Team

Rob is a serial entrepreneur building businesses and developing software for 20 years in various industries. Highly skilled developer and Business Analyst, Rob has a strong corporate and development background which helps him to translate and bridge the gap between stakeholders and back office developers.

Previously built a real estate monitoring system and automated cloud API business that was sold to one of the largest real estate portals in the UK. He excels in software planning, development, management along with building and mentoring small to medium development teams.

Defender, Pac-Land, Gauntlet, Ghosts and Goblins, Bubble Bobble, Outrun, Wonder Boy, Double Dragon, Auf Wiedersehen Monty, RoadBlasters, Chase HQ, Mad Dog McCree, Time Crisis, Resident Evil, Crazy Taxi, Pikmin, Lara Croft Tomb Raider

Josh is an experienced startup entrepreneur for the last 25 years, specializing in building marketing teams and crafting strategy to go to scale. Discontent with existing monetary systems drives his passion for the crypto and blockchain industry.

He is co-founder and stake pool operator of Grow Your Stake [GYS], a mission-driven, #cleanwaterforall, Cardano stake pool. He is also half of the Cardano based YouTube podcast Cardano Chats.

Frogger, Super Mario Brothers, Zelda, Street Fighter

Geoff has always been entrepreneurial. His first endeavor was co-founding a security software company that built the first ever behavioral malware detection software and was acquired by Symantec (Norton Antivirus) just 5 years later. He went on to partner at a successful marketing and advertising agency.

He is co-founder and stake pool operator of Grow Your Stake [GYS], a mission-driven, #cleanwaterforall, Cardano stake pool. He is also half of the Cardano based YouTube podcast Cardano Chats.

Tecmo Bowl, Zelda, Jordan vs. Bird, Doom, Quake, Duke Nukem, Diablo, Counter Strike, Madden NFL, FIFA

Ant is a serial entrepreneur building businesses and testing software for 20 years in various industries. Highly experienced Systems Analyst previously worked for a number of large high street companies quality assuring their in-store user front-facing systems. Was a co-founder of the company that built Agent Analyser and House Fusion later sold to one of the largest real estate portals in the UK.

Pole Position, Manic Miner, Jetpac, Jet Set Willy, Starquake, Outrun, Renegade, Double Dragon

Eric Peterson, co-founder of Star Citizen at Cloud Imperium Games, is a seasoned game developer with extensive experience in game design, project management, and leadership. He played a key role in Star Citizen’s development and successful crowd-funding campaigns. Additionally, his contributions to Vigil Games have been instrumental in various high-profile projects.

Jennifer Donahoe is a dynamic marketing professional with a robust background in the gaming industry. She excels in brand development, strategic marketing, and community engagement. Jennifer has significantly enhanced brand presence and market reach for companies like Electronic Arts (EA), Zynga, Scopely, and Riot Games, notably on high-profile games such as FarmVille and League of Legends.

Phillip Black is a seasoned game economist with expertise in economic design, player behavior analysis, and monetization strategies. He has significantly contributed to games like Battlefield and New World, enhancing player engagement and revenue. His notable career includes work with Electronic Arts (EA), Scopely, and Amazon Games. For podcast fans, you will find him hosting The Game Economist and Deconstructor of Fun.

From 2001 to 2007, Fred was part of the management team of the Atari Group, the videogame publisher, first as Deputy COO and Chief Financial Officer of the Group, and then as Chief Executive Officer of Atari Interactive. In 2007, he left Atari to create his own videogame production company.

In 2013, he became a significant shareholder of the Atari group through the purchase of Atari securities held by BlueBay. He sold his interests in Atari in 2021 and founded Crypto Blockchain Industries (CBI), publisher of AlphaVerse. CBI is a public company whose shares are listed on Euronext Growth (Ticker: ALCBI).

James Bowater is best known in the blockchain, digital asset and Web3 industry as ‘The Digital Insider’ and for being the founder of Crypto AM in a ground-breaking partnership with London’s renowned business newspaper City A.M. which, in 2017, became the first mainstream publisher to feature a regular focus on AI, blockchain, crypto assets, DeFi, digital assets, the metaverse, tokenisation and Web3.

In November 2022, James was named ‘Blockchain Advisor of the Year’ at the prestigious AIBC Awards in Malta.

Known as Coach K, Joel is an avid trading and financial coach known for his go-to-market strategies for early stage projects, creative tokenomics and a deep partnership network. Coach is the Co-founder of Alpha Trading Algos, and is an active advisor to the following projects, Ethernity (Premiere NFTs), Splyt (e-commerce and VR), FinXflo (Exchange aggregator), Paid Network (Ecosystem/Legal), Matrixswap (cross-chain swapping protocol), Ferrum Network (BaaS -staking, LP, Launchpad, Incubator), Verasity (E-sports/Gaming), Plotx (Prediction Markets), Sator (Tokenized TV).

Kyle Chasse, a cryptocurrency industry veteran and technology entrepreneur, has founded, advised and invested in numerous early stage blockchain projects since his initial investment in Bitcoin in 2012. During 2013, Kyle founded World Super Lotto (WSL), the world’s first global lottery based on Bitcoin. In 2014, Kyle went all-in on Bitcoin and later in Ethereum before transitioning into a full-time role as COO of Credits, a Blockchain as a Service (BaaS) company. In 2016, Kyle co-founded The Review Agency, a SaaS for business reputation management. In 2017, Kyle’s net-worth exponentially increased as his assets in Bitcoin and Ethereum scaled beyond expectations. Kyle began lucratively analysing and investing in infrastructure and protocol projects from Kraken, Coinbase, UBANX, Bitfinex, Bitfinance, RNDR, and several others, holding impressive amounts of equity and tokens as he was deemed “smart money” for his capital and skill set in tokenomics, product development, and business development.