Christopher Brown Email & Phone Number

Bellevue, WA, US

∙Directed the global vision and strategy for Pokémon esports, premier events, livestream production, player management, and event rewards across 5 products - qualifying 2,000 players from over 50 countries/regions to annual World Championships with $1 million+ in prizes. ∙Set goals and created department structure with multiple global teams in order to.

Bellevue, Washington

∙Managed budget, system design, development, and execution of annual global competitive series (live and online) that qualifies players for a World Championship in multiple age divisions for the Pokémon Trading Card Game, RPG, Pokkén Tournament, Pokémon GO, and Pokémon UNITE.∙Directed premier events and live broadcast productions in North America, Europe.

Bellevue, Washington

∙Created the business case and pitched the creation of the first account link between Nintendo and competitive Pokémon in order to support Championship Points for online play. Oversaw as business group stakeholder the 8 month development and successful launch of link in January 2020.∙Created the business case with team of marketing directors to launch an.

Bellevue, Washington

∙Lead program development for organized play, including the Pokémon video game, trading card game, Pokkén Tournament, future titles, events, and livestreaming initiatives.∙Developed pitch for a quarterly International Championship event series that launched for 2017 season.∙Pitched, developed ROS, negotiated contract, and executed Pokémon Day on Twitch - a.

Bellevue, Washington

∙Developed pitch and business case for tournament livestreaming - launched and owned Twitch.tv/pokemon and sub brands for VG, TCG, and Pokkén Tournament gaining over 200K followers and 23MM views.∙Developed first systems to support livestreaming including talent management, brand guidelines, and internal processes to ensure compliance with ESRB and FTC.

Bellevue, Washington

Executive producer and managing partner for Metagame Documentary - 2021 winner of esports video content series of the year and finalist for esports video content piece of the year, and esports video production team of the year. The eight part sequel to "The Smash Brothers" (#1 esports documentary of all time - Daily Dot) follows the five "Smash Gods" as.

Bellevue, Washington

Owner of Smashboards.com. SmashBoards was originally launched in 1999 and has generated over 300 million views since 2012. SmashBoards routinely enters Alexa's global top 20,000 website ranking during launch years for the latest Smash game - most recently peaking near the top 14,000 global websites in 2018 for Smash Ultimates launch. With over 285,000.

∙Directed dozens of competitions for Major League Gaming's Pro Circuit overseeing up to 16 referees, handling match scheduling, bracket operations, dispute resolution, feature match coordination for broadcast, and consulting on rule document creation. Games directed include Super Smash Brothers Brawl, Halo: Reach, King of Fighters XIII, Soul Calubur V, and.

Freelance feature writer for MLGPro.com∙Wrote learn to play articles for 'Get Better Fast' series∙Wrote biweekly editorial articles and interviews with pro players ∙Wrote post event content for the 2005 and 2006 Pro Circuit∙Managed voting and wrote content for MLG 2005 Pro Choice Awards (Melee)

Master Of Education - Med

Activities and Societies: Esports InitiativeOperated The Esports Initiative's first three tournaments in the OSU Student Union, raising.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History

Activities and Societies: Founding member of the Esports Initiative, Delta Upsilon International Fraternity, Phi Alpha Theta National.