Mr. Rider founded The Rider Travel Group in 1982, with the vision of servicing the needs of business travelers while managing a corporation's travel budget. Focusing solely on the needs of the corporate travel sector, Mr. Rider created a company that grew from modest billings of $1 million in 1982 to over $600 million in 1999. During the last several years, through his holding company The Rider Group Inc., he has developed and/or fostered a number of new businesses in the fields of entertainment, technology and travel. An active angel investor subsequent to the successful divestiture of The Rider Travel Group, Mr. Rider is now positioned to add value to high growth organizations in a widening range of markets. Mr. Rider is the co-founder of Timeplay Entertainment Inc. and currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Rider also sits on the Boards of Waterloo based Intelligent Mechatronic Systems (IMS) and Demeure Destination Club.
Jon is the founder of TimePlay Entertainment. In 1996 Jon co-founded and was CEO of Playdium Entertainment Corporation "Playdium", a leader in developing and operating high-end interactive entertainment centers.
Jon raised more than $120 million to grow the business as a start up to over 50 locations and over 1000 employees. He formed partnerships with Sega Japan, Viacom's Famous Players cinemas, IMAX Corporation and several NBA and NHL teams, among others. His shareholders included Sega of Japan, GameWorks (whose shareholders were Universal and DreamWorks).
Dinny brings over 10 years of broad finance, accounting and IT experience in the entertainment industry to the Company. Dinny is a Chartered Accountant and began his career in 1992 with Ernst and Young, in Toronto, Canada.
While at Paragon Entertainment Corporation, Dinny was the Director of Finance for three years.
Aaron brings diverse experience over his 18-year career, leading several well-known brands spanning consumer packaged goods, retail, entertainment and gaming. In addition to overseeing all facets of Marketing, Aaron has gained a bigger picture approach through roles in Sales and General Management and working with global brands. Aaron possesses a unique combination of strategic thinking and intimate consumer understanding which has led to exceptional growth of progressively larger businesses.
Elkin brings on broad exceptional IT management and technical expertise, and over 16 years of increasing professional responsibilities. His extensive knowledge, experience and leadership across different software and hardware platforms and applications, extending from eGaming, PC Gaming, Interactive Multimedia, Wireless (Enterprise and Consumer), Internet, to Telco and Consulting Services, makes him an excellent foundation as a high performance leader of the TP Engineering & Operations Team.
Steve has 18 years experience in the UK gambling industry. He previously worked for the Rank Group working for subsidiary companies of Top Rank and Mecca, and alongside Grosvenor casinos and Blue Square Online, as well as all their partners, progressing in his professional responsibilities.
Based in TimePlay's Los Angeles office, John brings over 13 years of production experience to the Company's content creation process. John has experience in both internal development and the publishing side of the video game industry and has worked on million-selling game franchises like World Wrestling Entertainment and You Don't Know Jack.