
#10: Travis Boudreaux, Co-Founder & CTO at Azra Games
07/26/23 • 79 min
Travis Boudreaux is Co-Founder and CTO of Azra Games, a game studio building the universe of toys. Prior to founding Azra Games, Travis spent the last decade building and leading the most innovative marketplaces across multiple verticals. Travis was the lead engineer of Elance Private Talent Cloud, which became UpWork Enterprise after the merger of Elance and ODesk. As VP of Engineering at Waitr, Travis rearchitected the technology stack, led the rebuild of the mobile applications, and led the launch of the web ordering platform and helped take the company public in 2018. As Founding Engineer and VP of Engineering at Swimply, Travis scaled the engineering team from 0 to 15 and led the rebuild of Swimply's mobile product while scaling the business by 300% and raising a 40MM Series A. Travis is often building at the bleeding edge of the adoption curve for emerging technologies and leads Azra's AI and Web3 strategy. When he's not building, he spends his time angel investing and advising early-stage startups.
Follow Travis:
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/travisboudreaux/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/tjboudreaux
Checkout Azra Games: https://www.azragames.com/
Travis Boudreaux is Co-Founder and CTO of Azra Games, a game studio building the universe of toys. Prior to founding Azra Games, Travis spent the last decade building and leading the most innovative marketplaces across multiple verticals. Travis was the lead engineer of Elance Private Talent Cloud, which became UpWork Enterprise after the merger of Elance and ODesk. As VP of Engineering at Waitr, Travis rearchitected the technology stack, led the rebuild of the mobile applications, and led the launch of the web ordering platform and helped take the company public in 2018. As Founding Engineer and VP of Engineering at Swimply, Travis scaled the engineering team from 0 to 15 and led the rebuild of Swimply's mobile product while scaling the business by 300% and raising a 40MM Series A. Travis is often building at the bleeding edge of the adoption curve for emerging technologies and leads Azra's AI and Web3 strategy. When he's not building, he spends his time angel investing and advising early-stage startups.
Follow Travis:
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/travisboudreaux/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/tjboudreaux
Checkout Azra Games: https://www.azragames.com/
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#9: Kaz Maurice O'Leary, Innovation Director at Verses & Valleys
Kaz Maurice O'Leary has a comprehensive career portfolio showcasing global executive Silicon Valley leadership while being ‘hands on’ to ensure impact and major leaps are made through heart-led messaging and key stakeholder relationships. She brings innovation to life through technology (AR/XR/VR/XR), media and creator communities. She inspires, motivates, coaches, and improves organizations, enabling “workplaces of the future” to thrive, leveraging skills and vision to drive diversity, equity and inclusion, while delivering world class solutions. Founding member of emerging technology advisory council - Verses and Valleys, she has led innovation teams across APAC and NA markets. With 50+ advertising awards she is also a SXSW speaker and is on this year's Future Now Jury for New York Festivals.
Follow Her:
On LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenmauriceoleary/
Instagram - @kaz.m.oleary
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Check Out Verses & Valleys!
Website - https://www.versesandvalleys.com/
#virtualreality #web3 #metaverse
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#11: Ely Santos, CEO at Metavertising
Ely Santos is a marketing futurist with a tech background. Having spent over 10 years in tech, he went on to become a marketing entrepreneur through his agency Augmentric, serving B2B SaaS companies worldwide. Since '21, he started establishing a strong presence in the Metaverse space, having delivered lectures for many events in the US and Europe, and becoming one of the top voices in the space thanks to his company and podcast Metavertising, achieving top 15% most followed and top 5% most shared podcasts worldwide on Spotify, and creating AR/VR experiences for businesses all over the world.
Follow Ely:
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/meta-ely/
Metavertising Podcast on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/33K6wejSodXtCPrVuIvVwM?si=a22f321b84be4dbc
#metaverse #web3 #podcast #MetaRick
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