Tuesday, October 16, 2018

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Track III: Haas Conference Center, Room 171

Esports – Fantasy Sports – Sports Gambling – VR/AR Games - Analytic Driven Real-Time Games

Matt Edelman, CCO, Super League Gaming

Gayle Dickie, Founder & CEO, Gamer World News Entertainment

Patrick Dees, Co-Founder & VP, Gaming, Fan Controlled Football League

J.R. McCabe, Chief Digital Officer, Poker Central, PokerGO, ESP Gaming

Don Daglow, Sr. Director for Strategic Partnerships, The Strong and President, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Foundation

Moderator, Steve Bradbury, President & Head Coach, Deep Sports

J.R. McCabe, Chief Digital Officer, Poker Central, PokerGO, ESP Gaming: As Chief Digital Officer of Poker Central, PokerGO and ESP Gaming, McCabe is responsible for managing the brands digital growth and expansion – while also leading the creation of video and TV content and the forging of new business models, partnerships and direct to consumer channels. Prior to his current role, McCabe spent more than three years as Senior Vice-President of Video for Time Inc.  It was there that McCabe led the build-out of, and managed, Time Inc.’s digital video business for more than 24 brands in the US, including People, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, Essence and Time. Before joining Time Inc., McCabe

spent more than six years at Meredith Corp, where he launched and led Meredith Video Studios.  The team created and distributed original video and programming, as well as drove video revenue, across digital and TV platforms, for Meredith’s well-known brands including Better Homes and Garden, Parents and Fitness.  Another of McCabe’s developments at Meredith, was the creation and launch of a first-of-its-kind national VOD network, Parents TV.  He was later named the first ever Chief Video Officer of Meredith Corporation. In an earlier role, McCabe managed the Eastern regional syndication sales team for CBS Paramount Television in New York.   He also spent seven years at Universal Studios Television Distribution as SVP of program partnerships and sales, leading creation of their branded entertainment initiatives. McCabe graduated from the College of Business at James Madison University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in marketing.

Matt Edelman is the Chief Commercial Officer of Super League Gaming, the defining brand in the amateur esports space. Super League produces and powers experiences enabling gamers to join local teams, participate in seasonal and year-long in-person and digital leagues, and feel the excitement of playing their sport like the pros. Matt oversees the company’s revenue, marketing, content, live event and business development activities. Previously, Matt served as the Head of Digital Operations and Marketing Solutions for WME-IMG, where he was responsible for digital growth across the company’s live event properties, digital strategy consulting for the agency’s brand clients, and managing direct-to-consumer OTT businesses. His initial foray into esports included assisting with the formation of ELEAGUE, a JV between WME-IMG and Turner. Prior to joining WME-IMG, Matt was the CEO/Founder or on the executive team of multiple early stage digital media companies, after having been an entertainment industry executive responsible for helping to build Marvel Comics entertainment business and launch Marvel.com. Matt grew up outside of New York City, graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Politics and moved to Los Angeles when he was hired by Marvel. He lives in Santa Monica with his wife and two children and is a Little League coach in his spare time.

Gayle Dickie – Founder, CEO, Chief Creative Officer - 30-year Entertainment Veteran TV syndication, and Film Producer Packager - Viacom, Tribune, Mattel Toys/Television, FOX, Orion Pictures - Originator for DragonballZ global syndication, Haim Saban, Saban Entertainment - Managing Director, Global Media Entertainment Covansys, Business Intelligence with accounts at Warner Bros., Fox, Universal, MGM, Sony, Paramount, Disney and DirecTV - Over $100million in lifetime sales transactions - Advisory Board LACC Film and Television 2014 to Present - ABC-TV World Record Sit Up 13,104 bent knee in 12 hours

Patrick Dees, Co-Founder & VP, Gaming, Fan Controlled Football league: Patrick Dees is a serial entrepreneur and dynamic executive who has been involved with myriad successful startups over his career. Patrick co-founded Talk About Wireless in 2002, served as GM Indirect Channels of Flipswap Inc in 2008, co-founded and served as CEO of the Emerge Group in 2013, and served as General Manager and partner of the Las Vegas Outlaws in 2015, helping guide the team to a playoff berth in its inaugural season. As founder and EVP of Talk About Wireless, Patrick spearheaded the company’s growth initiatives, building operations to 48 brick-and-mortar locations, nearly 200 employees, and $17M in annual sales. Later at FlipSeaap Inc, Patrick was instrumental in securing domestic distribution as FlipSwap grew to over 100 employees and over $50M in revenue. For FANchise, Patrick is a co-founder and serves as the company’s Chief Gaming Officer, helping to bring the company’s vision for FAN Token and the Fan Controlled Football League to life!

Don Daglow, CEO, 4thRing Inc., President, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Foundation: Don Daglow is a three-time Inc. 500 CEO and 2008 Technical Emmy® Award recipient who advises game developers and publishers around the world, as well as teaching entrepreneurs at the Founders Space accelerator in San Francisco. His clients range from small mobile game startups to large international publishers.  Don is the only games industry executive who has led development teams on every generation of the first three decades of video game consoles, working on each cycle from the Intellivision in 1980 to the PS4 today. He produced two of EA’s first three sports titles and led development teams on the award-winning sports games La Russa Baseball , Madden NFL for PC, and NASCAR Racing.  He speaks extensively in North America, Europe and Asia at conferences focused on interactivity and entertainment.  He also serves as President of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Foundation, the charitable arm of the AIAS.  Don's career in game design began in 1971 (before Pong), and he has been designing online titles since 1987 (before the Internet). In addition to an Emmy® Award for Technology and Engineering in 2008 for his creation of Neverwinter Nights, the first graphical MMORPG, he also received the CGE Award in 2003 for "groundbreaking achievements that shaped the Video Game Industry," and his game Utopia is featured in the touring Smithsonian Museum "Art of Video Games" exhibit.

Steve Bradbury, President & Head Coach, Deep Sports: Deep Sports develops new ventures that speak to sports as a lifestyle category. We are sports fans who embrace the many reasons people connect to each other. We are storytellers who see sports as an inexhaustible fountain of human interest stories. And we are strategists who recognize sports’ intersecting passions with numerous other verticals. Throughout his career Steve has successfully focused on revenue growth & innovative strategies at the evolving intersection of media, content and technology. Most recently, he was Chief Operating Officer & Chief Revenue Officer of Zazoom Media Group, a leading premium video creator and multi-platform content distributor. Prior to this role, Steve was VP, Content Strategy & Business Affairs for GoTV Networks, one of the first mobile video producers. Steve has developed business strategies for companies such as Sony Interactive, The Improvisation, Engage Games Online and TriStar Pictures. He produced the first ever sports technology conference, eSportsWorld, and is sought after for his distinctive conference moderating skills. Steve’s corporate experience includes tenures at MGM Worldwide Television and Universal (MCA) TV. He is also an Adjunct Professor for both the Syracuse University and Boston University semester programs in Los Angeles as well as a board member of the Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship in the Newhouse School at Syracuse University. Learn more at www.deepsports.com. Follow us on FB and Twitter @DeepSportsTV.