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Dan Hampton

Co-Founder

Dan co-founded Mission One with over 15 years of recruiting experience. He has helped many innovative tech companies such as Scopely, Portola AI, Mistplay, Activision, Labster, and Mejuri to hire key leaders across Product, Engineering, Marketing, and CEO from Seed stage to Public. A former US Air Force Captain, Dan served as an Active Duty officer in the military for six years. He holds degrees from the University of Southern California and the University of Oklahoma.

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Gerard Miles

Co-Founder

Gerard has led on some of the top CEO, Product and Engineering searches in the world of computer games. His work with companies such as Scopely, Activision, Savvy Games, King and Epic Games has cemented his global reputation for excellence in identifying and placing exceptional leaders. He is also an active investor across AI & Games technology, having been an early backer of UK AI decacorn, ElevenLabs. Gerard read Theology at Oxford University before training for the Bar at Nottingham Law School.

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