Joel DeYoung I am a technology-focused business leader with extensive experience in strategic planning, team building and co-operative governance. EXPERIENCE March 2006 – Present Director of Technology, Chief Operating Officer, HOTHEAD GAMES As a co-founder of Hothead Games, I have led operations and core technology for our 200- person studio. I currently oversee four teams working on our proprietary game engine, our proprietary big data analytics platform, our cloud-based backend server operation, and core IT serving our two offices in Vancouver and Halifax. Hothead is the largest independent video game developer and publisher in British Columbia. January 2011 – April 2018 Director, MODO CO-OPERATIVE During my seven years on Modo’s Board I served on multiple committees including Finance and Audit, Governance, Nominations, CEO Search and HR. During my three years as Board Chair we hired the co-op’s first CEO and executed an amalgamation with Victoria Car Share Co-op. Other highlights from my time on the Board include undertaking a major review and overhaul of Modo’s official rules and increasing participation in our Director elections by transitioning to online voting. As a delegate to The Co-operators I also represented Modo’s membership at that organization’s regional meetings and AGMs. October 1997 – February 2006 Producer, Technical Director, Lead Programmer, RADICAL ENTERTAINMENT As a technology-focused lead, I managed multiple teams in the creation of numerous hit video game titles for console and handheld gaming platforms. June 1996 – September 1997 Programmer, SEAGATE SOFTWARE I contributed to the development of the company's flagship database reporting and business intelligence software. Following a major acquisition, I incorporated the acquired company's enterprise OLAP database technologies into Seagate's products. SKILLS • Co-operative governance • Software architecture and development • Entrepreneurship and corporate strategy • Cloud-based distributed server • Team leadership and performance management infrastructure • Hiring and interviewing • Big data, analytics and machine learning EDUCATION 1994 - 1996 Master of Science (Computer Science), UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Specialized in computer graphics. My thesis was "Properties of Tabulated Bi-Directional Reflectance Distribution Functions". Results published in proceedings of Graphics Interface 1997. 1990 - 1994 Bachelor of Science (Computer Science), HARDING UNIVERSITY AWARDS & HONOURS 2011 Top Forty Under 40, BUSINESS IN VANCOUVER .