Dan is a game designer with two decades of industry experience. He is the CEO of Gamefroot based out of Wellington in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
He designs engaging digital experiences and sees video games as being instrumental in motivating children in the learning process.
Gamefroot is an online platform built by expert game developers and educators, to make learning authentic, fun and transformative.
Dan is also the co-founder of the Games for Learning conference with Rachel Bolstad from the New Zealand Council for Educational Research.
In a previous life Dan invented the world’s first WordPress eCommerce Plugin, this led to a movement that went on to disrupt the eCommerce space forever. This experience has led to a deep understanding of Open Source ecosystems, technology and open source law.
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