
About WorldWinner
WorldWinner is proud to have attracted a senior management team that brings a diverse range of professional backgrounds, industry and academic accolades and corporate successes to the company. Here's a glance at a few of our leaders that help make the company "tick" on a day-to-day basis:
Michael Enright, Chief Technology Officer
Joshua Grady, Vice President, Finance & Controller
Sean Linnane, Vice President, Human Resources and Administration
Christian Meyer, Chief Marketing Officer
Cooper Moo, Vice President, Business Development
Allison Rynak, Vice President, Corporate Communications
Jeremy Shea, Vice President, Product Management
Richard Sweet, Vice President, Marketing
Peter Blacklow
PresidentPeter Blacklow is the president of WorldWinner, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation. In this role, he oversees the online games businesses of WorldWinner.com as well as Teagames.com, a free, Flash-based casual games site. Peter led the consolidation of WorldWinner and SkillJam.com, the two leading skill games sites, to create the world's largest skill games network, with more than 30 million registered players. WorldWinner's online game competitions are featured on top online game sites like Pogo.com, AOL Games, MSN Games and GSN.com. Formerly, Peter served as chief marketing officer of WorldWinner.
Prior to joining WorldWinner, Peter served as senior vice president of marketing at Monster, the largest global careers Web site, where he was responsible for managing a $100+ million budget, including all advertising, promotions, public relations and business-to-business direct marketing. He negotiated and activated the company's U.S. Olympics sponsorship, oversaw five Super Bowl commercials, and helped Monster become a top 20 most visited web destination. Before his time at Monster, Peter spent five years at Converse, Inc., where he became the director of marketing for five performance business units, including its flagship basketball line, developing its worldwide business plans and overseeing the negotiations of NBA endorsements. Peter has also spent several years at advertising and promotional agencies working on various consumer products.
Peter is a graduate of Harvard University and has received numerous awards and distinctions, including being named one of the top "Marketers of the Year" by Promo magazine. In addition, Peter serves as a board member of eSkill.com and Concord Academy, and acts as an advisor to SimplyHired.com, 80108 Media, and iCache.com.
Michael Enright
Chief Technology OfficerMichael Enright is WorldWinner's chief technology officer, responsible for overall technology operations and strategy, as well as the company's product roadmap.
Prior to WorldWinner, Michael served as the vice president of domestic and international publishing at Turbine, a developer, publisher and operator of online entertainment. In this role, Michael was responsible for the successful domestic and international launch of the critically-acclaimed massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™. In his prior role as vice president of technology and project management, he led Turbine's engineering and project management organizations through the successful domestic and international launches of another of Turbine's MMOG products, Dungeons and Dragons Online™: Stormreach.
Before joining Turbine, Michael was president and chief technology officer of Hamilton Technology Advisors. Throughout much of his career, Michael has held senior leadership positions, including chief technology officer for Harvard Business School Interactive and CMGI's MyWay.com. He has also worked with Spyglass Technologies, Digital Equipment Corporation, Compaq Computer, Cambridge Research Associates, Wavefront Technologies, Amdahl and IBM.
Michael received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Tufts University and attended Harvard Business School's Delivering Information Systems Executive Education program.
Joshua Grady
Vice President, Finance & ControllerJoshua Grady is vice president of finance and controller of WorldWinner. As a financial professional with extensive Big Five public accounting and private industry experience, he is responsible for implementing accounting practices to maximize business efficiency and ensure compliance with requirements of being held by a public company.
Prior to joining WorldWinner, Joshua was vice president of finance and administration for All Seasons Services, a multi-state food service provider with more than $150 million in total revenue and 1,350 employees.
Previously, he was controller and chief financial officer of Kabloom, a national retail flower chain with e-commerce presence, where he managed all financial and administrative areas of the company as it grew from 30 to 115 stores with more than $40 million in total system revenue. He was also president and owner of Dutch Flower Garden, Boston's premier high-end retail florist, where he managed all financial and operational areas of the company for three years before selling the business. Throughout his career, Joshua has held other senior financial and accounting positions at Private Healthcare Systems, Winston Flowers and Coopers & Lybrand.
Joshua earned his Bachelor in Business Administration degree in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He is a licensed CPA in the state of Massachusetts.
Sean Linnane
Vice President, Human Resources and AdministrationAs vice president, human resources and administration, Sean Linnane oversees all human resources programs and initiatives for WorldWinner, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation. Sean was instrumental in managing the organizational re-design and consolidation of WorldWinner and sister cash competition site SkillJam in 2007. In addition to facilitating organizational development initiatives, he also provides strategic direction for the company in the areas of talent management, compensation, benefits, professional development and office operations.
Prior to WorldWinner, Sean served as director of human resources for Terra Lycos (formerly Lycos, Inc.), providing human resources leadership to the company's U.S. regional business unit. Before joining Terra Lycos, Sean held human resources positions with Bose Corporation, Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare, Kao Infosystems Company and Chadwick's of Boston.
Sean received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Relations from the University of Massachusetts and is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management.
Christian Meyer
Chief Marketing OfficerChristian Meyer is chief marketing officer of WorldWinner. In this role, Christian manages all aspects of the consumer experience, leveraging the company's robust content partnerships and distribution networks to increase player acquisition and retention. Christian also oversees business development and leads the company's marketing, advertising and consumer branding efforts.
Prior to joining WorldWinner, Christian served as regional vice president of sales and marketing for Comcast. In this position, he managed a $40 million marketing budget and a team of 160 to deliver more than $1 billion in annualized revenue across cable, Internet and phone product categories for both the residential and commercial markets. A veteran in the new media and home entertainment industries, Christian has held prior sales, marketing and business development positions at Odyssey, MediaOne and AT&T Broadband.
Christian graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts in History. He has been consistently recognized for marketing and leadership excellence, having received three awards for marketing excellence from the Cable and Television Association for Marketing (CTAM), a Cornerstones of Excellence Award from AT&T Broadband for leadership excellence, and a scholarship to Harvard Business School Executive Education program for leadership excellence.
Cooper Moo
Vice President of Business DevelopmentAs vice president of business development, Cooper leads WorldWinner's overall business development strategy and operational execution of deals with content and distribution partners. Cooper joined the company in 2004 as director of business development and has negotiated agreements for the company's major partnerships including Pogo/EA, AOL, MSN, PopCap, Hasbro and Fremantle.
Prior to joining WorldWinner, Cooper was senior manager of e-commerce for Monster.com. In this role, he represented Monster's interest in a $104 million dollar, four-year partnership with AOL. As director of strategic partnerships for Salary.com, he created and managed partnerships with Monster, Yahoo!, CareerBuilder and other major online media companies. Before entering the online space, Cooper was a partner in a Seattle trading company for eight years.
Cooper is a frequent presenter at industry events, having spoken at the Game Developer's Conference in San Francisco, the Austin Games Conference, the LA Games Conference, and Casual Connect in both Seattle and Amsterdam. Cooper resides near Seattle and graduated from the University of Oregon with a B.A. in International Relations focused on China.
Allison Rynak
Vice President, Corporate CommunicationsAllison is the vice president of corporate communications for WorldWinner. In this role, Allison is responsible for building brand awareness of WorldWinner through public relations, advertising and promotions. Allison played an integral role in making the first-ever WorldWide Web Games million-dollar championship a reality by overseeing all event management and production aspects of the international competition. Prior to joining WorldWinner in 2004, Allison was a vice president at Weber Shandwick, one of the world's leading PR firms, where she oversaw client relationships and day-to-day activities on the Monster, Avid Technology and WorldWinner accounts. During her 10-year tenure at Weber Shandwick, she managed multifaceted programs for her clients, including Gateway, SAP America, AT&T Capital Leasing Services and KPMG Consulting, to help them achieve their business and marketing communications goals.
Before joining Weber Shandwick, Allison was the assistant director of promotions at advertising agency Clarke, Goward, Fitts, Matteson. She also worked in the media services department at sister public relations agency Clarke & Company.
Allison serves as an advisory board member of Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Interactive Media and Game Development program. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Tulane University.
Jeremy Shea
Vice President, Product ManagementAs vice president of product management, Jeremy is responsible for the day-to-day management of product lines for both WorldWinner and Teagames.com, a free, Flash-based casual games site. In this role Jeremy drives WorldWinner's product strategy for both its Web-based tournament platform and its various game offerings.
Jeremy joined WorldWinner shortly after the company was founded and has held several positions before moving into product management. Previously, he was WorldWinner's director of fraud and fairness, where he helped define the company's commitment to fairness and drove many of its key protocols, including the FairMatching system used to rank and match players today. Prior to that, Jeremy worked as a financial analyst and a senior accountant in WorldWinner's finance and accounting department.
Jeremy earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics-Finance from Bentley College and also holds a Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School.
Richard Sweet
Vice President, MarketingRichard Sweet is responsible for enhancing the consumer experience and broadening WorldWinner's global distribution network. Richard is responsible for all online advertising initiatives at WorldWinner, including managing exclusive marketing partnerships with AOL Games, MSN Games, Electronic Arts/Pogo.com, MyPoints and GSN.com.
Prior to joining WorldWinner in 2003, Richard was a marketing information manager at Monster, the largest global careers Web site. In this role, he managed the company's strategic partnerships with AOL & MSN and advised the company on new product launches and marketing initiatives. Previously, he held marketing and market research positions with Unilever's Gorton's division, A.C. Nielsen and The Hahn Company.
Richard received his Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Business Administration from the University of New Hampshire.