FIGHTER publishes celebrity and brand-driven social games & apps. We engage fans of music, film, TV, fashion and sports in immersive interactive experiences with their favorite stars and brands.

With offices in Los Angeles, New York City and San Francisco, FIGHTER connects Hollywood & Madison Ave to Silicon Valley.



HQ@WeAreFIGHTER.com
(646)462-3579

Kwasi Asare - CEO
Kwasi@WeAreFIGHTER.com

Derrick Gomez - President
Derrick@WeAreFIGHTER.com


KWASI ASARE
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER / FOUNDER

Kwasi was the mastermind behind Sean "Diddy" Combs' new media empire, simultaneously overseeing the development and marketing for brands such as: Ciroc, Sean John Fragrance, Sean John Clothing and Bad Boy Entertainment. Throughout his storied career he has executed global marketing campaigns for artists and brands including: Jay-Z, Ice Cube, Prince, Pharrell Williams, Wu Tang Clan, LL Cool J, Outkast, Gnarls Barkley, John Legend, Snoop Dogg, Mary J Blige, Ricky Martin, Sony Music and Estee Lauder. Kwasi began his career as an Investment Banker at Citigroup's' Salomon Smith Barney after graduating from The University of Pennsylvania with a degree in International Politics.

DERRICK GOMEZ
PRESIDENT / FOUNDER

Derrick is a multidisciplinary entrepreneur that has produced and created transmedia content for a wide variety of celebrities & brands, including: Black Eyed Peas, Rockstar Games, XBOX, American Express, Craftsman Tools, New Era, Harvard Yard, Yves Saint Laurent, Vibe, Glamour, Elle, Vogue, NY Times, Der Spiegel, L'Oreal, P.S.1 MoMA, Versus Networks, MTV, NBC, Microsoft and Madison Square Garden Entertainment. Additionally, Derrick is a former professional video game player & international champion for the fighting game "Tekken". He began his career working in Information Technologies for Bloomberg LP, Morgan Stanley and the United Nations before transitioning into media production. Derrick is an alumni of Cornell University, Prep for Prep 9 and Choate Rosemary Hall.

THOMAS ZURKAN
CTO / GAME ARCHITECT

Thomas has coded branded social platforms for over 15 years, at companies such as: Tickle, Wasserman Media Group, and Citizen Sports (acquired by Yahoo in 2010 for $40 million). He's also developed several Branded Facebook apps for: Sprint, Sketchers and Nascar.

BLAKE COMMAGERE
GAME DESIGN ADVISOR

Blake pioneered the Social Gaming Genre by creating some of the first and largest apps ever on Facebook, including: Zombies and Vampires. Additionally, he was a principle member of the team that created "Causes" (Founded by Sean Parker and Joe Greenwhich) a social app that raised over $20 million for charities on Facebook.

KARINA PAJE
DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Karina is the former Director of Business Development & Marketing at RockYou, a Top 3 industry leading Social Game powerhouse. There she negotiated deals with media partners including film studios, TV networks, music labels, management companies, talent agencies, and video game companies. Before RockYou Karina did business development and new media marketing for Nettwerk Music Group and Warner Music Group. In 2005 she co-founded Phanfusion, a white label social networking software and digital marketing agency focused on promoting artists in the music industry. She is an alumni of the University of California, Los Angeles.

ALICIA LIN
TALENT ACQUISITION MANAGER /
DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Alicia has 12+ years experience in team building and business development for some of the strongest players in the tech industry. Prior to joining FIGHTER, Alicia has personally hired over 350 people to build the early teams at: Dreamworks (growing from 5 to 55+ people in 9 months), Disney Interactive, Square Soft, Macromedia, OpenWave (hired entire WAP team of 60+ in 1 year), MOBITV (hired over 50 in 1 year), Adify, Boku, Aardvark, Transpera, Skyfire, Digg, Playlist.com and Sharpcast.

BRIAN SADLER
DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT

Brian develops viable investment opportunities such as real estate deals, restaurants, night clubs and media projects for countless celebrities & professional athletes. Over the last 20 years, Brian has managed the investments and equity transaction strategies of Jerry Buss (the owner of the L.A. Lakers). He's also managed the investments of the L.A. Lakers (players past and present), Willie McGinest (New England Patriots), Pamela Anderson, Vince Neil, The Pussy Cat Dolls, Outkast, Jermaine Dupri, Janet Jackson -- and quite a few more professional athletes and celebs (who wish to remain “silent investors”).


David Leibowitz, Chairman of Advisory Board
David is the Managing Partner of CH Potomac and the Co-Founder / former Chairman of Verance and President of Verance Digital. He is also the former Executive Vice President / General Counsel of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Ted Dhanik, Social Network Advisor
Ted was one of the Founders of MySpace.com. He is also a Founder and VP of Business Development at Engage BDR, an industry leading ad network that dynamically targets over 200 million consumers worldwide.
Rick Marini, Social Entertainment Advisor
Rick is the Founder / CEO / Chief Connector of BranchOut.com, the leading career networking service on Facebook. He was the Founder / CEO of SuperFan, a successful social games developer. He was also the Co-Founder / Chief Strategist of Tickle.com, a social networking site that focused on personality quizzes, matchmaking and photo-sharing. Tickle was sold to Monster Worldwide for over $100 million.
Devery Holmes, Brand Integration Advisor
Devery oversees brand integration for several Fortune 500 brands: General Motors, American Airlines, Heineken and Samsung.
Robert Gehorsam, Virtual World Technology Advisor
Robert is the CEO of Image Metrics, the world leader in facial animation technology (Benjamin Button, Red Dead Redemption, Grand Theft Auto 4). He is the Founder / President of Forterra Systems. He's also held senior executive positions at Viacom, Sony and Scholastic, and consulted for AOL, Microsoft and CNET.
Hooman Radfar, Social Media Advisor
Hooman is the Founder / CEO of Clearspring Technologies, a world leading viral distribution platform that enables widgets to be shared and distributed across blogging, social networking sites and personal websites. By 2008, Clearspring had aggregated an active user base that generated over 600 million views per month.
Christian Jorg, Content Integration Advisor
Christian is the former Director of Digital Media of the Island Def Jam Music Group / Universal Music. And was awarded Top Ten Mobile Executives for 2008 by Billboard Magazine.