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Portman Wills

Co-Founder at Wagestream

United Kingdom

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $5,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $50,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $25,000.00

Skills

Game Development
Online Advertising
E-commerce
Facebook API
Software Engineering
Engineering Management
JavaScript
C#
Java
Ruby
Perl
HTML5
HTML + CSS
SQL Server
MySQL
Microsoft SQL Server
Git
HTML
HTML 5
Product Management

Education

Work Experience

  • Co-Founder

    2018

    Give your employees INSTANT access to their earned wages, without making any changes to your normal payroll process. Proven to increase morale, productivity, retention and peace-of-mind. https://wagestream.com

Sports Illustrated Play

2015 - 2018

  • Chief Data Officer

    2015 - 2018

    Sports Illustrated Play was founded in 2015 to simplify & celebrate the world of Youth Sports. SI Play powers over 10MM youth athletes and their families. Acquired by NBC/Comcast in December 2017.

2011 - 2015

  • Chief Information Officer

    2011 - 2015

    GSN Games is the only game company with two apps in the top-10 grossing from 2012-2015. Bingo Bash and GSN Casino have together entertained a global audience of 160MM players.

Join the Company, Inc

2009 - 2011

  • Co-Founder / CTO

    2009 - 2011

    Join the Company was a venture-backed startup that experimented with the intersection of gaming and ecommerce. Acquired by GSN in November 2011.

2008 - 2009

  • Co-Founder / CTO

    2008 - 2009

    SocialCash was a venture-backed startup that provided advertising and analytics to Facebook app developers. Acquired by LifeStreet Media in March 2009.

2006 - 2008

  • Vice President, Engineering

    2006 - 2008

    Gratis Internet was a cost-per-action advertising network that created the original "Free iPods" website in 2006.

2004 - 2006

  • Chief Architect

    2004 - 2006

    Voxiva, founded in 2002, was an early pioneer in mobile health systems. Today, Voxiva delivers health information and disease reporting systems in over 35 countries.

  • Chief Technology Officer

    2003 - 2004

    DDD was founded in 2003 to provide employment and training for Cambodian youth. Today, DDD is one of the most widely acclaimed social enterprises, with self-sustaining operations in Cambodia, Laos, and Kenya.

Wills Consulting

2000 - 2003

  • Principal

    2000 - 2003

    Selected client list ↠ InPhonic, Washington, DC ↠ Capital Investment Group, Cincinnati, OH ↠ Liberty Wireless, Largo, MD ↠ World Links, Kampala, Uganda ↠ University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA ↠ The Dropstone Group, Los Angeles, CA

2000 - 2000

  • Program Manager, MSN HomeAdvisor

    2000 - 2000

    MSN HomeAdvisor was an early -- too early, it turns out -- platform to purchase a home and apply for a mortgage entirely online.