Matcherino

As one of the industry's leading tournament management platforms, we empower tournament organizers and game publishers to easily monetize and grow their communities. Our proprietary, easy-to-use tools optimize tournament revenues for organizers. We generate revenues through licensing fees, transaction processing, and ad revenues. With partnerships across top publishers and 2,000+ tournament creators, we believe we provide the essential infrastructure gaming tournaments need to thrive.

, Grant FarwellChairman & CEOGrant Farwell, CEO and Chairman of Matcherino, is instrumental in major partnerships with clients like ACCO Brands, Blizzard Entertainment, and Amazon. His role includes fundraising, product roadmap planning, personnel management, and investor relations.
Notably, he co-founded Barc, Inc., a chat platform that integrated crypto functionality, demonstrating his innovative approach to technology. A self-taught coding hobbyist and former top 10 Starcraft 2 player in 2v2, Farwell’s unique blend of tech and gaming knowledge aids in his strategic leadership.
Upholding transparency and compliance in business, he is focused on contributing to the future of monetary systems through his work.
Mark WasowiczChief Financial Officer (Part Time)Mr. Wasowicz oversees all financial and accounting operations as well as administrative activities for the Company. He serves as Engagement Director for CLA Cast which, among other things, delivers custom accounting solutions for clients ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies.
He served as CFO for Protingent, CFO of VCFO, CFO of Blue Rooster, Inc., CFO of Allys, Inc., CFOof Dimension4 and Senior Finance Manager with Amazon. Mr. Wasowicz received an MBA from the University of Washington’s Michael G. Foster School of Business and a B.A. in Accounting from Washington State University.
Mark works 10 hours per week for Matcherino.
Hunter HammondChief Technology OfficerHunter Hammond serves as Chief Technology Officer at Matcherino, having previously served as VP of Engineering since 2020. Hammond is a triple threat engineering leader who possesses great technical capability and extreme focus towards product design and delivery.
Before joining Matcherino, Hammond pursued graduate studies in computer science at the University of Washington and holds a Bachelors of Science degree in computer science from Seattle University.
While at Matcherino, he has successfully pioneered and developed a wide array of successful products in the areas of ad tech, event operations, and prize payments on the order of tens of millions of dollars.
Louis FasuloBoard MemberLou has extensive experience in the games business spanning both large publishers and development organizations. His previous company, venture funded Z2, was sold to King in 2015.
Perry Michael FischerBoard MemberMike Fischer is a 30-year veteran of the video games industry, having held positions including president and CEO of Square Enix America, VP of digil video at Amazon, and GM of Marketing for Xbox at Microsoft.
Brian CourtadeHead of ProductBrian Courtade has been the head of product for Matcherino for 5 years, he oversees product ideation, design, and execution.
Brian also manages Matcherino's EFG relationship, platform support, and publisher programs.
Before Matcherino, Brian was most notably a professional Hearthstone player. He has 12+ years of experience in gaming as a player and running events as an event organizer.
Originally using Matcherino to power an event as an organizer, he later joined the company to further develop the platform-tools to help other organizers.
Since starting at Matcherino, he has helped design and launched multiple products such as SponsorQuests, Publisher Whitelabels, and Event Payment Portals.