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Stephen A. Murphy
Co-founder and CEO
Steve has been in gaming for 14 years. He occasionally skipped college to play in high-stakes poker tournaments before becoming editor of Card Player Media, VP of High 5 Games, and an online gaming consultant for MGM Resorts. He graduated from LMU (where he was student body president) and earned his MBA from Stanford University.
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Med Nadooshan
President and CTO
Med has been an executive of both multi-billion dollar and rapidly scaling companies. Prior to joining Boom, he was COO and CTO of High 5 Games, where he led the company’s growth from $4M to $100M in annual revenue. He was also CTO of Avaya Global Services and CEO of Emerj, Inc. He has a MS in Math and Computer Science from Stevens University.
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Zack Messer
CFO
Zack has spent 14 years in gaming holding a variety of strategic finance roles. Previously working for IGT, Pinnacle Entertainment, and most recently Scientific Games as their head of finance for Gaming Operations. He has been involved in various M&A deals ranging from tuck-ins to multi-billion dollar acquisitions.
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Deanna Ishikawa
SVP, Product Management
Deanna has over a decade of experience building and operating digital products with a focus on social and real-money gaming.
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Gary Bogdanski
SVP, Sports
Another former professional poker player, Gary has an exceptional knack for all things “game ops”, including probability, game design, and optimization.
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Joseph Masci
SVP, Creative
Joseph was the founding creative at High 5 Games. He was also the founding creative for start-up slot makers Gimmie Games. After Gimmie Games was acquired, Joseph successfully helped form their first India studio to create original content for Aristocrat.