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# The Team

A quickly growing and driven studio with a 9-year foundation, we are wildly passionate about the games we make. While we have grown significantly over recent years, we have not lost our close and inclusive company culture.

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<table data-card-size="large" data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th align="center"></th><th align="center"></th><th align="center"></th><th data-type="files"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="center"><strong>Nicolas Schrik</strong></td><td align="center"><strong>CEO &#x26; Game Director</strong></td><td align="center">Founding the studio in 2015, Nicolas has scaled it from inception into a thriving hub of creativity and innovation. Under his stewardship, the studio boasts a profitable model, powered by 50 full-time, passionate staff.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><strong>Alvaro Castro</strong></td><td align="center"><strong>Blockchain Technology Lead</strong></td><td align="center">Alvaro, with a Masters in Cybersecurity and extensive experience in protecting databases and infrastructure for over a million users, excels in blockchain and smart contracts, ensuring our technology's robustness and innovation.</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

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<table data-view="cards" data-full-width="false"><thead><tr><th align="center"></th><th align="center"></th><th align="center"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="center"><strong>Filip Bałagulski</strong></td><td align="center"><strong>Game Technology Lead</strong></td><td align="center">Filip's creation of a widely used MMORPG memory bot showcases his expertise in developing secure, scalable technologies, essential for maintaining our gaming environments' integrity and security.</td></tr><tr><td align="center"><strong>Matt Welsh</strong></td><td align="center"><strong>CMO</strong></td><td align="center">Matt brings nearly a decade of digital marketing expertise to RavenQuest, having founded a successful agency that managed over $1 million in ad spend. His passion for gaming and marketing drives his exceptional commitment to RavenQuest.</td></tr><tr><td align="center"><strong>Anderson Avila</strong></td><td align="center"><strong>Lead Game Engineer</strong></td><td align="center">With a PhD in Computer Science, Anderson's profound understanding of game engineering and optimization significantly enhances our games' performance and player experience.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<table data-view="cards" data-full-width="false"><thead><tr><th align="center"></th><th align="center"></th><th align="center"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="center"><strong>Erick Etchebeu</strong></td><td align="center"><strong>Art Director</strong></td><td align="center">With nearly two decades dedicated to pixel art, Erick has established himself as a distinguished artist and director, bringing unparalleled creativity and vision to our top-down games.</td></tr><tr><td align="center"><strong>Vitor Peron</strong></td><td align="center"><strong>Community Director</strong></td><td align="center">Vitor has skillfully cultivated a Discord community to 75,000 active, verified users, eliminating bots and alts to foster a genuinely engaged environment. His strategic community building underscores the studio's commitment to authentic user engagement.</td></tr><tr><td align="center"><strong>Drew Schulz</strong></td><td align="center"><strong>Business Development</strong></td><td align="center">Drew leverages his entrepreneurial background and Web3 expertise, drawn from founding and scaling a successful tourism business, to forge strategic partnerships that propel the studio into new realms of digital and blockchain innovation.</td></tr></tbody></table>