Days Of Futures Passed

A podcast with guests who share the grand visions of the future from history and science fiction that inspired them as children.

Host

Theo Priestley

Keynote speaker, fractional CxO, advisor, startup mentor, storyteller, technology evangelist, author, futurist, entrepreneur, gamer, cat slave, sci-fi aficionado.
 
For all speaker enquiries please visit: https://www.theopriestley.com

Keynote Speaker, Fractional CxO

HackerNoon

Winner - Most Read Stories of 2023
Nominated - Contributor of the Year 2022
Nominated - Tech Storyteller of the Year 2022
Nominated - Contributor of the Year 2021

Contributing Writer

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

A comprehensive history of tomorrow, exploring groundbreaking topics including Virtual Reality, AI, Privacy, Education, Economics and the Future of Work.

"The more people that read this, the better the quality of debate and planning going forward. If you have any interest in the shape of the future then this is a must-read!"
 
"This book is a fantastic collation of ideas, insights and analysis on what the future holds. It will challenge you and make you think about how your actions impact the future."

Order the book - now available through Bloomsbury directly, Amazon, Target, Waterstones, and many other international booksellers.

Author - The Future Starts Now

Metanomic

Raised venture capital to build a web3 and video game real-time analytics platform using AI. Led a fully remote, international team to deliver two products in rapid succession (one MVP, one full v1.0), built the client and partner pipeline before handing over to Sales.

Acquired in 2023.

FutureOn

Driving marketing, branding and PR for a unique cloud-based real-time visualization and collaboration platform – FieldTwin – helping Integrated Energy Companies make smarter and faster decisions throughout the lifecycle of a project.

Vice President Marketing

We Didn't Start The Fire

A 13 episode podcast series that covered a multitude of business and technology trends leaving no stone unturned.

CSignum

Ownership of marketing, branding and PR for an offshore engineering company that manufactures patented wireless and cable-free data communications systems for the energy, environmental, transportation and aquaculture sectors.

Rebranded from WFS Technologies following a management buyout.

RawShark Studios

Bootstrapped game design studio working on web3 game projects.

Founder/ Head Of Studio

HTC Vive

Startup Mentor

Please note I no longer use LinkedIn on a regular basis. 
Visit theopriestley.com for contact details, or medium.com/@theo for articles.

Superheart

Next-gen live tech and cozy games for mobile and cross-platform using our proprietary growth and live ops engine called Heartbeat 💓

We create original mobile-1st indie games and leverage our unique tech to publish on iOS, Android, and PC including Steam and Roblox.

Founder

Buildbox.ai

AI innovation, graphics, user-experience, community.

Product Specialist

AppOnboard

Advisor

Involved in many areas within product, marketing, and strategy during $30MM raised in funding, launch of the Studio platform and the acquisition of Buildbox in 2018. AppOnboard is the leader in the No-Code movement, providing no-code software for building games and making playable ads.

Product Lead

Advise and help startups and small businesses with product design, development, innovation, and strategy. Focus is in mobile, apps, games, ad tech, web platforms, and ecommerce.

Startup Advisor

Consulting Specialist

InMobi

InMobi DSP became one of the top global mobile DSPs. Led and contributed to many initiative including:
- Major update to Exchange SDK user experience and ad quality, leading to improved performance
- Hiring of world-class Sr PM team based in SF
- Strategy and product roadmap for ML efforts
- Implement proper JIRA setup, usage, and workflows with sprint-based release cadence 
- Led product efforts on innovation, ad creative, platform, and dashboard
- Created internal multi-formal ad creative builder tool
- Finalist on multiple internal hackathons

Product - Ad Experiences & Innovation @ InMobi DSP

Rads Media, Inc.

Rads Media built an innovative social advertising web platform consisting of social media scoring and competitive analysis, a Flash-like HTML5 rich media creative authoring, MRAID ad publishing and hosting, and self-serve ad campaign management and trafficking. Raised seed funding, build beta, certified with Centro and Yahoo.

Co-founder, Investor

AdColony

Early employee and member of the founding team and instrumental in the product design and innovation of the AdColony SDK and platform including Instant Play, Rewarded Video Ads, HTML5 Endcards, and Composer. Acquired by Opera Mediaworks in 2014 for $300MM.

Designed innovative products working and with cross-functional teams to develop the AdColony industry-leading technology. Focused on new mobile monetization and advertising initiatives, and delivering the highest quality video and rich media mobile ad experience in the world.

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On June 24, 2014, Opera (OB: OPERA; market cap: $1.7b) announced the acquisition of mobile video ad platform AdColony for up to $350mm. AdColony officially launched under Jirbo Inc in March 2011 at GDC SF, releasing our world-class technology as an public SDK for all publishers, and opening up our directly-integrated in-app ad network to global advertisers.

VP Products & Innovation

Jirbo, Inc.

Jirbo was acquired by Insight Venture Partners for $25MM and pivoted to focus on the AdColony video ad technology in 2011.

Jirbo was an early Apple App Store launch partner offering 10 casual games on the App Store launch day and amassed over 100M downloads from 2008-2011. I designed and produced 100+ mobile apps and games for iOS and Android. Jirbo and EpicTilt apps/games spanned branded apps, free and paid casual games and freemium social sim/strategy games with virtual currency, in-app purchases, and rewarded video ads.

Notable produced titles include: ESPN Cameraman/BudLight FreezeFrame, ESPN NFL Draft Kit 2010, Sony TapStar, Be Like Lil' Wayne, Be Like LadyGaga, Tony Hawk Trick Tips, Paper Football, Tap Reef 2, Type N Talk, Sovereign, Sportsbook, and iMahjong.

VP Products

Sharper Digital LLC

Started my first company in college with technology consulting and development in the areas of e-commerce, interactive web design using Flash, and early mobile apps. Worked with clients on website redesigns and building out e-commerce operations.

Owner, Consultant

Founder & innovator in mobile games/apps/ads || Pioneered mobile preloaded rewarded video with html5 endcards + playables || Founding team PM lead @Jirbo-> @AdColony || 100+ games, $300M+ exits, $1B+ product revenue

15+ years of product experience in startups, mobile gaming, video, and ad tech. I am passionate about creating innovative products, rethinking and pushing boundaries with unique creative technical solutions. 

Product lead and full-stack hacker / tinkerer since learning Macromedia Flash and Director in late 90s, I enjoy creating innovative platforms and games. My strength lies in deep knowledge and on-the-ground experience within many areas of tech for over last 2 decades.

Launched countless Jirbo games and apps for big brand IPs (ESPN, Universal, Paramount) in the early years of the App Store. Led creation of AdColony (acquired by Opera 2014 later Digital Turbine 2021) then innovative product and technology that defined the modern mobile video ad unit, including rewarded video, instant play, endcards, and HTML5 dynamic interactive creative. 

You can find me working at innovative startups (AppOnboard, Buildbox) while trying to build my own. 

Keeping up with the speed of tech is tough. Lately been digging into AI, Unity, Roblox, Three.js


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