Executive Officers

Paul Martino, 46
Executive Chairman

Mr. Martino served on the board of directors of FanDuel from 2012 through 2017. He is the (co-)founder of multiple companies, including: Ahpah Software, a computer security firm acquired by InterTrust (Nasdaq: ITRU, now owned by Sony); Tribe, a social network founded in 2003; and Aggregate Knowledge, a big data advertising attribution company acquired in 2014 by Neustar. Additionally, he has founded entertainment and media companies Bankroll Club LLC and 818 Media Productions LLC. Mr. Martino is a graduate of Lehigh University and holds a master’s degree in Computer Science from Princeton University.

David VanEgmond, 32
Chief Executive Officer

David VanEgmond has been with Bettor Capital, an investment and consulting platform focused on the U.S. sports betting and online real money gaming space, where he has been serving as Chief Executive Officer since its inception in June of 2020. Bettor Capital clients include organizations in the NFL, NBA, MLB, MLS, and WNBA who receive advisory services ranging from sourcing partners, negotiating sponsorship deals, structuring marketing or market access partnerships and more. Mr. VanEgmond has hands-on experience as an executive at both an operator and supplier in the sports gaming ecosystem. Prior to that, Mr. VanEgmond has been in the online real money gaming, technology, sports and digital media ecosystem for over a decade. He previously served in executive management positions in businesses at the convergence of sports betting and digital gaming in the United States, including time at FanDuel Inc. from 2015 to 2019 and Barstool Sports Inc. from 2019 until June 2020. Mr. VanEgmond received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Notre Dame.

Eric Wiesen, 46
President

Eric Wiesen has been with Bullpen Capital since November 2015. He has spent his career in technology and has been an entrepreneur, investor, advisor, and attorney. He began his career as a co-founder of Xert Computing while still an undergraduate at UC Berkeley. Xert was a provider of hardware and services to the 3D Graphics and Animation communities. In 2008, he joined RRE Ventures as a general partner. Mr. Wiesen was involved with RRE’s early investment at OnDeck and sourced the investment into BarkBox (recently went public via SPAC merger). Mr. Wiesen manages Bullpen’s investment in Carbon Health and sits on the boards of AvantStay, Bentobox, and Starcity. Mr. Wiesen holds a bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley, a Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School.

Duncan Davidson, 68
Executive Vice President

Duncan Davidson has been with Bullpen Capital since December 2010. He is a serial entrepreneur who most notably founded Covad Communications, a leading independent DSL provider that went public and reached a market value of $9 billion, and SkyPilot Networks, a developer of outdoor wireless mesh systems, acquired by Trillium in 2009 for connectivity to smart meters. He served as the SVP of Business Development at InterTrust and led its IPO in 1999 and the secondary in 2000 (InterTrust reached a $9 billion market value in 2000). Mr. Davidson spent four years as a managing director at VantagePoint Venture Partners where he focused on digital media and telecom investments including: Widevine, a digital rights management provider acquired by Google, ProtoStar, a direct-to-home satellite company, and Livescribe, a smartpen company. He served on public boards, including Genuity, Inc., a spinout of GTE Internetworking from Verizon and the last large initial public offering of the dot-com era, and DSL.net, a broadband provider. Prior to forming Bullpen, Mr. Davidson co-founded one of the first mobile social app companies, Xumii, which was later sold to Myriad Group and as of 2015 was powering over 200 million users in the developing world. Mr. Davidson received a Bachelor of Science in Physics and Math from Brown University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School.

Board of Directors

Melissa Blau, 52
Director

Melissa Blau has been a director at iGaming Capital LTD since 2006. Ms. Blau has been in the iGaming sector for over 17 years both as an advisor and operator. She is the Founder and Director (since 2006) of iGaming Capital, a leading iGaming consulting business assisting U.S. and European gaming companies develop their U.S. digital strategies as well as advisor to/investor in numerous companies in the sector. She is currently working with several casino and sports betting operators providing operational advisory into online sports betting operations or nationwide expansion. She has a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Brett Calapp, 46
Director

Brett Calapp founded Shadowfox Technology Inc. in 2018. He has spent 17 years in the online real money and social gaming space as an entrepreneur, executive and advisor specializing in building iGaming companies within regulatory frameworks. Mr. Calapp also served as chief social gaming officer of Pala Interactive LLC from 2015 to 2019. Mr. Calapp is a former board member of the College Poker Tour. He is a 12-year advisor to All In Magazine, focused on poker, fantasy sports and eSports. Mr. Calapp received a Bachelor of Arts in Business Communication and Marketing from Arizona State University and a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Graziadio Business School at Pepperdine University.

Les Ottolenghi, 59
Director

Les Ottolenghi is a former Executive Vice President & Chief Information Officer for Caesars Entertainment from 2016 to 2019. He led both the digital transformation and new digital product creation at both Caesars and Las Vegas Sands Corp. including iGaming, social gaming and e-sports initiatives. He currently is self-employed, working in cybersecurity consulting, and serves on the advisory board of several tech start-ups in the gaming industry. Mr. Ottolenghi received a Bachelor of Arts & Sciences in History from Duke University and a Master of Business Administration in Decision Information Analysis and Information Technology Strategy from Goizueta Business School at Emory University.