Inspired by his own experiences as a player, Jon has spent the last decade developing amateur competitive propositions for players across Europe.

Having invested much of his youth in community projects, Jon began his esports career working on the UK’s historic Insomnia Gaming Festival. He then moved to highstreet retailer GAME where he helped management explore how grassroots competition could be used as a strategic transformation point for the business.

In 2017, Jon co-founded the British University Esports Championship in partnership with the UK governing body for university sport. He spent three years serving as Managing Director before moving to his current role at Riot Games where he looks after EMEA’s burgeoning amateur ecosystem.

Jordan has over 15 years of experience in esports, talent management, and event management. He has started several companies with different focuses in the space (e.g., Software, Operations, Events) and has been a part of several successful exits. Jordan has closed millions of dollars in sponsorship sales and investment rounds.

Dylan Liu is the CEO of Uconnect Esports, a marketplace for gaming organizations, including collegiate esports clubs, to manage and acquire sponsorships. Dylan was the founder of Texas A&M Esports, and part of the first generation of collegiate esports leaders, and worked in the gaming industry before founding Uconnect Esports. He now works with over 200 major universities, as well as brands including Twitch, HyperX, and MSI, to support and grow the collegiate esports ecosystem.

Mike “Moog” Aguilar, M.B.A. is the Director of Esports & Co-Curricular Innovation at The University of Oklahoma. He also works for OU IT doing project management and business analysis as well as an adjunct professor for the OU Gaylord College of Journalism & Mass Communication. He is a US Army veteran, has worked for Apple, worked in the public sector, and is a photographer of two decades. Mike has been a gamer since the Atari in the 80s and has been pioneering esports and gaming development and innovation at OU since 2016.

Daniel Clerke is the Director of Esports at Maryville University. He founded Maryville as the 2nd oldest scholarship esports program in North America, in 2015. He has lead the Maryville program to 3 national championships, and 17 major tournament championships. Daniel has 9 years of professional esports experience, has owned a team in the LCS, won 2 world championships, and over $5 million in prize winnings, most recently as the General Manager for eUnited.

Chris Postell first entered the collegiate esports space in 2011, with the founding of the esports club at the University of Cincinnati. Currently Business Development at Esports Foundry, Chris focuses on connecting non-endemic parties to the gaming industry, and democratizing information and resources for those who need them most.

Mark “Garvey” Candella is the Director of Student and Education Programs for Twitch and leads the Twitch Student Program. The Twitch Student Program is dedicated to creating gaming and esports opportunities for students and universities around the world. From humble beginnings as a Magic the Gathering professional player in 1993 and an avid pen and paper role player prior to that, he has been involved in the esports industry in various ways ever since. His message of inclusiveness, diversity, and collaboration is a personal philosophy deeply ingrained in every project he works on.

Alex Gonzalez is currently an adjunct esports professor at Shenandoah University, he has also developed introductory esports courses for the American Public University System, and is an active curriculum advisor for Enlightgg. Outside of his roles within collegiate esports and education, Gonzalez works for RESPAWN Products as a Marketing Manager where he focuses on brand and social marketing efforts.

Jake is the founder of Esport Supply, a dedicated esports venue design and build company, comprised of esports coaches, players, design build, and technology professionals. We have over 20+ years of combined esport experience matched with a deep understanding of technology infrastructure and spatial design. We are headquartered in Overland Park, KS and have team members based throughout the US.

Our clients include professional teams, public and private organizations, and education institutions, both K-12 and higher education. We believe in bringing communities together around esports and fostering competition. We serve the National Association of Collegiate Esports (www.nacesports.org) as their official design and technology partner to help colleges bring their esports facilities to life
We specialize in esports feasibility studies, design-build of dedicated gaming spaces, and launching successful esport programs and communities around the country