Jonathan Pan
I'm an entrepreneur, games product guy, content maker.
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Some things about me:- Gamer at heart. My gamer tag has always been vert, which is hard to secure. A Live Services producer at Riot tackled this issue by adding a "not" in front of his tag, that's how notvert was born
- On the Internet since 1995 because of games: Quake clan was on IRC, making webpages with HTML 3
- Vivid memories of early online gaming in Ultima Online, Everquest, Quake, WoW
- Grew up in Queens, New York
- I joined the U.S. Army because 9/11 happened during my second week as a college freshman in NYC
- Greatest honor of my life to have served as an infantry officer from 2005 - 2010
- Wrote about my experiences in Afghanistan on my blog
- Spent many years investing, building, and talking about esports (TEDx, Documentary)
- Currently co-founder and CEO of Exia Labs
- Live in Washington (state)
- Games
- League of Legends
- New World
- Breakaway
- The Grand Tour Game
- Supercampus (Roblox)
- Little Big Island (Sandbox)
- Super Spy Ryan Game (mobile)
- Do, Re & Mi: Musical Adventure Game (mobile)
- TV Series & Specials
- Hello Kitty: Super Style!
- Angry Birds: Mystery Island
- Blippi’s Treehouse Series
- Super Spy Ryan Special
- At All Costs: Esports Documentary
- Podcasts
- Other
- Retail Everywhere. December 2023.
- The Practical Metaverse. May 2023.
- The Next Disney Will Come from China and Its Name is Tencent. Wired January 2017.
- Why Virtual Sports Games Will Drive the Next Wave of Growth for Esports. REDEF October 2016.
- Economic Violence: It's Time to Change the Game. Military Review May 2011.
- Silent Kingmaker: The Need for a Unified Wartime Contracting Strategy. Joint Forces Quarterly December 2010.
- Taming the Dukes of Afghanistan. Infantry Magazine December 2010.
- Persistent Security, Then Development. Military Review July 2010.
- Leveraging Web 2.0 for the 21st Century Army. Army Communicator Februray 2010.