Mike Davis Email & Phone Number

Bellevue Wa

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The Northwest Entrepreneur Network was a networking group serving the needs of high growth start up companies. Even though it had a strong technology focus it was not exclusively focused on technology start-ups.Served as the chair of their Technology committee, overseeing several re-designs of their website. Created their Technology Showcase event which introduced entrepreneurs to start-up opportunities through technologies under development at northwest universities and research institutions. Coached First Look Forum event, evaluating and coaching approximately 100 companies for candidacy for the event and presentation of their businesses for this early stage investor event.

Advised on product design and marketing strategy. Negotiated a final sale of assets between several interested buyers and company founders.

Co-founded Versaly Entertainment. Initially Versaly was a publisher of cell phone games, and expected that market to follow in the footsteps of the computer gaming industry of the 1980s but with more networked games. Mr Davis architected and managed the creation (via an Indian development firm) of Versaly’s multiplayer game portal with score ranking, and player/opponent matching opponent matching. Versaly applied for and was granted a preliminary patent on this system but when the market place pivoted away from this style of gaming Versaly let the preliminary patent lapse. Versaly sought venture capital and Mr Davis helped create the investor presentations and participated in the investor meetings. Eventually Versaly pivoted into the ringtone, wallpaper and video space and Mr Davis was helped negotiate the acquisition of the exclusive world-wide rights to the Star Trek properties for ringtones, wallpapers and short videos.As Versaly’s CTO he managed the development of their B2C eCommerce website and created their B2B back office content management system. The B2B portal interfaced with 5 different cell phone carriers and content delivery systems. It helped track content usage and produced royalty/revenue reports for Versaly’s content partners.

--Wizards of the Coast was founded in 1990 by Peter Adkison. In ‘92 I, approached Peter Adkison on behalf of Richard Garfield to propose that they publish Richard’s game RoboRally. An additional concept came to light during that meeting that eventually led to Magic: the Gathering (MtG).--In ‘95, joined the company to run the designer/developer department (aka R&D). Instituted a hiring strategy to both keep the critical thinking skill set required to maintain MtG while adding more traditional creative elements into the design of the cards. The department grew to 20 designers/developers. We created 5 new trading card games and 20 expansion sets.--Product manager for Wizards 3rd Trading Card game, NetRunner, a game licensed from a successful cyberpunk role playing game. Helped negotiate the licensing contract and responsible for all aspects of the production of this game. Netrunner grew to more than $2 million in sales and still has an enthusiastic fan base.--In ‘97, Wizards acquired TSR, the makers of the role playing game Dungeons and Dragons. Upon acquisition, became responsible for the designers and developers of TSR’s products as well, 80 board/ role playing game designers and editors in total.

team leader 5 person development teamsoftware engineer and co-inventor of telecommunications patent (#5533107).

Greater Seattle Area

To keep both his original vision for Wizards and MtG, a second company, Garfield Games was formed. Wizards and Garfield Games shared many employees and resources. Later we negotiated a merger of the two, with Peter formally representing Wizards while I represented Garfield Games. This merger effectively integrated the two cultures. This merger effectively integrated the two companies, unifying their investors and employees behind a common vision which allowed the company to precisely focus on creating and delivering innovative games. “Mike has a clear-headed way of thinking about things using an analytical process to get to the heart of a problem and clear roadblocks. He keeps his level head and pleasantness throughout challenging discussions. Because of this calm persistence, we worked through issues and found solutions, even when dealing with emotional topics.”--Peter Adkison

Mba, Business

Master Of Science (Ms), Mathematics

Bachelor'S Degree, Mathematics