Our Leadership Team

With over 100 years of combined experience, we’ve got a well-seasoned team at the helm.

Founders

Board of Directors

Marketing

Advisors

Robert Raff
Founder & CEO

Warning: Some of this may sound super impressive, but Robert assured me that 70% of the time he had no idea what he was doing.

In his early years he started out working for a small photography outfit which allowed him to travel the country and get paid for taking photographs of pretty women. (pretty good gig if you ask me) After many years of grinding on the road he grew tired of not having a home base. He ended up stumbling into the financial industry and started working with a small local company called Boulder Financial. He helped grow that company to what the world knows today as Quicken Loans (Rocket Mortgage).

Growing up in a family of all entrepreneurs, he wasn’t satisfied building someone else vision and dreams. He ended up going off on his own at the young age of 22 and ended up covering a lot of ground in the real estate and mortgage industry. Along his journey, he was alway developing software applications for his companies realized that was his true passion and started to make technology more his focus. As his mortgage company grew and serving over 4500 employees and independent contractors he needed a figure out a way to police remote loan officers which were scattered across the country with no supervision.

Because he was blazing a new path in an old industry there wasn’t an off the shelf software to handle this. Robert had no choice but to start developing a web application (Compliance Portal) to help solve the complicated compliance issues for his company. With in about 6 months the application was deployed and deployed throughout his company. A few months later it was being talked about by all the industry insiders. Next thing you know he had hundreds of different brokerages paying to use his application. In 2007 Robert took a healthy buy-out from his partners and went on a 5 year hiatus focusing on being a father and raising his kids, traveling, and basically being a beach bum.

After 5 years of missing the grind, Robert found his way into the information and data monetization industry which he is still serving a 20+ year sentence. While his currently companies Direct Aim & The Agency Network are not recognizable names (which he prefers) make no mistake, they pack a hefty punch. They are responsible for sending out billions emails a month. Most of his business is done through private-label partnerships with large multi-media companies and direct tier 1 contracts with automotive manufactures. His company also currently maintains one of the most robust Consumer Identity Graphs which manages over 6 billion data points on everyone marketable adult in the USA. They specialize in building in-market custom audiences for, demand side platforms, agencies, and individual marketers around the world. Personal Highlights * Founded First National Mortgage * Created the first 100% Commission “Net-Branch” concept. * Held Correspondent Lender licenses in 43 states. * Creator / Co-Founded of The Equity Network (TEN). * Consistently funded over a $1B a month in mortgage loan volume. * Co-Founder of National Real Estate Group (NRG) * Co-Owner of TriUnion Title, a National Title Company underwritten by both First American & Stewart Insurance. * He has worked directly with most of the fortune 100 companies, all names you know, ware, eat, drink, and drive. * His networking ability is what he states is his #1 super power. * He has extensive experience in blockchain and in the ICO market.

*Raised $45 millions of BTC in 72 hours * Has launched others successful ICO’s, developed full Blockchains, and DeFi Protocols. Robert states he is not a gamer, but more so a visionary and problem solver. He does however, insists that he hold the world heavy weight championship title for Galaga and will absolutely destroy anyone that wants a shot at the title. In Roberts spare time he obviously loves talking about himself in the third person

Apurv
Co-Founder & CTO

Apurv is an experienced Chief Technology Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the IT, digital media, and gaming industries.

Seasoned IT leader with proven track record of building and improving highly functional teams in fast paced organizations. Customer focused, innovative, and pragmatic in approach to identifying and developing solutions that drive business value. Able to adapt quickly to changing priorities, environments, and business needs while simultaneously managing the day-to-day running of high-performance technical support departments. Extensive hands on experience in various aspects of Management and application development/delivery for enterprise level applications

Apurv is skilled in competitive Esports games, casual games, casino games, social mobile games, Agile SCRUM, and business development. Strong operations professional with a Bachelors Degree in computer science.

Pawan
Co-Founder & CIO

A Chief Information Officer and Lead Systems Engineer, Pawan creates innovative solutions fusing technology vision and strategy with tactical initiatives to achieve organizational goals.

With expertise in business development, product marketing, new technology implementation, infrastructure and database development and systems maintenance to support growth while enhancing the bottom line.

With years of leading IT business initiatives, I can:
• Ensure that technology projects provide a reasonable ROI with long term budgeting and planning.
• Understand the details of business and the importance of meeting customers’ needs and demands.
• Implement business systems to improve processes and outcomes.
• Apply hands-on project management experience to rollout new applications and infrastructure changes on time and on budget.
• Use technology to uncover and generate new revenue opportunities.

Pawan is passionate about making ESTN the technology gold standard in terms of scalability, security, and optimal user experience.

Joe Karns
Co-Founder & Blockchain Architect

Joseph is a serial entrepreneur leveraging over 20 years of business experience in finance and digital startups. With a proven track record of success in fields ranging from institutional banking to digital media and big data, Joseph has a unique ability to bring together the key players necessary to achieve an organization’s vision. In a 2014 venture involving a startup publisher website, Joseph took that company from near-zero revenue to an astounding 10M visitors/month and over $50K/mo net revenue within just three months, then exited 2 years later at a 20X profit. More recently in 2020, Joseph partnered with a real estate startup to generate over $30M in capital raise, driven largely in part from orchestrating and managing over $2.5M in digital ad spend.

In 2020, Joseph co-founded the blockchain-based Swapp decentralized finance platform, bringing a wealth of experience in blockchain technology and the larger crypto ecosystem. Joseph’s hands-on experience in crypto dates back to 2012 as a BTC mining enthusiast, building and programming Bitcoin mining rigs from scratch. Fast forward through the last decade of the crypto space evolving and break-neck speed, all the while Joseph staying on the forefront of blockchain technology; always focusing on that next use case on the cusp of mass adoption in order to capitalize.

Joseph also serves as Co-Founder HUSdigital, a leading data monetization provider based in Del Ray Beach, FL. Together with Co-Founder, Richard Paul Hus, HUSdigital has achieved powerful data partnerships with leading publisher websites, SAAS companies, and other high-volume players. HUSdigital has quickly built one of the largest identity graphs in the world aggregating over 20B online behaviors per day and leveraging partnerships including LiveRamp, Nielsen, Lotame, Adobe Audience, and more.

Ian Grieve
Senior Advisor & Board Member | Gaming

Ian moved on to the world of video games during the worldwide explosion of the business at the dawn of the 16-bit era. Eventually, after driving and completing an acquisition by Sony Corporation, he went on to become a Director and was part of the team that launched the original Sony PlayStation. Going on to make numerous landmark early hit products and eventually running External Development with 350 developers worldwide.

Ian went on to create a highly ranked independent studio based in Manchester with several partners which eventually went public on the London stock exchange. The studio grew to over 450 staff with offices in UK, America and Sweden.

After relocation to Nevada, USA, Ian created another successful Interactive Development studio – specializing in console games, poker systems and casino-floor slot machines for Bally and IGT.

Ian has created a wealth of experience and high value network of individuals in the global video game development and publishing world for over 25 years. Moving with the industry and the times, areas of expertise now include Virtual Reality, Metaverse, Crypto, NFTs and eSports and their intersection with the future of interactive entertainment products. Robert Raff is his bitch and everything Robert has ever done was leading up to him being an associate of Ian and his incredible genius.

Eric Peterson
Senior Advisor & Board Member | Gaming

Eric Peterson has been in the games industry since it began. He wrote his first game in 1984, a text based adventure called Quintown. He taught classes in computer science at Lee College in Baytown before moving on to Texas State and graduating in 1990. He then joined Chris Roberts at Origin Systems to work on the seminal Wing Commander franchise.

Eric left Origin with Chris Roberts in 1995 as a founder of the studio Digital Anvil. He oversaw the making of the hit video game Starlancer, and managed teams in both Austin and Manchester, England during the making of that game. Starlancer was a flagship title in Microsoft’s game publishing history and along with Age of Empires, established them as a player in the industry.

Eric then established Fever Pitch Studios as Founder and CEO and completed an RTS called Conquest Frontier Wars for global giant Ubisoft. The game won several awards for best RTS of the year and was widely considered an evolution in RTS gaming.

Chris Roberts again enlisted Eric’s skills and they started Cloud Imperium Games, to develop the crowd-funded phenomenon Star Citizen. Eric was responsible for the highly successful Kickstarter campaign and oversaw the entire development project. Originator of the stunning marketing, development and planning for the roadmap and execution of Star Citizen. This directly led to multiple new initiatives in crowd funding which changed the way that games were funded & developed across the entire industry.

After a successful stint at CIG, Eric broke off to start his own company called Descendent Studios and reboot the popular 1990s hit game Descent. Once again Eric ran a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund this endeavor. Eric completed the development of the game, and the release date is forthcoming.

Eric is widely known as a crowdfunding expert, and a creator of AAA game experiences. In more than 30 years in the industry, he has changed the ways games are funded, and pushed the boundaries of gameplay in many of the recognized genres. Every game Eric has touched has consistently scored highly on the games Meta Critic platform, excellence in all areas is recognized as standard on his products.

Eric has also negotiated several deals with Microsoft, Ubisoft, Valve, GOG, American Micro Devices (AMD), Warthog, BHVR, Razor and many other quality companies which have led to successful partnerships throughout the video game landscape.

Currently Eric is President of Corgee Inc. a software project management solution for outsourced development teams, and consulting with ESTN and their exciting new eSports platform for creating the next generation of Web3 game experiences.

Robert Lindsley
Senior Advisor & Board Member | Gaming

With more than three decades of experience and more than 80 SKUs shipped, Robert Lindsley is a mobile and console game executive who is a true veteran of the video game industry. Robert has created countless high-profile mobile, PC and console products, working with top-tier brands such as Rock Band, Ghostbusters, Spongebob SquarePants, Angry Birds, Two Dots, Tetris, Pac Man, Scrabble, Monopoly, and the Atari Classics. Since Robert’s career began he has been on the leading edge of video games. He continue to work on the most innovative platforms from eSports, crypto, VR and mobile to PC, consoles, and handhelds. He has created both software and hardware; been responsible for the end-to-end production and live operations of mobile, console, and web products; and has constructed the foundational logic and business models for free-to-play, downloadable, real-money gaming experiences, and social networks. He has analyzed market spaces, worked with countless brands, and taken retail products to Walmart, GameStop, and Target.

Leon Walters
Co-Founder & Senior Advisor

Leon started out in game development on the publishing side at Sony Liverpool working on conversions of some of iconic early PlayStation games for Sega most notably Wipeout. He also produced a number of arcade conversions for Sega including Manx TT Superbike which hit the #1 in the UK, US and Japan.

Leon then moved to London, working as an Executive Producer on a number of projects for the likes of EA, Namco and Softbank before co-founding PKR.com with other industry veterans as Chief Operating Officer. PKR was innovative and award winning MMO-inspired online Poker game featuring fully customizable avatars – at it’s peak it PKR had nearly 20 million registered users. After 10 years of online Poker Leon moved into a startup-land and a number of consulting roles in igaming before joining Island Luck as Chief Product Officer in 2017.

Most recently Leon has been doing remote consulting work in igaming, video games utilizing blockchain technology, including a stint as interim MD for CoinPoker.com, from the beach in The Bahamas.

Kenny Stevens
Marketing

Kenny has been in sales and marketing for 25 years and his career has spanned several industries from Fortune 500 tech companies, mobile application companies, e-commerce brands, digital brands and startups.

Beginning his career in the corporate sector, he worked with many notable companies but started out humbly in sales at one of his favorite “nerd jobs” at RadioShack and later moved into sales and marketing at an executive level at several prominent mobile telecommunications companies.

10 years ago he shifted his career from the corporate world into startups and sold several e-commerce brands, eventually becoming a partner and the Chief Development Officer for Represent.com where he oversaw marketing and business sales development amongst its affiliates and celebrity businesses having worked directly with most major names in Hollywood (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Floyd Mayweather, Rhonda Rousey, most of the cast of all CW shows, Marvel actors and actresses, and many other influencers and celebrities). Eventually they exited the company with a $100 million acquisition by Custom Ink.

At that time Kenny was already well on his way to building his own online marketing agency called MEDIA MAVEN, that grew to 55 employees and worked with major brands, Sony, Girl Scouts Of America, Ford, Jeep, Dove. not to mention other major e-commerce brands like Ivory Ella, qwertee, DIFF eyewear and celebrities like Sarah Palin, the cast of Supernatural and KORN launch successful e-commerce brands.

Kenny sold his marketing agency in the middle of 2021 and recently joined ESTN as the Chief Marketing Officer to help build and grow this company into a behemoth worldwide brand! Craig aka Kenny Stevens is also a contributor to Forbes.

Adryenn Ashley
Senior Advisor

Adryenn is a social influencer with a global reach of over 100M that has mastered the art and science of going viral on social media by starting conversations that matter. She has parlayed her ability to lead difficult conversations in public forums and combined it with a background in Sex Ed to create the first blockchain consent platform to make dating safer. Loly.io matches based on sexual compatibility rather than simple geoproximity and photo and logs consent on blockchain, solving the #MeToo epidemic.

Rich Schineller
PR Specialist

We communicate new ideas, products and concepts to business, consumer and financial markets and media. We specialize in helping organizations from the Fortune 50 to Inc. Magazine’s Top 100 fastest-growing small companies communicate their expertise, core competencies and new offerings to investors, consumers and businesses through focused programs designed to increase revenue growth and company valuations.

Chris Bain
Business Development

Chris Bain: An energetic and accomplished Entrepreneur with a background in Operations Management with over 18 years of experience with the largest logistics corporation in the world, United Parcel Service. On the team and responsible for the rebranding of the most recognizable brand in transportation. A verifiable track record for successfully coordinating and supervising the daily operations and performance of 475 employees and service providers to meet and exceed corporate objectives.

Experience in start up operations and branding to implement and maintain lean principles, 5’S, Kaizen and KPI metric systems for an auto manufacturing plant (Volkswagen).

• Director of Training at Volkswagen responsible to ensure Teach, Coach and Counsel all hourly employees and management in the proper processes and procedures to maintain a consistent flow of material. Follow-up with the customer to ensure the quality of all material was up to their expectation.

• Responsible for training of 335 hourly associates and management in standardized work instructions including new hire orientation and on the job training in compliance with 5’S lean principles.

• Developing Lean, Six Sigma, 5S and/or Continuous Improvement methodologies in numerous Startups online and off.

After moving on from the corporate realm, I Built from the ground up and started a Consumer Finance brick and mortar business offering small consumer loans and built a book of over 2k monthly customers over 11 years before exiting with being bought out by the largest financial lender in the US.

I moved on and started Branded Media Solutions a Full Service Marketing Agency and founded/created a highly successful lead generation software ” LeadsForager ” that syphons leads off social algorithms into your inbox without any Ad Spend.

I have a wealth of experience in Marketing, Networking, Defi, Connections, raising capital both venture and private, Negotiations and building communities that thrive and overall, I Get Shit Done and Make Things Happen!

Daryl Snyder
Business Development

Daryl is serial entrepreneur with a passion for disruptive technology in a upward positive way. He has been involved in the Fintech space since 1997. He currently serves as President at OG2D an Original 2 Digital NFT Marketplace as well as currently holding senior strategic advisory positions with OGPay and NeuroTrackerX. He is excited about the passion determination and vision of the experienced team at ESTN. He is honored to be involved with the project.

Kyle Wilson
Marketing

Kyle Willson is a Professional Marketer and Content Creator with years of experience in crypto and NFTs. Kyle has appeared on many other YouTube channels like Paul Barron Network and CryptoStache and is followed on Twitter by some of the biggest names in the NFT space. Kyle also has a big background in gaming and was formerly ranked in SOCOM US NAVY Seals in the top 5% in his region and has played Halo for many years. Kyle is also a investor in Neo Tokyo – a NFT project centered around crypto gaming.

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Luke Brue
Tournament Ops

I come from the Esports world with a background in sales. My first time at Esports Arena, the original space in Santa Ana CA, I was able to not only play against my favorite professional at the time but also win the tournament that granted me access to a $25,000 Invitational for Hearthstone. This experience alone proved to me that this is where I belonged and I couldn’t wait to apply my knowledge and ideas to this new industry.

Esports Arena represents everything that is missing in the gaming community and allows the community to take full control of what exactly they want to see.

I coordinate events/programs that help communicate the lifestyle, values, and goals of my own demographic, gamers, to brands. The events we hold create an invaluable experience combining community, competition, and the love of gaming across all gaming platforms.

Right now we work with some of the largest and most dedicated brands in the world and we are always looking for new partners to continue growing with in this booming scene.

Kaleb Phillips
Blockchain Advisor

Experienced ecommerce brand builder with a demonstrated history of working in the computer games industry. Skilled in FB and Instagram ads platform, email marketing, ecommerce conversion optimization, Solidity, Microsoft XNA, C++, Databases, Mobile Applications, and Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET). Strong entrepreneurship professional with a Bachelor of Science focused in Game and Simulation Programming (similar to Computer Science) from DeVry University.

Sebastian Läger
Esports Advisor

Everybody in the scene knows me as “Heflamoke”​. I spawned out of the primordial soup of competitive gaming in the late nineties, which later took shape and we started to call it “esports”. Throughout the 2 decades lasting journey I have explored every corner of the industry and eventually found myself as an entrepreneur mainly utilizing that very set of experience. If you seek for blind hype over honest and outspoken insights into the industry, you will not like me. I conduct business straightforward and above all mutually beneficial for both sides.

In my free time I am helping individuals and new ventures to find their way through this sometimes harsh environment. I will answer every message and always help, until unless you take advantage of my way too good heart.

Nestor Elizondo
Esports Advisor

Nestor is a seasoned marketing & business development executive on a mission to help CEOs, executives and solopreneurs drive rapid growth and identify opportunities in esports and new technology to leverage new business models and help generate growth.

A team-oriented leader with deep international experience spanning strategy, marketing, product management, business development and sales across sponsorships and advertising. Successfully led global teams, launched new verticals, expanded into new market segments and structured and negotiated complex sales and partnership agreements.

After spending 10 years as marketing executive for companies in different industries, Nestor got into the videogame and Esports industry now having 15 years in the field.

Started at Nintendo Mexico as Marketing Manager in 2006 and was responsible for all marketing/advertising & promotional activities. He also played a key role in the continued development of strategic plans for brand growth and increase sales.

After Nintendo, Nestor has worked as an independent consultant in a wide variety of areas in the esports industry, ranging from strategic planning, operations, marketing, streaming, etc.

Within esports, he´s consulted for Tuwaiq Esports Club, Allied Esports in their partnership with Trovo and TvAzteca, Warriors International, Gamurs Group (Dotesports.com / gamepur.com / csgo-stats.com), OpTic Gaming, The EACL, MEL (Mexican Esports League), LMV (Liga Mexicana de Videojuegos) and Esports Academics amongst others.

Nestor holds a BS degree in Communication Science for Monterrey Tech.

Dave Nye
Esports Advisor

David Nye has been in and around the gaming scene for many years. He started out playing competitive Halo and Call of Duty in his younger days, but later transitioned to playing CCGs and LCGs competitively. Now, David enjoys the thrills of bringing up the next generation of gamers.
His experience in the gaming industry spans not just playing the game but teaching it, marketing it, organizing events around it, structuring promotions and collaborations (even sponsorships) with names like Pepsi, LIME solar, Hyperx, Corsair, Logitech, Honda etc. David loves how gaming brings people together while still having a competitive edge.

David is a cryptocurrency early adopter, having mined Bitcoin in its early days and earning his first Ethereum in 2016. He has been a strong advocate of blockchain technology and its potential to revolutionize many industries, especially gaming.

He is currently the CEO of The Blueth Company, a small bitcoin mining operation in North America. When he got the chance to join ESTN the world’s first decentralized gaming ecosystem built on blockchain technology, it was a no-brainer.

David is looking forward to seeing how ESTN will change the gaming industry for the better and help gamers from all over the world connect and collaborate in ways never seen before.

David is a big believer in giving back to the community. He has been involved with numerous charities over the years. Without a doubt one of the most well-rounded and experienced members of the gaming community and his insights are sure to educate and entertain. Tune in to his content and you won’t be disappointed.

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Robert Raff
Founder & CEO

Warning: Some of this may sound super impressive, but Robert assured me that 70% of the time he had no idea what he was doing.

In his early years he started out working for a small photography outfit which allowed him to travel the country and get paid for taking photographs of pretty women. (pretty good gig if you ask me) After many years of grinding on the road he grew tired of not having a home base. He ended up stumbling into the financial industry and started working with a small local company called Boulder Financial. He helped grow that company to what the world knows today as Quicken Loans (Rocket Mortgage).

Growing up in a family of all entrepreneurs, he wasn’t satisfied building someone else vision and dreams. He ended up going off on his own at the young age of 22 and ended up covering a lot of ground in the real estate and mortgage industry. Along his journey, he was alway developing software applications for his companies realized that was his true passion and started to make technology more his focus. As his mortgage company grew and serving over 4500 employees and independent contractors he needed a figure out a way to police remote loan officers which were scattered across the country with no supervision.

Because he was blazing a new path in an old industry there wasn’t an off the shelf software to handle this. Robert had no choice but to start developing a web application (Compliance Portal) to help solve the complicated compliance issues for his company. With in about 6 months the application was deployed and deployed throughout his company. A few months later it was being talked about by all the industry insiders. Next thing you know he had hundreds of different brokerages paying to use his application. In 2007 Robert took a healthy buy-out from his partners and went on a 5 year hiatus focusing on being a father and raising his kids, traveling, and basically being a beach bum.

After 5 years of missing the grind, Robert found his way into the information and data monetization industry which he is still serving a 20+ year sentence. While his currently companies Direct Aim & The Agency Network are not recognizable names (which he prefers) make no mistake, they pack a hefty punch. They are responsible for sending out billions emails a month. Most of his business is done through private-label partnerships with large multi-media companies and direct tier 1 contracts with automotive manufactures. His company also currently maintains one of the most robust Consumer Identity Graphs which manages over 6 billion data points on everyone marketable adult in the USA. They specialize in building in-market custom audiences for, demand side platforms, agencies, and individual marketers around the world. Personal Highlights * Founded First National Mortgage * Created the first 100% Commission “Net-Branch” concept. * Held Correspondent Lender licenses in 43 states. * Creator / Co-Founded of The Equity Network (TEN). * Consistently funded over a $1B a month in mortgage loan volume. * Co-Founder of National Real Estate Group (NRG) * Co-Owner of TriUnion Title, a National Title Company underwritten by both First American & Stewart Insurance. * He has worked directly with most of the fortune 100 companies, all names you know, ware, eat, drink, and drive. * His networking ability is what he states is his #1 super power. * He has extensive experience in blockchain and in the ICO market.

*Raised $45 millions of BTC in 72 hours * Has launched others successful ICO’s, developed full Blockchains, and DeFi Protocols. Robert states he is not a gamer, but more so a visionary and problem solver. He does however, insists that he hold the world heavy weight championship title for Galaga and will absolutely destroy anyone that wants a shot at the title. In Roberts spare time he obviously loves talking about himself in the third person

Apurv
Co-Founder & CTO

Apurv is an experienced Chief Technology Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the IT, digital media, and gaming industries.

Seasoned IT leader with proven track record of building and improving highly functional teams in fast paced organizations. Customer focused, innovative, and pragmatic in approach to identifying and developing solutions that drive business value. Able to adapt quickly to changing priorities, environments, and business needs while simultaneously managing the day-to-day running of high-performance technical support departments. Extensive hands on experience in various aspects of Management and application development/delivery for enterprise level applications

Apurv is skilled in competitive Esports games, casual games, casino games, social mobile games, Agile SCRUM, and business development. Strong operations professional with a Bachelors Degree in computer science.

Pawan
Co-Founder & CIO

A Chief Information Officer and Lead Systems Engineer, Pawan creates innovative solutions fusing technology vision and strategy with tactical initiatives to achieve organizational goals.

With expertise in business development, product marketing, new technology implementation, infrastructure and database development and systems maintenance to support growth while enhancing the bottom line.

With years of leading IT business initiatives, I can:
• Ensure that technology projects provide a reasonable ROI with long term budgeting and planning.
• Understand the details of business and the importance of meeting customers’ needs and demands.
• Implement business systems to improve processes and outcomes.
• Apply hands-on project management experience to rollout new applications and infrastructure changes on time and on budget.
• Use technology to uncover and generate new revenue opportunities.

Pawan is passionate about making ESTN the technology gold standard in terms of scalability, security, and optimal user experience.

Joe Karns
Co-Founder & Blockchain Architect

Joseph is a serial entrepreneur leveraging over 20 years of business experience in finance and digital startups. With a proven track record of success in fields ranging from institutional banking to digital media and big data, Joseph has a unique ability to bring together the key players necessary to achieve an organization’s vision. In a 2014 venture involving a startup publisher website, Joseph took that company from near-zero revenue to an astounding 10M visitors/month and over $50K/mo net revenue within just three months, then exited 2 years later at a 20X profit. More recently in 2020, Joseph partnered with a real estate startup to generate over $30M in capital raise, driven largely in part from orchestrating and managing over $2.5M in digital ad spend.

In 2020, Joseph co-founded the blockchain-based Swapp decentralized finance platform, bringing a wealth of experience in blockchain technology and the larger crypto ecosystem. Joseph’s hands-on experience in crypto dates back to 2012 as a BTC mining enthusiast, building and programming Bitcoin mining rigs from scratch. Fast forward through the last decade of the crypto space evolving and break-neck speed, all the while Joseph staying on the forefront of blockchain technology; always focusing on that next use case on the cusp of mass adoption in order to capitalize.

Joseph also serves as Co-Founder HUSdigital, a leading data monetization provider based in Del Ray Beach, FL. Together with Co-Founder, Richard Paul Hus, HUSdigital has achieved powerful data partnerships with leading publisher websites, SAAS companies, and other high-volume players. HUSdigital has quickly built one of the largest identity graphs in the world aggregating over 20B online behaviors per day and leveraging partnerships including LiveRamp, Nielsen, Lotame, Adobe Audience, and more.

Ian Grieve
Senior Advisor & Board Member | Gaming

Ian moved on to the world of video games during the worldwide explosion of the business at the dawn of the 16-bit era. Eventually, after driving and completing an acquisition by Sony Corporation, he went on to become a Director and was part of the team that launched the original Sony PlayStation. Going on to make numerous landmark early hit products and eventually running External Development with 350 developers worldwide.

Ian went on to create a highly ranked independent studio based in Manchester with several partners which eventually went public on the London stock exchange. The studio grew to over 450 staff with offices in UK, America and Sweden.

After relocation to Nevada, USA, Ian created another successful Interactive Development studio – specializing in console games, poker systems and casino-floor slot machines for Bally and IGT.

Ian has created a wealth of experience and high value network of individuals in the global video game development and publishing world for over 25 years. Moving with the industry and the times, areas of expertise now include Virtual Reality, Metaverse, Crypto, NFTs and eSports and their intersection with the future of interactive entertainment products. Robert Raff is his bitch and everything Robert has ever done was leading up to him being an associate of Ian and his incredible genius.

Eric Peterson
Senior Advisor & Board Member | Gaming

Eric Peterson has been in the games industry since it began. He wrote his first game in 1984, a text based adventure called Quintown. He taught classes in computer science at Lee College in Baytown before moving on to Texas State and graduating in 1990. He then joined Chris Roberts at Origin Systems to work on the seminal Wing Commander franchise.

Eric left Origin with Chris Roberts in 1995 as a founder of the studio Digital Anvil. He oversaw the making of the hit video game Starlancer, and managed teams in both Austin and Manchester, England during the making of that game. Starlancer was a flagship title in Microsoft’s game publishing history and along with Age of Empires, established them as a player in the industry.

Eric then established Fever Pitch Studios as Founder and CEO and completed an RTS called Conquest Frontier Wars for global giant Ubisoft. The game won several awards for best RTS of the year and was widely considered an evolution in RTS gaming.

Chris Roberts again enlisted Eric’s skills and they started Cloud Imperium Games, to develop the crowd-funded phenomenon Star Citizen. Eric was responsible for the highly successful Kickstarter campaign and oversaw the entire development project. Originator of the stunning marketing, development and planning for the roadmap and execution of Star Citizen. This directly led to multiple new initiatives in crowd funding which changed the way that games were funded & developed across the entire industry.

After a successful stint at CIG, Eric broke off to start his own company called Descendent Studios and reboot the popular 1990s hit game Descent. Once again Eric ran a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund this endeavor. Eric completed the development of the game, and the release date is forthcoming.

Eric is widely known as a crowdfunding expert, and a creator of AAA game experiences. In more than 30 years in the industry, he has changed the ways games are funded, and pushed the boundaries of gameplay in many of the recognized genres. Every game Eric has touched has consistently scored highly on the games Meta Critic platform, excellence in all areas is recognized as standard on his products.

Eric has also negotiated several deals with Microsoft, Ubisoft, Valve, GOG, American Micro Devices (AMD), Warthog, BHVR, Razor and many other quality companies which have led to successful partnerships throughout the video game landscape.

Currently Eric is President of Corgee Inc. a software project management solution for outsourced development teams, and consulting with ESTN and their exciting new eSports platform for creating the next generation of Web3 game experiences.

Robert Lindsley
Senior Advisor & Board Member | Gaming

With more than three decades of experience and more than 80 SKUs shipped, Robert Lindsley is a mobile and console game executive who is a true veteran of the video game industry. Robert has created countless high-profile mobile, PC and console products, working with top-tier brands such as Rock Band, Ghostbusters, Spongebob SquarePants, Angry Birds, Two Dots, Tetris, Pac Man, Scrabble, Monopoly, and the Atari Classics. Since Robert’s career began he has been on the leading edge of video games. He continue to work on the most innovative platforms from eSports, crypto, VR and mobile to PC, consoles, and handhelds. He has created both software and hardware; been responsible for the end-to-end production and live operations of mobile, console, and web products; and has constructed the foundational logic and business models for free-to-play, downloadable, real-money gaming experiences, and social networks. He has analyzed market spaces, worked with countless brands, and taken retail products to Walmart, GameStop, and Target.

Leon Walters
Co-Founder & Senior Advisor

Leon started out in game development on the publishing side at Sony Liverpool working on conversions of some of iconic early PlayStation games for Sega most notably Wipeout. He also produced a number of arcade conversions for Sega including Manx TT Superbike which hit the #1 in the UK, US and Japan.

Leon then moved to London, working as an Executive Producer on a number of projects for the likes of EA, Namco and Softbank before co-founding PKR.com with other industry veterans as Chief Operating Officer. PKR was innovative and award winning MMO-inspired online Poker game featuring fully customizable avatars – at it’s peak it PKR had nearly 20 million registered users. After 10 years of online Poker Leon moved into a startup-land and a number of consulting roles in igaming before joining Island Luck as Chief Product Officer in 2017.

Most recently Leon has been doing remote consulting work in igaming, video games utilizing blockchain technology, including a stint as interim MD for CoinPoker.com, from the beach in The Bahamas.

Kenny Stevens
Marketing

Kenny has been in sales and marketing for 25 years and his career has spanned several industries from Fortune 500 tech companies, mobile application companies, e-commerce brands, digital brands and startups.

Beginning his career in the corporate sector, he worked with many notable companies but started out humbly in sales at one of his favorite “nerd jobs” at RadioShack and later moved into sales and marketing at an executive level at several prominent mobile telecommunications companies.

10 years ago he shifted his career from the corporate world into startups and sold several e-commerce brands, eventually becoming a partner and the Chief Development Officer for Represent.com where he oversaw marketing and business sales development amongst its affiliates and celebrity businesses having worked directly with most major names in Hollywood (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Floyd Mayweather, Rhonda Rousey, most of the cast of all CW shows, Marvel actors and actresses, and many other influencers and celebrities). Eventually they exited the company with a $100 million acquisition by Custom Ink.

At that time Kenny was already well on his way to building his own online marketing agency called MEDIA MAVEN, that grew to 55 employees and worked with major brands, Sony, Girl Scouts Of America, Ford, Jeep, Dove. not to mention other major e-commerce brands like Ivory Ella, qwertee, DIFF eyewear and celebrities like Sarah Palin, the cast of Supernatural and KORN launch successful e-commerce brands.

Kenny sold his marketing agency in the middle of 2021 and recently joined ESTN as the Chief Marketing Officer to help build and grow this company into a behemoth worldwide brand! Craig aka Kenny Stevens is also a contributor to Forbes.

Adryenn Ashley
Senior Advisor

Adryenn is a social influencer with a global reach of over 100M that has mastered the art and science of going viral on social media by starting conversations that matter. She has parlayed her ability to lead difficult conversations in public forums and combined it with a background in Sex Ed to create the first blockchain consent platform to make dating safer. Loly.io matches based on sexual compatibility rather than simple geoproximity and photo and logs consent on blockchain, solving the #MeToo epidemic.

Rich Schineller
PR Specialist

We communicate new ideas, products and concepts to business, consumer and financial markets and media. We specialize in helping organizations from the Fortune 50 to Inc. Magazine’s Top 100 fastest-growing small companies communicate their expertise, core competencies and new offerings to investors, consumers and businesses through focused programs designed to increase revenue growth and company valuations.

Chris Bain
Business Development

Chris Bain: An energetic and accomplished Entrepreneur with a background in Operations Management with over 18 years of experience with the largest logistics corporation in the world, United Parcel Service. On the team and responsible for the rebranding of the most recognizable brand in transportation. A verifiable track record for successfully coordinating and supervising the daily operations and performance of 475 employees and service providers to meet and exceed corporate objectives.

Experience in start up operations and branding to implement and maintain lean principles, 5’S, Kaizen and KPI metric systems for an auto manufacturing plant (Volkswagen).

• Director of Training at Volkswagen responsible to ensure Teach, Coach and Counsel all hourly employees and management in the proper processes and procedures to maintain a consistent flow of material. Follow-up with the customer to ensure the quality of all material was up to their expectation.

• Responsible for training of 335 hourly associates and management in standardized work instructions including new hire orientation and on the job training in compliance with 5’S lean principles.

• Developing Lean, Six Sigma, 5S and/or Continuous Improvement methodologies in numerous Startups online and off.

After moving on from the corporate realm, I Built from the ground up and started a Consumer Finance brick and mortar business offering small consumer loans and built a book of over 2k monthly customers over 11 years before exiting with being bought out by the largest financial lender in the US.

I moved on and started Branded Media Solutions a Full Service Marketing Agency and founded/created a highly successful lead generation software ” LeadsForager ” that syphons leads off social algorithms into your inbox without any Ad Spend.

I have a wealth of experience in Marketing, Networking, Defi, Connections, raising capital both venture and private, Negotiations and building communities that thrive and overall, I Get Shit Done and Make Things Happen!

Daryl Snyder
Business Development

Daryl is serial entrepreneur with a passion for disruptive technology in a upward positive way. He has been involved in the Fintech space since 1997. He currently serves as President at OG2D an Original 2 Digital NFT Marketplace as well as currently holding senior strategic advisory positions with OGPay and NeuroTrackerX. He is excited about the passion determination and vision of the experienced team at ESTN. He is honored to be involved with the project.

Kyle Wilson
Marketing

Kyle Willson is a Professional Marketer and Content Creator with years of experience in crypto and NFTs. Kyle has appeared on many other YouTube channels like Paul Barron Network and CryptoStache and is followed on Twitter by some of the biggest names in the NFT space. Kyle also has a big background in gaming and was formerly ranked in SOCOM US NAVY Seals in the top 5% in his region and has played Halo for many years. Kyle is also a investor in Neo Tokyo – a NFT project centered around crypto gaming.

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Luke Brue
Tournament Ops

I come from the Esports world with a background in sales. My first time at Esports Arena, the original space in Santa Ana CA, I was able to not only play against my favorite professional at the time but also win the tournament that granted me access to a $25,000 Invitational for Hearthstone. This experience alone proved to me that this is where I belonged and I couldn’t wait to apply my knowledge and ideas to this new industry.

Esports Arena represents everything that is missing in the gaming community and allows the community to take full control of what exactly they want to see.

I coordinate events/programs that help communicate the lifestyle, values, and goals of my own demographic, gamers, to brands. The events we hold create an invaluable experience combining community, competition, and the love of gaming across all gaming platforms.

Right now we work with some of the largest and most dedicated brands in the world and we are always looking for new partners to continue growing with in this booming scene.

Kaleb Phillips
Blockchain Advisor

Experienced ecommerce brand builder with a demonstrated history of working in the computer games industry. Skilled in FB and Instagram ads platform, email marketing, ecommerce conversion optimization, Solidity, Microsoft XNA, C++, Databases, Mobile Applications, and Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET). Strong entrepreneurship professional with a Bachelor of Science focused in Game and Simulation Programming (similar to Computer Science) from DeVry University.

Sebastian Läger
Esports Advisor

Everybody in the scene knows me as “Heflamoke”​. I spawned out of the primordial soup of competitive gaming in the late nineties, which later took shape and we started to call it “esports”. Throughout the 2 decades lasting journey I have explored every corner of the industry and eventually found myself as an entrepreneur mainly utilizing that very set of experience. If you seek for blind hype over honest and outspoken insights into the industry, you will not like me. I conduct business straightforward and above all mutually beneficial for both sides.

In my free time I am helping individuals and new ventures to find their way through this sometimes harsh environment. I will answer every message and always help, until unless you take advantage of my way too good heart.

Nestor Elizondo
Esports Advisor

Nestor is a seasoned marketing & business development executive on a mission to help CEOs, executives and solopreneurs drive rapid growth and identify opportunities in esports and new technology to leverage new business models and help generate growth.

A team-oriented leader with deep international experience spanning strategy, marketing, product management, business development and sales across sponsorships and advertising. Successfully led global teams, launched new verticals, expanded into new market segments and structured and negotiated complex sales and partnership agreements.

After spending 10 years as marketing executive for companies in different industries, Nestor got into the videogame and Esports industry now having 15 years in the field.

Started at Nintendo Mexico as Marketing Manager in 2006 and was responsible for all marketing/advertising & promotional activities. He also played a key role in the continued development of strategic plans for brand growth and increase sales.

After Nintendo, Nestor has worked as an independent consultant in a wide variety of areas in the esports industry, ranging from strategic planning, operations, marketing, streaming, etc.

Within esports, he´s consulted for Tuwaiq Esports Club, Allied Esports in their partnership with Trovo and TvAzteca, Warriors International, Gamurs Group (Dotesports.com / gamepur.com / csgo-stats.com), OpTic Gaming, The EACL, MEL (Mexican Esports League), LMV (Liga Mexicana de Videojuegos) and Esports Academics amongst others.

Nestor holds a BS degree in Communication Science for Monterrey Tech.

Dave Nye
Esports Advisor

David Nye has been in and around the gaming scene for many years. He started out playing competitive Halo and Call of Duty in his younger days, but later transitioned to playing CCGs and LCGs competitively. Now, David enjoys the thrills of bringing up the next generation of gamers.
His experience in the gaming industry spans not just playing the game but teaching it, marketing it, organizing events around it, structuring promotions and collaborations (even sponsorships) with names like Pepsi, LIME solar, Hyperx, Corsair, Logitech, Honda etc. David loves how gaming brings people together while still having a competitive edge.

David is a cryptocurrency early adopter, having mined Bitcoin in its early days and earning his first Ethereum in 2016. He has been a strong advocate of blockchain technology and its potential to revolutionize many industries, especially gaming.

He is currently the CEO of The Blueth Company, a small bitcoin mining operation in North America. When he got the chance to join ESTN the world’s first decentralized gaming ecosystem built on blockchain technology, it was a no-brainer.

David is looking forward to seeing how ESTN will change the gaming industry for the better and help gamers from all over the world connect and collaborate in ways never seen before.

David is a big believer in giving back to the community. He has been involved with numerous charities over the years. Without a doubt one of the most well-rounded and experienced members of the gaming community and his insights are sure to educate and entertain. Tune in to his content and you won’t be disappointed.

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