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.
Thu Dec 01 2022
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Meet the team
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
Syed Hasnain - Blockchain Engineer Deep experience across multiple blockchain verticals such as private chains, decentralized identity, and more. Specialty experience includes critical systems and security infrastructure.
- Experience: Avaleris, GuestLogix, Peer Ledger
Ken Wattana - Marketing Lead Extensive experience and active leader in the digital asset community. Advisor to several DAOs including Recess and Pangea. Founded a community entertainment app and worked at several early stage tech startups.
- Experience: RecessDAO, ButterflyDAO, Kinetica, ForgeRock
Alice Wang - Finance LeadExtensive global finance, operations and M&A experience from Moelis & Company and an emerging ecommerce startup. Led strategic advisory on major transactions spanning gaming, media, consumer, lodging, and healthcare.
- Experience: Moelis & Company, Skylar
Kevin McCarthy - Operations Lead Eight year career in management consulting and financial services advising businesses and company founders on strategy, operations, and capital management.
- Experience: Goldman Sachs, Deloitte Consulting
Derek Hunten - Product Design Lead Product design expert with a focus on human-centric design. Extensive experience across iOS, Android, & web UI/UX, and designing simple, elegant experiences for social communities.
- Experience: Reddit, Achievers
Eugene Myasyshchev - Lead Software Engineer Over 15+ years in the IT industry. Expert in cloud environments and backend architecture. Major contributor to backend infrastructure and services at PlutoTV that is processing hundreds of terabytes daily. Hands on developer.
- Experience: PlutoTV, Viacom
Meet the full team on LinkedIn.
Advisors
Kevin Lin - Co-founder & former COO Twitch | Founder & CEO, Metatheory | Co-Founder & Vice-Chairman Gold House
Bryan Myint - Co-founder, Partner, Republic Crypto
Bryce “Brycent” Johnson - Gamer, Streamer, YouTuber & Co-Founder of Loot Squad
Brandon “Mystic7” Martyn - Content Creator, Streamer, and YouTube Creator
Soban "Soby" Saqib - Investor, co-founder, Ex Populous
Pat “Chief Pat” Carney - Founder & CEO of Tribe Gaming, YouTuber, and mobile gaming leader.
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