Anthony M. SingerAnthony M. Singer
President
& CEO
Since
co-founding High 5 Games in 1995, Anthony Singer has taken a once tiny
company and transformed it into a major player in the gaming industry.
With decades of experience in software development and game design, Mr.
Singer has played a vital role in the company's development,
successfully securing patents for game-design innovations, creating
proof-of-concept prototypes with supporting mathematical analyses,
negotiating multi-year contracts, and organizing and mentoring a large
team of high-level professionals from diverse artistic and technical
backgrounds.
Mr. Singer takes pride in addressing user and client needs by
encouraging H5G employees to create innovative new game designs. His
intuition and experience serve as invaluable resources for artists and
engineers as he leads the game-design process from inception to
delivery.
As an essential component of his overarching strategic vision for High
5 Games, Mr. Singer is exploring new technologies to ensure that the
company is poised to launch exciting new gaming products to new markets
and in new media in the years ahead.
Prior to founding H5G, Mr. Singer headed a successful consulting firm
in New York City, designing and programming custom business solutions
for clients such as The United Nations, Bank of New York, Independence
Bank of New York, and the Spanish Institute.
Mr. Singer studied Computer Science at Cornell University and is a
member of the American Gaming Association.
Med
Nadooshan
Chief
Operating Officer
With two decades of business technology
experience within the telecommunications, web services, and IT services
industry, Med Nadooshan serves as the leading technical visionary for
H5G in his role as Chief Operating Officer.
As COO, Mr. Nadooshan leads product development for the company. He is
responsible for developing and upgrading technology for the benefit and
long-term progress of the company, and he communicates his overall
technology strategy with executives, clients, business partners, and
stakeholders.
Mr. Nadooshan comes to High 5 Games most recently from Emerj, Inc.,
where he has served as CEO of the telecommunications start-up since
2006. He also held the positions of CTO for Avaya Global Services from
2001 to 2004, and Chief Security Architect for Bell Labs Lucent
Technologies from 1994 to 2000.
As a Fortune 100 executive, Mr. Nadooshan brings to the table a wide
range of business experience and technical expertise as he paves the
way for H5G's future success in an ever-changing industry.
Mr. Nadooshan is a graduate of Stevens Institute of Technology.
Stuart
Zoble, Ph.D.
Vice President of Research and Development
As the Vice President of Research and Development
for High 5 Games, Dr. Stuart Zoble plays a key role in developing H5G's
product strategy, in addition to heading the company's research and
development projects.
Dr. Zoble identifies innovative math models and exciting new forms of
game play, overseeing their development from the prototype phase to the
creation of formal documentation for regulatory purposes. Dr. Zoble
also ensures that High 5 Games aggressively pursues patent protection
for all of its game-design innovations, and he develops quantitative
techniques for the purpose of optimizing game design and related
business and financial decision making.
Before coming to High 5 Games, Dr. Zoble held faculty positions at both
the University of Toronto and Wesleyan University, as well as a
research position at the Humboldt University in Berlin. He has taught
dozens of courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. He is
widely published in the field of Mathematical Logic, and has given
numerous lectures on his research at national and international
conferences, seminars and colloquia.
Dr. Zoble holds a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Kansas, an
M.A. and Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of California at
Berkeley, and an M.A. in Economics from Yale University, where he was a
University Fellow.
Joseph
D. Masci
Creative
Director
"Absolutely beautiful." "Visually stunning."
"Creative geniuses."
These aren't our words (although we must admit, we do like them). These
are the words of casino players from around the world, describing their
favorite H5G games and the people that make them.
Joseph Masci oversees an incredibly talented staff that has worked
tirelessly to create some of the most visually appealing casino games
on the market. Under his leadership, the art department has earned a
premier reputation among industry experts as providers of
groundbreaking and exciting visual content.
Mr. Masci oversees and approves virtually every visual product of the
company. His primary role as Creative Director of High 5 Games is to
cultivate an environment that encourages creative dialogue so that the
best ideas can get realized.
With more than a dozen full-time artists and 20 creative consultants
that he has personally selected, Mr. Masci draws upon his own
professional experience as an illustrator, animator, graphic designer,
and art director as he seeks out and retains top talent from around the
world.
Mr. Masci has more than a decade of experience in the casino gaming
industry as both an artist and a game developer, and he has played an
instrumental role in securing several gaming patents for H5G.
A member of the Art Directors Club of New York, Mr. Masci holds a B.A.
in Illustration and Design from the State University of New York.
Alexandra Singer
Director
of Business Development
Between 2008 and 2010, High 5 Games more than
doubled in sized thanks to its unprecedented and unparalleled success
at creating player-friendly products.
As H5G developed into what it is today, the company was determined to
continue to address the growing needs of an ever-changing industry,
while maintaining the innovativeness and energy that made the company
so successful in the first place.
With expertise in sales, marketing, and organizational development,
Alexandra Singer helped to usher in a new era for H5G. She played an
instrumental role in establishing and cultivating the company's
Accounting, Quality Control, Human Resources, Administrative, and IT
departments, while serving as a communications liaison between the
departments.
Ms. Singer also spearheaded the company's recruiting process during
this pivotal time. Taking pride in her ability to spot top talent, Ms.
Singer has helped H5G round out its staff with dedicated and
accomplished professionals.
As H5G looks toward the future, Ms. Singer will identify new areas and
opportunities for growth while establishing and maintaining
relationships with current and potential H5G business partners.
Prior to joining High 5 Games, Ms. Singer served as a Technical Manager
for WorldCom and developed a cohesive pre-sale support strategy that
provided end-to-end project control and customer care for the company.
Ms. Singer earned her B.S. in Business Administration from Cornell
University.
Susan
Shields Furchak
Director
of Human Resources
As
the Director of Human Resources, Susan Shields Furchak is responsible
for the evaluation and fulfillment of High 5 Games' talent management
strategy. She works closely with management to develop, deliver, and
promote enterprise-wide human resources best practices and talent
acquisition.
Ms. Shields Furchak is also responsible for employee learning and
development, rewards and recognition, change management, performance
assessments and succession planning, among many other employee
initiatives focused on driving productivity through engagement.
With more than 15 years of progressive human resources experience, Ms.
Shields Furchak has previously held senior human resources leadership
roles in a number of industries including insurance, customer care and
distribution, publishing, telecommunications, and consumer products.
Most recently, she served as a senior human resources consultant to
Hiscox, USA.
She has also served as Director of Human Resources with Publishers
Circulation Fulfillment (PCF), where she focused aligning talent with
business imperatives, workforce analytics, human resources technology,
and compensation design. Prior to joining PCF, she served as a senior
human resources member with Arch Communications and Oxford Health
Plans, where she obtained proven results in the areas of organizational
capability, development and employee relations. In addition, Ms.
Shields Furchak spent nearly ten years with the Unilever organization,
where she held a variety of positions focused on talent acquisition,
development and retention, performance management, compensation and
benefits design, and training.
Ms. Shields Furchak holds a bachelor's degree in Business
Administration from St. Thomas Aquinas College and a MBA with a
concentration in human resource management from Iona College. She also
holds Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and Human Capital
Strategist certifications.
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