Mike Peronto - President and Chief Executive Officer
Mike Peronto joined WildTangent in January 2002 and serves as WildTangent's President and Chief Executive Officer. Peronto has more than 20 years of experience managing technology companies. Prior to WildTangent, Peronto was Vice President of Publishing Products at Adobe Systems and the Chief Operating Officer at WatchGuard Technologies, Inc., an Internet security firm. He also held the Chief Executive Officer positions at Endura Software Corp., a provider of supply chain management software, and at Viathan Corp., a provider of data storage software. He started his career as a Marketing Representative for IBM. Peronto received his M.B.A. degree in Marketing from the University of Washington and his B.A. degree from UCLA.
Tom Grina – Chief Financial Officer
Tom Grina joined WildTangent in April, 2009 and oversees all of the finance and accounting activities of the company. Tom has been a CFO for over twenty-five years for a number of companies in the Telecommunications, Software and High Tech industries. He has extensive experience in operations, strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions and raising growth capital. Prior to joining WildTangent, Tom was CFO at Digital Railroad, Inc. which created a web-based e-commerce distribution and licensing platform that brought together professional photographers with buyers of digital content. Tom also held the CFO position at Digeo, Inc., Advanced TelCom Group and several other telecommunications companies. Tom began his career as a CPA with Peat Marwick in Denver, Colorado. Tom received a BS in Accounting from the University of Denver.
Matt Shea - Executive Vice President, Product Development
Matt Shea has been with WildTangent since April 2002 and is responsible for the company's technology and product development. He is the co-creator of WildTangent's WildCoins digital currency and the WildTangent ORB game console. Prior to WildTangent, Shea was the Games Group Engineering Manager at InfoSpace, Inc. where he led development across various platforms and devices. Prior to InfoSpace, Shea held the position of Engineering Director for Games at Go2Net, Inc. In that role, he oversaw large-scale online game sites including PlaySite, Lycos Games and Hasbro's Games.com. Matt got his start in the games industry at Sony Interactive Studios working on 3D graphics and massively multiplayer games while he received his B.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of California at San Diego.
Sean Vanderdasson - Senior Vice President, Game Service
Sean Vanderdasson has been with WildTangent since June 2004 and is responsible for the global games service business. His focus is on providing consumers and partners with compelling entertainment experiences, and is the co-creator of WildTangent's patented WildCoins digital currency and the WildTangent Games App.. Vanderdasson is a veteran of the online retail and entertainment industries with more than 15 years of experience. Prior to joining WildTangent, Vanderdasson worked for more than five years at Wizards of the Coast, Inc. (a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc.) as the founder and Vice President of eCommerce. Under his leadership, Wizard's eCommerce division grew from $250,000 to $50 million in annual revenue within 18 months, helping drive the company's valuation and eventual acquisition by Hasbro in 1999. In April 2000, Vanderdasson was inducted into the Smithsonian Institute's Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. for his accomplishments at Wizards of the Coast. Vanderdasson has built two other companies and has been a guest speaker at Microsoft Corp., has worked with the MIT Venture Forum and has been quoted in many e-commerce-related magazines. Vanderdasson received his M.B.A. degree with honors from the John M. Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri and his B.S. degree in Finance Law from Portland State University.
Danny Cecil - Senior Vice President, Operations
Danny Cecil joined WildTangent in September 2001 and currently manages the company's Internet Operations group, as well as Corporate IT, Quality Assurance, Ad Operations, Business Intelligence and Customer Support. Cecil has over 25 years of experience in the computer industry including 14 years in product development and information technology at Hewlett-Packard. During his time in product development at HP, Cecil lead a team that built the first Windows networking compatible file server for Unix. Cecil later joined HP’s IT group, where he helped develop the company’s global NT domain architecture. Between his time at HP and his work at WildTangent, Cecil managed IT and data center operations for two Seattle-area startup companies. Cecil received his B.S. degree in Computer Science from Colorado State University.
Mike Karaffa - Vice President, Business Development
Mike Karaffa joined WildTangent in February 2007 with over 20 years of sales and sales management experience and currently manages worldwide business development. In this capacity, Mike is responsible for establishing new business partnerships for WildTangent, along with insuring that existing partners receive exceptional levels of service and support. Prior to joining WildTangent, Mike was the Vice President of Major Accounts for Hyperion Solutions and was responsible for the creation of the program that generated over $50 million dollars in revenue within four years. In addition, Mike has held management positions with Aldus Corporation and Wang Laboratories. Mike has his M.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and B.A. degree in business and economics from Saint Josephs College.
