Tim Walsh Email & Phone Number

BOOKS: Timeless Toys (Andrews-McMeel, 2005) was praised by The Wall Street Journal and USA Today. My second, WHAM-O Super-Book (Chronicle Books, 2008) was picked by NPR as “One of the best gift books of the year.” My third, Right Brain Red: 7 Ideas for Creative Success (GreenLEaf Publishing, 2016), was written with super-entrepreneur Reyn Guyer.GAMES: I have developed or co-developed Kloak, You've Been Framed, Bull's Eye, Piggy Pile Up, Mad Gab (with Terry White), N'Sync Backstage Pass (with Peggy Brown), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Catapult Pizza (with Dave Yearick), Blurt!, TriBond (with Dave Yearick and Ed Muccini) and others. My games have collectively sold over 7 million copies in fifteen countries.TOYS: Flidjit: The Flying Fidget Ball by WeCool Toys (with David Yakos)FILMS: I co-produced the documentary film, OPERATION: Operation (with Peggy Brown), the story of John Spinello, the inventor of the classic game Operation. I was Creative Consultant and producer on Toyland, a documentary on toy and game inventors from director, Ken Sons. In 2020 I launched Seize the Play, a YouTube Channel that covers toy and game designers, creativity and connection.SPEAKING: I gave the keynote at USC Physical Sciences in Oncology Symposium and have presented for the State Bar of Arizona, among other organizations.APPS: I have co-developed two green screen mobile apps, Crazy Chins and Hands-On Green Screen Movie Effects.ADVOCACY: I am a play advocate and believe that play is not the four-letter word our culture says it is, but the root of all creative thinking, an essential development, non-negotiable must-have for kids and a practical, powerful tool for a meaningful life. I have a non-profit in the works that will partner with faith-based organizations and play-based companies to address food insecurity across the US. Seize the Play!PEANUT BUTTER: I like peanut butter.

Chicago

Chicago Toy & Game Group produces Chicago Toy & Game Week (ChiTAG), a series of events promoting and celebrating play and innovation welcoming industry, consumers and media influencers the week before the start of the 4th quarter holidays. Main events include Chicago Toy & Game Fair, Inventor and Innovation Conferences, Play in Education (PIE) Conference, Toy & Game Innovation Awards (TAGIEs), PlayCHIC Fashion Show, Media Influencer Event, and Young Inventor Challenge (YIC). Year-round CHITAG promotes play and innovation by hosting pub events around the world and through newsletters reaching over 220,000 industry, educators, inventors, and consumers.

Sarasota, Florida, United States

WEBSITE: www.roogames.coG’day mate! Welcome to Roo Games.We’re a group of Australians (and a couple of Americans) who love what we do. We design, manufacture and sell the highest quality games for every age group.WE’RE FAMILY, so we know that face-to-face play connects people like nothing else.WE’RE PARENTS, so we know that games are an indispensable part of hands-on learning.AND WE’RE HONORED to be sharing who we are and what we do with you – our mates!

I am one of the co-inventors of the TriBond game and co-founder of TriBond Enterprises, the company that managed the IP of the game and it's associated spinoffs. I successfully promoted the game by garnering media placement and publicity for it on Good Morning America, on NPR's All Things Considered, and in the New York Times among other media outlets. We sold over 3,000,000 copies of various editions of TriBond, before selling all associated I.P. in the game to Everest Toys in 2015.

For nine years I held the dual titles of Corporate VP of Product Development and Corporate VP of Marketing for Patch Products in Beloit, Wisconsin. I was instrumental in taking sales on that company from $3 million in 1992 to over $25 million in 2001, when I left the company. Patch Products is now PlayMonster.

B.S., Biology, (It'S True) And Art

Activities and Societies: Four years of Football, four fears of baseball, member of ATO fraternity.

Bachelor'S Degree, Biology & Art