title: Meet the Team slug: BhFR-meet-the-team createdAt: Fri Dec 03 2021 17:41:49 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) updatedAt: Fri Sep 20 2024 19:33:18 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Jason Kaehler

TG: @Valtaris_Duureth

CEO

Jason has a 30-year career that spans the entertainment, digital technology, theme parks, igaming, video game and data visualization industries.
He has worked extensively in both R&D and Product Development for video games, VR, government projects, HCI (Human Computer Interaction), casino and simulations.
Jason began his career in R&D for Disney Imagineering as a ride designer involved in the ‘first wave’ of VR way back in the '90s before turning his attention to commercial video games.
Jason is a serial entrepreneur who builds and leads world-class teams to develop cutting-edge software. His first game studio (Xatrix) was sold to Activision in 2002 (as Greymatter). Since then he has helped build numerous companies as both founder and consultant. Clients include both governments and private companies in the Internet 3.0, online casino, serious games and video games of all kinds. Jason has been a crypto investor for ~3 years and is an evangelist for the broader web3, AI Ethics, metaverse & XR communities.
Learn more about him at www.kaehlerplanet.com

Albert Mack

@albymack

CTO

Albert has been programming and designing fun multiplayer games during his 20+ year games industry career. His work includes Tie Fighter CD, X-wing Vs. Tie Fighter, X-wing Alliance, Star Trek: Bridge Commander, Secret Weapons Over Normandy, Disney AstroBlasters, Alien Syndrome, Facebook Monsters Apps, Wild Party Bingo, and many others.
Albert is passionate about all things tech, especially when it comes to connecting players with each other in engaging and novel ways.
Also, cats, just because cats are awesome!

Lawrence Holland

CCO

Larry began his almost 40-year design & programming career in 1983. Along with his wife Robin, he ran his own company Totally Games for 25 years (a close partner of LucasArts). He was also project lead on the acclaimed X-Wing / TIE Fighter series.
As both an engineer, mathematician and game designer, Larry wears many hats. Our 'chief visionary' is both high-level strategy planning and product development guru as well as a hands-on engineer.

Ken Webster

Audio

Ken is a veteran of studio recording, sound design and an award winning composer. Over the course of 30 years, Ken has studied, performed and recorded amazing acoustic delights in both the studio and the field. He's worked for years in post-production for film, video games and escape rooms.
Ken’s focus is always on quality, original audio and with a background in technology services. His work strikes a balance between content delivery a strong desire to improve audio workflow process and delivery.
Ken has the majority of all the sound and music for Asylum Labs games.

Ken S.

Lead Blockchain Engineer

Ken S. is a fullstack and blockchain developer with over 9 years of experience, managing all aspects of the development process.
As a senior developer, he has in-depth knowledge of many areas and possesses the ability to code quickly and efficiently. He's passionate about solving challenging problems that others find too difficult or impossible.
Ken has worked on many DeFi and Dapps based on Ethereum Blockchain and has substantial experience in designing and implementing 'smart contracts'.
Ken has experience with Solidity, web3.js, ethers.js, Immutable X, Hardhat with a strong understanding of the EVM. He also has built governance systems with multi-stage voting.
Ken is now an expert in Uniswap, Sushiswap, Swapping tokens, Staking, Yield Farming, Lottery Smart Contracts etc. He has special skills around evaluation and design of scalability, security, blockchain performance, and gas optimization.

Capt. Darkmatter

Economist

Little is known about this crypto-economist except he/she has developed tokenomics for 20+ defi products (10+ games) and owns tens of thousands of NFTs.
His/her college years studying accounting & finance at a top-tier university (Magna Cum Laude Grade) have served him/her well for years of private equitey management, multiple banking roles and international M&A work for multiple Fortune 500 banking institutions.
Making money for the banks became too easy and Capt. Darkmatter needed a new challenge. Currently he/she resides in a location unknown and lends his/her invaluable expertise to a small handful of elite projects. We are lucky to have him/her.

Sheena Hart

Director Business Development - Web3

Sheena is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist with a robust background in financial compliance, encompassing transaction monitoring and KYC practices. With over eight years of experience in the cryptocurrency and web3 space, she boasts a vast network of over 1100 contacts. Her expertise spans Compliance, Risk Management, Fraud Detection, and Cryptocurrency-related fields. With a profound understanding of web3 innovations and the ability to connect projects within this dynamic ecosystem, she serves as a trusted partner for navigating the complexities of financial compliance and crypto-driven opportunities and connections.

ADVISORS

Benjamin Ray

TG: https://t.me/Freespan_051

Benjamin is a Business Development Manager at Horizon Games, focusing on integrating blockchain into games while enhancing the player experience. He advises developers on tech stacks, providing up-to-date commercial and legal insights to help them stay ahead.
Recognized for his expertise, Benjamin was the first Blockchain advocate to speak on a Microsoft Panel at GDC 2024 and has been invited back for 2025. He educates developers on blockchain monetization strategies, helping them gain more control over their work.
Benjamin values collaboration and leverages a strong network of industry leaders. His motto: "If I don’t do it, I know someone who does," ensures his partners always have the right support.

Mark Radcliffe

TG: @markRadcliffe

Mark spent forty years practicing law in Silicon Valley, assisting startups and multinational companies in their financing and intellectual property matters. He recently retired as a partner of DLA Piper, a global law firm and formed Personal Engines, LLC, a consulting company.
Personal Engines, LLC will assist a limited number of Web3 projects and startups on their intellectual property and financing strategies. At DLA Piper, he was one of the co-managers of Blockchain and Digital Asset practice. He has worked with many web3 companies, including TikTok’s first NFT drop, the Premier League’s deal with Dapper Labs, Inc. and WAGMI’s transaction with a major shoe manufacturer. He has been working on cutting edge intellectual property issues, from assisting in the development of the framework for software licensing in the 1980s to the first domain dispute resolution policy for Network Solutions, Inc. in the 1990s to open source software licensing (including serving as General Counsel of Open Source Initiative for over 20 years).
He assisted an investor in analyzing Libra governance and potential investment. He also assisted an investor in Telegram SAFT as well as its options upon Telegram’s loss of the litigation with the SEC. He has managed over 1,000 venture capital transactions. He was one of the lawyers that drafted the “Can’t Be Evil” suite of NFT intellectual property licenses sponsored by a16z Crypto which were then made available for free to the NFT community. Chambers & Partners, the legal publisher, has noted that Mark "has a wealth of experience in the technology sector.
Clients particularly value the proactive approach he takes to understanding their needs and the strategic advice that follows."

Martin Pokorski

@Calamari_Marty

Martin has been actively involved in the blockchain space since 2014 with the establishment of one of Australia’s first OTC trading desks.
He has consulted for multiple payment institutions regarding the evolving cryptocurrency space and organized a group of industry leaders to establish best practices among brokers.
Since 2018, Martin has been involved in the gaming market and worked and advised multiple projects worldwide on harnessing and integrating blockchain technology.
Martin currently works for D-Core www.d-core.com, a leading blockchain research firm with a focus on innovative early-stage projects in the space.

The Ghostly Helper

@WMTZac

Crypto folklore speaks of a mysterious ghost-like figure who moves through the cryptosphere traveling from chain to chain, helping the very best projects achieve greatness.
As the story is told, The Ghostly Helper has been in the cryptosphere for over 12 years, quietly while building strong connections with key players. TGH has been involved with multiple successful gaming and utility token launches and brings a strong understanding of both crypto 'consumer' and the wide range of crypto ecosystems.
No one truly knows where TGH comes from, although one thing is certain.... this individual has access to hundreds of projects and only helps a select few of the very best. Cthulhu Awakens is lucky to have this valued Advisr.

Darryl Williams

Darryl Williams is a seasoned game industry executive with nearly 30 years of experience in business development, marketing research, and product development for top game entertainment companies. Throughout his career, Darryl has held key positions at Playphone, Capcom, SNK, Romstar, and Digital Bridges (iPlay). Darryl's areas of expertise include game production, product development, business development, marketing research, pre-production, prototyping, and marketing/trade show at the manufacturing platform level. Additionally, he has recently expanded his knowledge in emerging technologies such as Web3 Blockchain, NFTs, Crypto games, Web 3 Defi SaaS/NaaS, nodes, DAO, Ethereum solidity smart contracts, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, and Python.
Overall, Darryl's impressive skillset, experience, and expertise make him a valuable asset to any organization looking to stay at the forefront of the gaming industry and capitalize on emerging technologies.

Shane Coughland

Shane Coughlan is an expert in communication, security and business development. His professional accomplishments include building the largest open source governance community in the world through the OpenChain Project, spearheading the licensing team that elevated Open Invention Network into the largest patent non-aggression community in history and establishing the first global network for open source legal experts.
He is a founder of both the first law journal and the first law book dedicated to open source. He currently leads the OpenChain Project, acts as an Advisor to both World Mobile and Asylum Labs (Cthulhu Awakens), and is a General Assembly Member of OpenForum Europe.

Brandon Byrne

Brandon Byrne is the CEO for Opera Event, a SaaS platform that helps companies scale their communities in the online and social media world. Building decentralized communities around digital properties is the sole focus of Opera Event, working with customers such as The Sandbox, YGG, Capcom and more.
Before Opera Event, Brandon was the CFO for Team Liquid and served as an executive at Curse, a PC technology and media company that was bought by Twitch.tv. He is a contributor at TechCrunch and is also an advisor on the UC Santa Cruz Board for Games and Playable media.
Brandon has a bachelor’s degree from Pepperdine University in Business Management.

Wyeth Ridgway

Wyeth Ridgway has been at the forefront of game design and engineering for 30 years. With over 100 games to his credit, he has worked with dozens of major licenses including Pirates of the Caribbean, MLB, The Terminator, Lord of the Rings and South Park. Wyeth cofounded Leviathan Games in 1998, and has been CTO and President for two decades, forging first-party development relationships with Disney, Sony, EA, Activision, and most other top-tier publishers.
As a technology-focused studio, Wyeth’s Leviathan studio is tapped for mission-critical, technically complex development situations and is often brought into a troubled product to right the ship. The company has developed products for dozens of game platforms, sold tens of millions of games, and won awards for its innovation.