Sint-Gummarus College Lier

CEO at Sportlight Technology

Sportlight is a sports tech startup revolutionizing the field of elite sports data and insights. We are building a next-generation athlete tracking platform using our patented ex-military LiDAR and AI technology that is significantly more accurate than legacy GPS, RF or optical tracking solutions. We are working with several world leading sports organisations including some of the biggest names in the English Premier League.

Sportlight Technology

StikiPixels is an exciting and ambitious startup based in London, working on a truly unique project: Occupy White Walls (https://www.oww.io/).

Member of the Advisory Board, working closely with CEO and Founder Yarden Yaroshevski. 

Other Members of the Advisory Board include:
- Chris Deering, former CEO and President of Sony Computer Entertainment 
- Prof. Patrick Barwise, Emeritus Marketing Professor at London Business School, Chairman of Which? 
- Prof. Richard Bartle, Professor of Game Design and co-inventor of the first online game world (MUD 1978).

StikiPixels

Advisor

Product ML is a machine learning startup based in London/SF working on Blurr (https://github.com/productml/blurr), which is a high-level YAML-based language for machine learning feature engineering.

Product ML

After the acquisition of Plumbee by GSN Games in February 2016, I head up the GSN Plumbee studio. 
GSN Games is a subsidiary of Sony Pictures.

GSN Games delivers social casino games and cash tournaments designed to fuel every player's inner winner. Founded in 1999, the company has evolved into one of the world's top game publishers and creators with game content on mobile, social and the Web. GSN Casino and Bingo Bash, both top 10 grossing iPad apps, make GSN Games the #4 social casino publisher.

After the acquisition, the London studio continued development on Mirrrorball Slots, but also took ownership of GSN's Grand Casino app and flagship title GSN Casino.

GSN (TV & Games)

VP, GM Plumbee/GSN London

The International Social Games Association (ISGA) has been set up by a group of leading social games companies to act as a voice for the fast-growing industry at a time when many changes in the way millions of people access, play and pay for games are taking place. The ISGA will explain to the public, policy makers and regulators what the industry does, how it works and the value it generates both for the people who love to play social games and for the digital economy.

The ISGA is led by CEO Luc Delany, a former Facebook and Google policy exec and Chairman Paul Mathews, COO of Playstudios and former head of IGT’s Online Gaming Group and Investigative Officer with the Nevada Gaming Control Board. 

Members of the ISGA include Zynga, Playtika, GSN Games/Plumbee, Playstudios, Gamesys, IGT (DoubleDown), Scientific Games, Big Fish Games, Aristocrat...

http://www.i-sga.org/

ISGA (International Social Games Association)

Board Member

Bonza Gaming was acquired by Unibet Group in February 2015.

Bonza Gaming was a social gambling startup.
A joint-venture between an online gambling powerhouse (Unibet Group) and a fast-growing social gaming startup (Plumbee), Bonza Gaming was a 'next-generation' gambling operator. It launched its first product, Bonza Slots, on Facebook in February '13, as the 3rd real-money gaming app allowed on Facebook. 
Bonza Gaming was led by CEO Rick Brownlow, previously Head of Mobile for Sportingbet, and had 19 staff in offices in London and Guernsey (Channel Islands). Bonza Gaming raised £4.4M in funding.

BONZA Gaming

Co-Founder, Board Member

Plumbee was acquired by GSN Games in February 2016. 
(http://gsngames.com/press-room/press-releases/gsn-games-acquires-social-casino-studio-plumbee/)
GSN Games is a subsidiary of Sony Pictures

Founded the company with Jodi Moran (CTO) and Gerald Tan (COO/CPO) in 2011.
Plumbee is a technology-led startup based in Shoreditch, London ('Tech City'​) with a mission to create a new generation of digital casino entertainment. 
Plumbee raised $16.5M from Idinvest Partners and Endemol, and employs 50+ world class software engineers, marketers, analysts, designers, artists and product managers. Our hit game Mirrorball Slots (Facebook, iOS, Android) generated over 10 million downloads and $60M in lifetime revenue.

Plumbee is a founding member of the ISGA (International Social Games Association).
Plumbee was also a partner in Bonza Gaming, a real-money social gaming joint-venture with Unibet. In February 2015, Unibet acquired Plumbee's interest in Bonza Gaming.

Plumbee

Co-Founder, CEO

Consultant VP Marketing (12 days/month) for Paris-based social games startup Kobojo, building CRM, UA, community and product marketing functions.

The company announced in April 2011 a $7.7M funding round from Endeavour Vision and Idinvest Partners, as well as the appointment of Gerhard Florin, formerly EA's EVP Global Publishing, as its Chairman.

Kobojo

VP Marketing (Consultant)

Independent consultant, advisor, speaker. Due diligence consultant for VC and PE.

Focus areas:
- Social/Casual/Mobile Games Strategy, Marketing & Monetization
- Gamification
- eGaming

RK Consult London Ltd

Owner, Principal

Playfish was a global leader and pioneer of the social games industry. At its peak it had 100M+ monthly active users on Facebook, 200+ international staff in offices in London, San Francisco, Beijing, Tokyo, Montreal and Tromso.
Playfish was acquired by EA for $400M November 2009.

Electronic Arts

Global Marketing Director - Playfish

Pogo.com is EA's leading casual gaming platform. 

Responsible for the European business and team.

European Marketing Director - Pogo.com

Unibet Group (now Kindred Group) is one of the world's leading online gaming companies. Listed on NASDAQ OMX Nordic, today Unibet has a $2.5B market cap, annual revenue in excess of $500M and 1,000+ employees globally.

Heading up marketing for the Western Europe region (Benelux, France, UK, Switzerland, Germany and Austria). Managed 8 digit annual marketing budget.
Managed agency and partner relationships: TBWA, Liverpool FC, Netlog.com, ProSiebenSat1.
Oversaw roll-out of female-focused Maria.com gaming brand in Western Europe after the $80M acquisition of Maria Holdings in 2007.

Unibet Group

Head of Marketing Western Europe

Marketing consultant, project manager and strategic planner for Belgian advertising agencies, including BBDO, Grey Worldwide, 7Beaufort and Duval Guillaume (Publicis Groupe).

Self-Employed

Independent Marketing Consultant

Cyganet was acquired in 2002 by Belgian company ITAF. 

One of two founders.

Cyganet was a Ghent, Belgium-based angel-funded startup specialized in creating and managing digital communities for media, government and charities. Products and services included chat software and outsourced community management.

Raf Keustermans