Wade Tinney

Wade Tinney has had a long and varied career in the tech industry. Wade began in 1996 as the Founder of Zesty International, a web design and development consultant. Wade then attended graduate school while continuing to work as a consultant. From 2001 to 2014, they worked at Mamamedia as Creative Director - Botblox, Large Animal Games as Founding Partner and CEO, and Lima Sky as Chief Product Officer. In 2006, they began working as Chapter Coordinator for the International Game Developers Association - New York City Chapter. From 2015 to 2018, they were Chief Product Officer at Genie AR. Wade is currently Chief Product Officer at Patched Reality.

Wade Tinney completed a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish Literature and Latin American Studies from the University of Delaware in 1995. Wade attended the University of Maryland in 1990-1991. From 1997-1999, they obtained a Master of Fine Arts in Design and Technology from the Parsons School of Design at The New School. Wade also obtained a Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) certification from Scrum.org in March 2018, a C1 in Spanish (Common European Framework of Reference for Language) certification from Instituto Cervantes in August 2016, a Multilingual Practices certification from FutureLearn in August 2017, and a Crossfit Level 1 Trainer certification from CrossFit, Inc.