Before that, from November 2012 to November 2014, he was VP of Global Production and Operations in Disney Interactive’s Asia Games Group. With its public listing and subsequent acquisition of the World Poker Tour (in 2015) and founding of Allied Esports (in 2016), Ourgame has grown to be a leading global operator and creator of gaming and esports content and experiences.
She was nominated for the General Counsel Awards by the Orange County Business Journal, and currently teaches gaming, technology, entertainment & sports law school at UCI School of Law. And it’s absolutely a challenge when you're managing something that you just can't figure out how long it's going to be. We're very blessed to have folks raise their hands and be able to do that.Gaming has been the fastest-growing form of entertainment, and it's coming no matter what. ... the CEO of Allied Esports Entertainment… Mr. Hung holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the Anderson School at UCLA and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Harvard College.From November 2000 to June 2002, Mr. Pliska served as the Vice-President of Legal and Business Affairs and eventually General Counsel for Anticipa, LLC, a multi-media company headed by the futurist, Alvin Toffler, a Telmex Corporation. Normally, he’d be running his network of live-event arenas and mobile trucks — which both host and broadcast gaming competitions around the globe — from a comfortable office or conference room inside the company’s Irvine, California HQ. Part of what's made this possible is that you had several guys step up and say, “We'll kind of run point on this and quarantine together and do this.”Look out for our live check-in with that motley crew later in the week, but in the interim, Hannigan spoke with us about finding ways to fill the gaming community’s void, being open to how this might change the way it does business and fantasizing about the sights and sounds of cheering fans filling the aisles soon. Mr. Pliska holds a B.A. Mr. Pliska holds a B.A. In his role, he successfully developed and implemented the company’s strategic plan targeting the high growth wireless smart audio market and oversaw the launch of five award-winning audio consumer products.Chief Executive Officer and DirectorPrior to his role at Audio Design Experts, Mr. Hung held a number of financial and operational positions at companies primarily in the media and entertainment, software and venture capital industries. How do we leverage our infrastructure?” And one guy said, “I've got great internet at home, and I've got a four-bedroom place and it's just me and my roommate.” And three other guys said, “Yeah, I don't want to be home by myself alone for this whole thing. He began his career as an investment banker at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities. In addition to his position as CEO, Adam serves as Executive Producer of the World Poker Tour television show and is the co-writer of the WPT Theme song Rise Above.David Moon is the Chief Operating Officer of Allied Esports Entertainment. Mr. Ng served as Chief Commercial Officer at PCCW Skyhorse, which produces content and online gaming applications, from 2000 until 2004.He has served as a mentor of the Tiger Wood’s Foundation Earl Woods Scholar program, is a member of the Pacific Council, a director of the WPT Foundation and on the board of the GOCAT (Greater Orange County Community Arts Theater). It's a silver lining in all this.Now Hannigan has scaled things back to the medium’s primitive beginnings, relying on the enthusiasm and determination of gamers who are more than happy to go back to playing in their living rooms and basements. At Audio Design Experts, Mr. Hung established and oversaw all corporate activities including sales, marketing, finance, legal, operations, supply chain logistics, customer service and human resources.
Prior to this, he was General Partner at DynaFund Ventures, a $220 million venture capital fund, and he also held positions of increasing responsibility in finance and strategy at The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS). Before his legal career, Mr. Pliska worked as a television producer in connection with noted industry veteran Al Burton, including work at Universal Television and Castle Rock Entertainment where he produced and developed numerous television properties. Everybody's just kind of hunkering down, a little bit nervous, not sure what to do. There's a lot of different angles.