Darren Keyes is a highly experienced executive with a specialty in Product, Operations, and Business Intelligence. He has been involved in multiple startups and turnarounds throughout his career and has a reputation for being a decisive leader who wears many hats. Darren is known for his "brutally honest" approach with a low tolerance for lack of focus, indecision, and posturing to ensure strategic goals are always being pursued in lock step. He subscribes to a quick-to-hire, quick-to-fire philosophy and is a strong advocate for team building and employee development, never sacrificing the latter for short-term efficiencies.

Darren holds a Master of Science in High Energy Physics from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Science in Honours Physics from The University of Western Ontario. He's worked for multiple organizations throughout his career, including Green Apple Pay (where he is currently an Advisor and acting COO), Northern Direct (where he served as General Manager), CloudStreet Gaming (where he held the VP Product role), DALEA Home Products (where he was Vice President), PMI Consulting (where he was a Consultant), Fuse Powered Inc. (where he served as EVP Operations, VP Product, and Director of Business Intelligence), RYO Media (where he was Principal Consultant for iGaming), WPT Magazine (where he was a Poker Strategy Column Writer), True Poker/Doyles Room (where he was Director of BI/Product Manager), Full Tilt (where he was Operations Manager/Challenge Designer), PODD Corp (where he was Senior Consultant), and AdGames Network LLC/Score Poker (where he held the position of Vice President Operations).

Darren Keyes' extensive experience has honed his expertise in Product, Operations, Business Intelligence, and Team Building. He is an excellent leader who is highly skilled at strategic decision-making and has a quick-to-hire, quick-to-fire philosophy. His professional interests lie in startups and turnarounds, team building, and employee development.