Zytara announced that Andy Brown and Moritz Baier-Lentz have joined the company’s board of advisors. This follows the news released earlier this week around the company’s plans to launch the platform in early 2021.
Andy Brown is the CEO of Sand Hill East, which provides strategic management, investment and marketing services to emerging companies. Mr. Brown served as Group Chief Technology Officer of UBS, an investment bank. Prior to that, Mr. Brown served in a variety of executive management and leadership roles at a variety of leading banking companies including as Head of Strategy for Architecture & Optimization at Bank of America, Chief Technology Architect at Merrill Lynch, and the CTO of Infrastructure at Credit Suisse. Mr. Brown is also a member of the boards of directors of Zscaler, Guidewire Software, Pure Storage, LMRKTS, Digital Asset, Sitehands, and Moogsoft.
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A former #1 ranked player of Activision Blizzard’s Diablo II, Moritz Baier-Lentz is a Partner of BITKRAFT Ventures, the globally leading early and mid-stage investment platform for gaming, esports, and interactive media. Prior to joining the fund, he was a Vice President with the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs, where he built and co-led the firm’s global gaming and esports practice. Over the past years, Moritz advised the world’s leading technology and media corporations on over $300B transaction volume across M&A, IPOs, venture capital, and other strategic options, including recent gaming transactions such as ZeniMax’s sale to Microsoft and the IPO of Corsair. For his work at the interface of Wall Street and Silicon Valley, he was recognized among the Forbes 30 Under 30 and Capital 40 Under 40.
Of the arrivals, Al Burgio, Founder and CEO at Zytara, said: “I am thrilled to have Moritz and Andy join our Advisory Board at this critical time ahead of our 2021 launch. As we’re solidifying our plans to drive forward financial education, inclusion, and literacy for millions of gamers and esports enthusiasts around the world, Moritz and Andy will contribute their expertise, experience, and thought leadership to Zytara – and to everyone who uses our banking solutions.”
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