Meet the Team
We have staff around the world from backgrounds in gaming, technology and beyond. Our people are our greatest asset.
Leaders
Our leadership team is comprised of industry veterans, innovators and thought leaders alike. We are aligned with a singular vision: to bring MILEs to the forefront of interactive entertainment and bring about a market revolution which creates new revenue streams, jobs and media formats.
Prior to founding Genvid, Jacob was Senior Vice President at Shinra Technologies, Inc. and Director of Business Development at Square Enix Holdings Co. Ltd.
Jacob Navok
Chief Executive Officer
Co-founder Chris was previously Director of Business Development at Shinra Technologies, Inc. Previously he focused on R&D management and tech marketing strategy consulting for large Japanese tech firms.
Chris Cataldi
Chief Operating Officer
Our third co-founder, Fabien was Director of Technology at Shinra Technologies, Inc. Before that he was a Game Programmer at Eidos Montreal and Ubisoft, Developer of Multimedia at Max-T Inc, and a Consultant.
Fabien Niñoles
Chief Technology Officer
Stephan joined Genvid from Hollywood transmedia production firm DJ2 Entertainment where he served as Chief Creative Innovation Officer. Prior to DJ2E he held senior creative and design roles at Hanson Robotics and Telltale Games (Wolf Among Us, Tales from the Borderlands). Earlier, Stephan worked on both the creative and technical sides during a 12-year stint at Pixar with credits including Cars, The Incredibles, and Wall-E.
Stephan Bugaj
Chief Creative Officer
Jerry joined Genvid from AI cybersecurity firm ActZero, where as CTO he led engineering and R&D. Previously, Jerry held senior management positions at Amazon Web Services and Nvidia, leading the introduction of core AWS products and building the GeForce NOW and AI cloud data center infrastructures. He holds multiple patents related to bringing GPUs to the cloud.
Jerry Heinz
Chief Information Officer
EVP, Global Publishing Platform
Matthew Ball is Managing Partner of Epyllion Industries and a Venture Partner at Makers Fund. He was previously Head of Strategy at Amazon Studios and a director at the Chernin Group.
Matthew Ball
Advisor
Jocelyn was a Team Lead at Shinra Technologies, Inc., programmer at various game studios, and started doing hardware at ATI, where he was instrumental at delivering the Texture Pipe, notably for the Xbox 360.
Jocelyn Houle
Advisor
Andrew is a digital media executive and entrepreneur with 20 years experience in launching disruptive products and services in the streaming media, video game, and entertainment markets.
Andrew Schneider
Advisor
Yoichi was the President of Shinra Technologies, Inc. & the CEO of Square Enix Holdings Co. Ltd.
Yoichi Wada
Advisor
Directors
Our directors are the people responsible for all of the day-to-day decision-making and strategic planning for our key departments.
James Lipscomb
UI/UX Director
Natalie Odien
Design Director
Jessica Paz
Director of Accounting
CJ Wainwright
Director Total Rewards & HR Operations
