Nik Bonaddio

Nik Bonaddio began their career in 2005 as a User Experience Designer for Yahoo!, where they were the visual and interaction design lead for all ordering flows, representing $100 million in revenue. Nik then moved to Spongecell in 2008, where they were the Creative Director, responsible for a total overhaul of the brand, website, and product. In 2009, they became the Creative Director at Work Market, where they led the design and front-end engineering team for a Fred Wilson-backed startup. In 2010, they founded and became the CEO of numberFire, a predictive data analytics and new media startup focused on the sports industry. In 2015, they joined FanDuel as Vice President of Product, where they oversaw a 32-person, multi-disciplinary, international product/R&D team. Lastly, in 2020, Nik Bonaddio founded BigBrain, a live, multi-player social games company for real money.

Nik Bonaddio completed their Bachelor of Science in Information Systems from Carnegie Mellon University in 2004. Nik then went on to receive their Master of Science in Information Systems Management from the same university in 2005.