The PlaySafe team
Andrew Wailes, CEO
Love MMORPGs, ARPG, FPS, strategy, MOBAs, Battle-Royales, survival, and competitive.
Final Fantasy X and Zone of the Enders are two of my all time favorite games. Top 10 D3 WD in EU, I first joined WoW in TBC, LoL in Beta, COD, PUBG, Rust, Rocket League, CSGO; and so many others.
10+ years in product, sales, marketing, ops, and business growth focusing on commercials.
Previous VP at Metanomic; game economics and player behavioral analytics. Director of Revenue at Nefta; Ad Network and player behavioral analytics.
Jonah Elbaz, CTO
8+ years tech and project lead.
Ex facebook, dolby, volvo, Nuro AI, Misfits Gaming.
A part of 2 startup exits over $50m.
A man of few words who builds amazing things.
Will Pazos, SME
Previously Head of Data & Analytics at Misfits Gaming Group, co-owned by Miami Heat (NBA) & Cleveland Browns (NFL), top esports org globally. Managed all analysts within Sales, Marketing, Strategy, and Operations - main point of contact for Blizzard and Riot for reporting.
8+ years in business intelligence, product development, and go-to-market in the esports industry.
“The Stig”, anti-cheat lead
An expert in anti-cheat and infrastructure within AAA game studios and FAANG companies.
As a white-hat game hacker since 1999, this red and blue team player honed their skills in game series such as Quake, Half-Life, CS, TF, WoW, and more. Today, they are dedicated to democratizing large-scale, privacy-respecting solutions to modern technology challenges, such as multiplayer game deception. Their identity remains anonymous.
Iurii Semenov, Senior developer
10+ years in software development industry. Banking, healthcare, cyber security, gambling. Building, leading, coaching.
Used to be a whitewater kayaker but got a family and I’ve had enough of extreme for now.
Bryce Turner, Marketing Director
Was fortunate to have a Dad who 'got' technology. Started gaming on the Intellivision before upgrading to a Commodore 64.
20+ years in brand strategy and marketing. Leading teams in companies of 15 to 1500 people, delivering results for clients and businesses across numerous product categories.
Previously Head of Marketing Projects at Vendasta.
Jonny Pout, Community Manager
Grew up in the 90's with playing pretty much every genre of game. A true addiction for competetive FPS and MMORPG's. Fond memories of playing splitscreen fps titles and arguing with my friends about looking at eachothers side of the monitor. Truly was a different experience to what we have today.
8+ years in Team management and coaching, Recruitment, Community engagement and marketing.
Joe Machen, Moderator
I have been gaming as a hobby the majority of my life (age 30); a passion, an escape and overtime a staple for networking and socialising. Having a family of my own now, I've realised the importance of ensuring my children are safe whilst exploring games online.
Mikac, Server management
In addition to my work as a web developer, in my free time I have always been passionate about the world of games, but I was even more passionate about the technical part and how they work in the background where I already have 5+ years of experience in game development. The most important thing to me has always been for it to be a safe place to play.