Executive

Andrew Ayre, CEO, became majority shareholder of Other Ocean Interactive in June 2007. Prior, he was a co-founder, Co-President and former Executive Director of Foundation 9 Entertainment where he helped grow the company into the largest independent video game developer in North America with 11 studios and 750 employees. Andrew maintains a West Coast business presence for the PEI studio in Emeryville, California. Throughout his career, Andrew has played a key role in M&A, corporate development, business development, key relationships and strategy. Prior to Foundation 9, he co-founded and served as President of Backbone Entertainment. In 1992, he co-founded Digital Eclipse, where he served as President from January 1995 until it's merger with Backbone Entertainment in 2003. Andrew grew up in Newfoundland and has a B.A. degree in Government from Harvard University.

Management

Deirdre ("Beep") Ayre, Studio Head, has over 20 years experience working in the entertainment industry. She has developed concepts, written and produced programs, corporate videos and countless commercials for the broadcast industry. She has also worked with a number of small and medium sized businesses taking an idea, evaluating, writing plans, and establishing successful enterprises. She has extensive experience in evaluating projects for funding and investment purposes for both federal and provincial governments and the private sector. During her time with the company, Deirdre has been involved with and responsible for all aspects of studio management. She has overseen and been responsible for the successful development of projects for Xbox 360 Live Arcade and has recently begun development for licensed handheld projects and other downloadable titles. She is certified with several national communications organizations and has a degree from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute with a concentration in Production.

David Fanjoy, Senior Producer, holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of New Brunswick and a Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Information Technology. He has over 8 years of Senior Project Management experience. His first project with the company was the highly anticipated Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for the Xbox 360 Live Arcade. He came to the company from Spielo Gaming International, one of North America’s leading Video Lottery Gaming Companies, as a Senior Game Development Manager. While at Spielo, in addition to his involvement with third party intellectual property, David was responsible for over seeing the development and successful delivery of over 40 of the industry’s top video lottery games.

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