Nico Barnett

Nico Barnett is the current Head of Product at Playground. Prior to this, they were the Director of Product / Gaming Operations at Bitspawn Protocol from May 2021 to July 2022. In this role, Nico led the product management practice and was responsible for managing the product line life cycle from strategic planning to tactical activities. This included specifying market requirements for current and future products by conducting market research using multiple channels supported by on-going calls/visits to customers & users, preparing and maintaining a product roadmap, and developing and implementing a company wide go-to-market plan.

Before Bitspawn, Nico was with Rogers Communications for over 6 years as a Product Manager focused on Omni Channel. During their time there, they oversaw interdepartmental activities to execute plans and developed robust processes with vendors & contractors to meet high standards for integrity and operational excellence.

Nico Barnett graduated from Ryerson University with a Bachelor of Commerce in Business Management.

TBD - QA, Cait Smith - Sr. UX, and Ale Berteuris - UX/UI Lead report to Nico Barnett. They are on a team with Steve Ip - Token Marketing Advisor, Coral Garvey - Creative Director, and Ben Posner - Head of Accounting. Nico Barnett reports to Jia Ling Yang, Founder.