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EQ: You’ve described your executive team as world class. There’s certainly a lot of experience and pedigree there. Can you tell us about some of the members on your team?
Meyers:I founded Spiral Toys when I saw the direction technology was heading while working in the video game industry where I held several executive positions with Sony Computer Entertainment and the Walt Disney Company. From 2004-2011 I was a head of a product development team at Disney Interactive. Spiral Toys was born when I saw I could develop the mobile-connected platforms the market was going to need, and I left my position at Disney to do just that.
Jorge Freitas, our CTO was our first hire. He worked for Electronic Arts (EA) as a Technical Director for several different products that they had in development. He was also a Studio Tech Director for Disney and a very well respected technologist and technology leader in Vancouver. That gives us some really competitive advantages in terms of finding the right developers to do the right job.
Bob Stewart, our CFO, has had years of experience working not only on the public side but also on the private side. Bob has been involved in this company since the beginning and has helped us transition and grow both with the building of our products and the company. He brings a great breadth of experience and knowledge of developing a company at our stage and preparing for the future.
Recently, we brought in two new general managers that both come from the gaming world. They are taking on the management of our product lines. We have also engaged several digital app development studios to further advance our products. We have brought on an engineering firm and manufacturing contract firm dedicated to Spiral Toys Hong Kong to support our efforts there. I am amazed at the level of creativity and proficiency each member brings to the team and believe that building out these products requires finding the right people to work together to bring great products to market.
EQ: You’ve described your executive team as world class. There’s certainly a lot of experience and pedigree there. Can you tell us about some of the members on your team?
Meyers:I founded Spiral Toys when I saw the direction technology was heading while working in the video game industry where I held several executive positions with Sony Computer Entertainment and the Walt Disney Company. From 2004-2011 I was a head of a product development team at Disney Interactive. Spiral Toys was born when I saw I could develop the mobile-connected platforms the market was going to need, and I left my position at Disney to do just that.
Jorge Freitas, our CTO was our first hire. He worked for Electronic Arts (EA) as a Technical Director for several different products that they had in development. He was also a Studio Tech Director for Disney and a very well respected technologist and technology leader in Vancouver. That gives us some really competitive advantages in terms of finding the right developers to do the right job.
Bob Stewart, our CFO, has had years of experience working not only on the public side but also on the private side. Bob has been involved in this company since the beginning and has helped us transition and grow both with the building of our products and the company. He brings a great breadth of experience and knowledge of developing a company at our stage and preparing for the future.
Recently, we brought in two new general managers that both come from the gaming world. They are taking on the management of our product lines. We have also engaged several digital app development studios to further advance our products. We have brought on an engineering firm and manufacturing contract firm dedicated to Spiral Toys Hong Kong to support our efforts there. I am amazed at the level of creativity and proficiency each member brings to the team and believe that building out these products requires finding the right people to work together to bring great products to market.
