| Meet the Team |
| Tim Chaney |
| CEO |
Tim has been headlining interactive gaming for the best part of three decades having played a part in the launch of the Commodore Vic20, C64 and Amiga machines, building the No. 1 software 'house' in the 80's (U.S.Gold), the biggest software publisher in Europe in the '90's (Virgin Interactive Entertainment) and the No. 1 independent distributor in Spain over recent years (Virgin Play).
He and his teams have amassed over 40 Gallup/Chart-track UK number ones.
In his spare time he collects Dylan memorabilia, rare vinyl and occasionally graces a tennis court or golf course. His first book 'Luton Boy' and first comedy sitcom set in Madrid 'Teddy Bingo' will release in 2010. Allegedly. According to the agents! |
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| Mark Opzoomer |
| President |
Mark has had over 20 years of corporate operating and deal-making experience. He was recently both a non-executive director and interim ceo of Rambler Media Limited, one of Russia's leading internet groups through March 2005 to February 2009. Mark was the Managing Director and Regional Vice- President of Yahoo! Europe from July 2001 to December 2003, where he successfully restored profitability and growth by focusing on specific product lines.
Since 2003, Mark has been a private consultant and non-executive director on the Boards of several companies including Rambler Media Limited, Blinkx plc, Newbay Software Limited, WebReservations International Limited, Entertainment One Limited, MIVA Inc., and Autonomy Corporation plc and founded Bond Capital Partners Limited.
Prior to joining Yahoo! Europe, Mark was Deputy Chief Executive of Hodder Headline plc, and previously Commercial and Finance Director of Sega Europe Ltd and Commercial Director of Virgin Communications Ltd. |
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| Matt Spall |
| Head of Product Development |
With 20 years in the games industry Matt Spall has seen many a gaming trends come and go working with companies like Virgin Interactive, Psygnosis, Take2 and Eidos.
After bringing Gimme5games to Zattikka, Spall is now focussing his efforts on online, social and smartphone games and services.Follow @MattSpall |
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| Paul Schulz |
| CTO |
Paul is a seasoned internet technologist working to innovate and develop the way people work and play in a globally networked world.
Paul's more recent history includes a period at Nokia where he spearheaded amongst other things early stage technical R&D into mobile game play, followed by a 5 year stint at Yahoo! delivering large scale, innovative internet products and services globally.
Paul has also successfully served as CTO in several early stage dot com ventures. |
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| Ian Willey |
| Creative Director |
Ian has spent the last 10 years creating viral online entertainment. Graduating from the Royal College of Art in 1993, Ian cut his internet teeth creating viral marketing content for popular sites including Messagemates.com and Screenmates.com.
After the crash he went into business with fellow dotcom refugees and created more animated marketing products for clients including L'Oreal and the Viral Award winning "Big Hair Dude" for Comic Relief.
Ian is in charge of the "visuals" for Zattikka's portals and products. |
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| Rob Gorle |
| CFO |
Chartered Accountant (PriceWaterhouseCoopers).
Seven years at Yahoo! operations finance in UK and California.
Three years at venture capital backed software company Mediasurface (now part of Alterian). |
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| Ronny Batty |
| Senior Developer |
Ronny Batty graduated from the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen with a BSc in Computer Science. Since then, he has worked on a wide range of systems in both the UK and Australia, including Risk Management software for oil companies and a share purchasing solution for a large UK bank.
Ronny has worked in the games industry for the last 5 years, developing a variety of Flash games and several mobile phone titles, including the multi-player Bluetooth code for the Bafta award winning Bluetooth Biplanes.
Ronny is the senior web and server-side developer for Zattikka's brands and is responsible for the research and implementation of the latest social networking technologies. |
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| Robin Clarke |
| Producer |
Robin has been involved in publishing and licensing hundreds of games, having previously worked for JoWooD, CDV, Mastertronic and Morpheme Game Studios.
As Zattikka's producer he works with developers to deliver engaging and distinctive game experiences to the users.
He has a BSc. in Computer Science from University College London.
He also writes about games for various websites. |
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| Hezron McNeish |
| Assistant Producer |
After graduating from Central Saint Martins in Product Design, Hezron joined Handheld Learning as a Product Specialist, evangelising the potential of mobile and ubiquitous technologies to the education sector.
As Zattikka's Assistant Producer Hezron plays close attention to the details required to make amazing Games for the Planet! |
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