Jonathan Strause

Founder, CEO and Chairman of Board

• Co-inventor of two patented technology platforms: AI-based virtual sports and Hybrid Gaming 20 years of experience leading organizations in video games, gaming, social and mobile gaming, and sports betting.

• Co-Founder and CEO of Predictive Technologies Ltd. – a sports data analytics company with advanced prediction optimization techniques leveraging genetic algorithms and learning systems. Sold to an international sports betting company in 2006.

• Co-Founder and Managing Director of merchant banking firm the Bellwether Group. (This is the platform through which VMG was acquired from Telewest.) Served major video game companies like Vivendi/Blizzard, Sega, Ubisoft, Naughty Dog, Bioware, and Sony.

• Sold first startup (B2B Incubator) to Internet Capital Group in 2000 Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company (LAO/SFO ) - product and branding strategies for market-leading technology companies, growth strategy, and M&A advisory work for Enterprise and B2B Software companies as well emerging market entry strategies for Oil and Gas and E&P companies GE Capital – Int’l M&A & LBO’s; built first database marketing capability for the consumer finance division.

• MBA from the Wharton School of in Finance and Strategic Management; BA from Duke University. Lives in Washington, DC with his wife Karen and their three kids – Jackson (23), Westley (22), and Olivia (18).