Pete Parsons, Boss (aka Mango)

One indigestion-fueled sleepless night gifted Pete with the vision for Fyreball. Before that he worked on a few little projects in the entertainment industry such as: the Flight Simulator and Age of Empire franchises, Halo, and Halo 2. As Studio Manager of Bungie Studios, creators of the Halo series of video games he helped Halo 2 break retail and entertainment records with over $125m of sales in just 24 Earth hours. Halo is one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful video games series of all time generating sales in excess of $900m. The franchise, under Parsons' leadership, went on to explode into other avenues, including New York Times best-selling novels, smash-hit Soundtracks, toys, the award-winning 'ilovebees' viral marketing campaign, and Slurpees.

In 2006, after completing pre-production on Halo 3, Parsons became Executive Producer of Interactive Entertainment for Microsoft Game Studios, forging a partnership between Microsoft and Academy Award winning director Peter Jackson, to create Wingnut Studios in New Zealand - a unique combination of Hollywood talent and video game industry know-how. Parsons has been fortunate enough to work with talented people who have won awards throughout his career including a Rave Award from Wired Magazine.

Unicorn Approval Rating: +9.34
Astrological Profile: Scorpio. "Imaginative and sensitive. Creative, artistic talent. Kind and loving. Impressionable and easily influenced by internal parasites."
Favorite Color: Refractive Titanium.
Pete's unique talent: Being photoshopped by artists who need more work.
Pete's favorite balls: Boomshine & Low Flying.

Michel Bastien, Production Director (aka Mumsy)

In the fall of 2002, Michel joined Bungie Studios to take on External Producer responsibilities on Halo for Windows. Upon completing this project in September 2003, he joined the Halo 2 production team, leading it through the final months of Halo 2's development. Then, in his role as Lead Producer, he guided Bungie's first formal preproduction development phase on Halo 3, the recently released final chapter to the Halo trilogy. Michel holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Sherbrooke.

Unicorn Approval Rating: -6.2
Astrological Profile: Gemini. "Adaptable, versatile, communicative and witty. Youthful and enduring despite a crippling fear of polydactyl felines."
Favorite Color: Telephone.
Michel's unique talent: Scrapbooking.
Michel's favorite balls: Half-Life in 60 Seconds & Damn Good Airplane Pilots!.

Ian Bone, Software Development Intern (aka Chief Link Magician)

Ian should be completing his CS degree at Grinnell College, but instead Pete's siren song has kept him trapped in the Pacific Northwest. Fyreball is the second startup Ian has worked for, and if his companies keep getting younger at this rate, he is due to found his own by 2009, making Ian an even younger CEO than Mark Zuckerburg.

Unicorn Approval Rating: +3.14159265
Astrological Profile: Sagittarius. "Optimistic, freedom-loving, restless and not reccommended for use by children under the age of 12."
Favorite Color: Red.
Ian's unique talent: Gets jobs at start-ups in one week or less.
Ian's favorite balls: Breakdown of Modern Web Design & Low Flying.

Michael Evans, Chief Technical Officer (aka Chief Technical Officer)

Armed with a Computer Science degree from Dartmouth, Michael toiled in the game industry from 1996 to 2006. He held multiple senior roles within Bungie. He was Lead Engineer and Project Lead on E3 best of show winning PC/Mac game Oni. After Oni he led the multiplayer experience on blockbuster videogame mega-hit Halo: Combat Evolved. He continued in his senior role at Bungie as an Engineering Lead on Halo 2. Other important roles include experience at Rare helping deliver the title Perfect Dark Zero for the Xbox 360 Launch. In addition, he worked on the game technology team at Apple Computer back when they made cool games for Mac.

Unicorn Approval Rating: +8.045
Astrological Profile: Pisces. "Imaginative, sensitive, intuitive with a racial passive that grants +6 to mining."
Favorite Color: Unknown Green.
Michael's unique talent: Real-time strategy games.
Michael's favorite balls: Untangle & Theo Jansen-Kinetic Sculptor.

Brian Guarraci, Senior Software Engineer (aka Bit Chef)

After 7+ years of writing to the metal with many high profile teams at Microsoft, Brian joined the Fyreball team late last year and our performance and Triathlon times have both decreased significantly. Brian focuses on all things Fyreball, but brings significant back-end, networking, and security experience after stints on Microsoft’s recently launched Health Solutions Group, Windows Vista Security and Instant Messenger 7. Prior to that he worked on the worked on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 team.

Unicorn Approval Rating: +8.2/-.008
Astrological Profile: Gemini. "Communicative, witty, lively, and resembles a cottontail rabbit on the electromagnetic spectrum."
Favorite Color: opacity:0.0
Brian's unique talent: eval('var reason = function() { reason = function() { reason(); }; }; reason();');
Brian's favorite balls: Cool Flash Physics & New Star Trek Movie Teaser.

Sam Keen, Software Engineer (aka Shazam!)

Why Fyreball? The Co-founder of the Portland PHP User Group, pdxphp.org, Sam brings his mad code monkey skills to Fyreball and we're grateful to have them. He also brings the ability to summon other groups of code nerds using only beer and pizza.

Unicorn Approval Rating: 3+5i
Astrological Profile:Capricorn. "Strong leadership ability; generates ideas, delegates the details to others, and flourishes in boggy marshes."
Favorite Color: Blue LED.
Sam's unique talent: Despite his impressive height, he cannot play basketball.
Sam's favorite balls: Unknown!

Mike McCain, Designer (aka Dark Lord of the Sith)

Mike McCain is Fyreball's treasured polymath. A computer science graduate from the University of Washington, Mike doesn't just draw pretty pictures, he also pretends to know programming languages. If that isn't enough for you to want to clone the guy - he's also an Eagle Scout.

Unicorn Approval Rating: +10.98
Astrological Profile: Cancer. "Nurturing, shrewd, imaginative, but deathly allergic to microwaved pasta."
Favorite Color: Blue.
Mike's unique talent: Five-point palm exploding heart technique.
Mike's favorite balls: The Meanest Thing Gizmodo did at CES '08 & Crazy Cool Stop Motion.

J. Brett Nowak, Business Development Manager (aka The Dude)

Our most recent hire, Brett will be laser focused on driving our partner strategy, customer acquisition and product management. Prior to joining Fyreball, Brett was a product manager at Mindsite.com with Redfin co-founder David Eraker. Brett hails from Harvard University and we are proud to say that hopes for a Fyreball hockey team are high as Brett played 3 years professionally in the AHL.

Unicorn Approval Rating: +7.7
Astrological Profile: Taurus. "Tenacious, discerning, affectionate, and naturally impervious to minor electrical shocks."
Favorite Color: Blue...no yelloooooow.
Brett's unique talent: A River Runs Through It.
Brett's favorite balls: White Dwarf Game & Battle at Kruger: Lion + Buffalo vs Croc.

Jeremiah Pieschl, Test Manager (aka Pest Control Technician)

Like several other Fyreballers, Jeremiah was forged in the heat of the mines of Bungie Studios. As a dominant member of the Quality Assurance team from 2003-2007 he broke every iteration of the Halo series so you couldn't.

Unicorn Approval Rating: +5
Astrological Profile: Astrological Profile: Aries "Adventurous, courageous, impulsive and has two livers, but one of them is in a jar under your bed."
Favorite Color: Orange.
Jeremiah's unique talent: Patience.
Jeremiah's favorite balls: The Meat of Kings & Don't be a douche, it's just a phone.

Kathleen Sanders, Community Developer/Manager (aka Master Debater)

Kathleen left a glamorous and exciting job in videogame enthusiast press to enlist with this rabble of rapscallions. She brings with her years of nerdery and many contacts in the upper echelons of the nerd beau monde. Her partner, Minerva, is the world's greatest chihuahua and increases happiness and productivity by a minimum of 675%. Kathleen also happens to be the world's undisputed foremost authority on unicorns and unicornery.

Unicorn Approval Rating: Natural +20
Astrological Profile: Gemini. "Empathetic, creative, moody, and prone to outbursts of unicornery."
Favorite Color: Me Badd song: "I wanna sex you up!"
Kathleen's unique talent: Unicorns.
Kathleen's favorite balls: Robot-the ride & Pax-On-the game.

Michael Winser, Iconoclast (aka Cheerleader)

Why Fyreball? Michael wears many coats and they have many colors. After 16 years with Microsoft, Michael jumped headlong into the world of start-ups. He helps ours out whilest operating as the CTO of Souptoys.com (they are rad check it out!)

Unicorn Approval Rating: +9.314
Astrological Profile: Sagatarius. "Restless nature, bores easily; loves to travel, often athletic and needs to be outdoors as has been known to suddenly explode into a cloud of fire ants."
Favorite Color: Cyan.
Michael's unique talent: Untangled that which hath been tangled.
Michael's favorite balls: Unknown!