Majored in Psychology at Stanford University and liked the Bay Area so much I never left. Previously worked at Jam City on Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. Spreadsheets for both fun and profit.

Favorite 90s game: Age of Empires II

Former Nullsoft Llama whipper, life-long gamer, unabashed Nintendo fan, and experienced community manager that has spent over two decades growing audiences for various entertainment applications.

Favorite 90s game: Super Metroid

BFA in Animation at the Academy of Art University. He has spent the last 10 years creating fun and interactive VFX for video games with styles ranging from cartoony, to realistic. Some previous titles include Heroes of Newerth, Strife, and Savage Resurrection.

Favorite 90s game: Mario Kart 64

Born and raised in Hawaii, studied in San Francisco to connect people through games. BFA Game Development UI/UX for Games at the Academy of Art University. One of the first hands to contribute to starting “ArtU Esports”.

Favorite 90s game: Tetris

Food scientist before shifting careers to game designer 7 years ago. Mentored designers, led teams, and shipped multiple titles across his tenure in Gameloft and Hothead Games. Treats games as books.

Favorite 90s game: Final Fantasy 7

Ate too many sandwiches over the years and evolved into an artist. Loves to pet dogs and lift heavy.

Favorite 90s game: Street Fighter 2

10+ years of experience in the game industry. Previously worked at Nexon and Neople. Previous titles include Dungeon and Fighter and Mabinogi. Likes to spend time with his cat named Momo.

Favorite 90s game: Lunar Silver Star Story

The chosen one who’s born able to draw before writing. Getting dragged to Architecture Side and by the power of “Wholly Artengel” converted back to Art Side. Currently facing the problem of running out of space from toy collecting.

Favorite 90s game: Link to the Past, MK, SF2 Turbo

Former Capcom, Namco, Sony. Tradeshows and E-sports production. Fighting game enthusiast (non-pro), Souls fanatic, platformer born and raised, RPG explorer, sharpshooter and license revoked. “They say I’m I.T. but I’m not…they say I’m a video editor but I’m not…they say I’m asleep but I’m n — okay you got me there.”

Favorite 90s game: Breakers Revenge

Emmy-nominated producer with a passion for developing innovative products. Held senior and executive producer positions at Digital Domain, Digital Funk Machine, Konami, Hijinx Studios, and Interplay working on iconic franchises such as Voltron, Dance Dance Revolution, Karaoke Revolution, Silent Hill, Castlevania, NBA Jam, Barbie, Vandal Hearts, Touchmaster, Fallout, and Star Trek.

Favorite 90s game: GoldenEye 007, Starcraft, Metal Gear Solid

Always had a strong passion for game development and art since he had his first Nintendo system. He got into drawing animated effects and shooting movie videos with his camcorders. In his free time, he still makes games, art, and shoots videos with his phone… only difference is that he does it with his kids now.

Favorite 90s game: Super Metroid

Majored in Computer Engineering. Has worked in the gaming industry close to a decade. Passionate about creating a company culture based on growth, transparency, and feedback.

Favorite 90s Game: Super Mario’s World

Majored in Computer Science at Swarthmore College; favorite courses were operating systems, computer graphics, and algorithms. Hobbies include karaoke, going on scenic hikes, and playing DotA 2.

Favorite 90s game: StarCraft: Brood War

Seasoned Bay Area game developer with over 16+ years creating mobile games at glu, Kongregate, Zynga and Skillz.  Passionate about anything and everything gaming from handheld to PC/console and arcades.

Favorite 90s Game:  Super Metroid, Sonic 2, Unreal

MA in Animation from DePaul University. Fan of all things 80s/90s cartoons and a Disney expert. Artist by day, fitness enthusiast by lunch, toy collector by dinner and gamer by night.

Favorite 90s Game: Primal Rage

Lifelong gamer and esports fan. Recent graduate of Cornell University with a degree in Information Science. Love watching sports, cooking, and playing golf!

Favorite 90s game: Pokemon Red

Just started a career as a Front-End engineer. Majored in EE but was passionate about web programming and love to make creative and fantastic websites!

Like to fix digital appliances and love every animal with fur.

Favorite 90s game: Super Mario, Hangame Tetris

I am a SF native and a true Cali girl. I majored in Global Studies and graduated from the beautiful UC Santa Barbara. My work background is in Operations and I always try to find ways to make processes more operationally excellent. I really enjoy planning events, celebrating people’s accomplishments and catering to company culture.

Favorite 90s games: Super Smash Bros.

Passionate about interactive media, AI and blockchain, Varun’s been in game analytics all his career having worked on edtech, social casino and RTS games. Likes to hike, cook and play poker in his spare time.

Favorite 90’s game: Red Alert 2

Born and raised in San Diego, CA. Grew up playing Nintendo and PlayStation action-adventure games. Graduated from University of Colorado Boulder with a degree in Technology Arts and Media and a focus on game design. Previously worked on God of War Ragnarok.

Favorite 90s game: Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Pursuing an artist dream by starting off with two Bachelor Degrees in 3D Modeling and Game Design Art at University of Silicon Valley.
Previously worked at Start-Up companies as 3D Generalist and Technical Artist.
Love eating fried eggs at home and drinking roasted coffee at work everyday!

Fun Fact: My very first PS1 games were Disney’s Hercules, Crash Bandicoot, and Fighting Force.

Favorite 90s game: Harvest Moon: Back to Nature

Marketing and Community leader in gaming for the last 13 years. Working in web3 gaming since 2020.

Favorite 90’s game: Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time

Marketing and growth leader in startups since 2007 specializing in gaming, social media, and FinTech. Most recently led growth for Palm NFT Studios and flagship projects enabling Arts and Comics fans to own, create, and exchange new IP.

Favorite 90’s games: FIFA 99 and Minesweaper

Born and raise in Vietnam, Saigon. Fell in love with the Bay Area and its people. BFA in Animation/Illustration at SJSU. 7+ years in mobile gaming. Have strong passion for stylized and mechs art.

Favorite 90s game: Starcraft Broodwar