Who is FreshCut?

The FreshCut team has deep experience in the creator economy, video games, esports, and social industries with over 20+ years of cumulative experience from companies including Twitch, Xbox, Sony, and Reddit.

Ken Wattana

Thu Dec 01 2022

1 min read

The FreshCut team has deep experience in the creator economy, video games, esports, and social industries with over 20+ years of cumulative experience from companies including Twitch, Xbox, Sony, and Reddit.

James Kuk - CEO, co-founder 10+ year gaming and creator economy industry leader. Previously Head of Global Business Development & Strategic Partnerships at Twitch. Led commercial relationships with major gaming companies, esports leagues, social platforms and other creator ecosystem service providers. Prior role at Xbox Studios supporting publishing and development for major IP & franchises (Halo, Gears and others) and spearheading Xbox’s esports program. Twitter

  • Experience: Twitch, Xbox Studios

Ben Stueck - Chief Product Officer, co-founder Product development expert with deep experience building for gaming creators and their communities at Twitch. Led all product integrations for core creator software and services that enabled streaming and monetization for millions of creators. Twitter

  • Experience: Twitch, Microsoft, MIT

Ernie Le - Chief Content Officer, co-founder Creator industry veteran and early Twitch leader who played an essential role in building and scaling Twitch’s creator program to over 30,000 Partners, driving Twitch to initial landmark 100MM MAU milestone. He also led Twitch’s Publisher & Developer team and is a Forbes 30 Under 30 alumni, lifelong gamer. Spends most of his free time collecting Pokemon cards. Twitter

  • Experience: Twitch, Manticore Games

Frank Shotwell - VP of Engineering 20+ year technical leader with a focus on software infrastructure, audio & video platforms, and growing high performance engineering organizations.

  • Experience: PlutoTV/Viacom, Replicated, Verizon, Sony

Meet the full team on LinkedIn.