Casey Ayers

Casey Ayers is the President and Co-Founder of MegatonApps, LLC, a mobile app development studio. MegatonApps helps companies and entrepreneurs bring their products and services to the world’s leading mobile platforms in a meaningful way.  Casey also lends his expertise as a consultant and offers classes to help companies and individuals harness the power of technology and social media to increase their brand value and better connect with their customers.

Casey previously served in a number of roles, including Editorial and Features Director, for Advanced Media Network’s Kombo.com. While with Kombo, Casey used his background in economics and business to provide a unique perspective on game industry issues, such as international console pricing and the emergence of Apple’s iPod Touch as a legitimate gaming platform.

Casey also held the positions of Asian Economist and IT/Telecom Analyst in 2007-2008 for the Osprey Financial Group, a student managed investment fund entrusted with a portion of the University of North Florida’s endowment. While at the University, Casey served as Student Director of UNF’s Honors Program, where he was responsible for the development and execution of all student-related events for the program, including its innovative and unique freshmen orientation program.

Casey graduated with Honors from the University of North Florida, with a Bachelors of Business Administration in Economics and Investment Finance. After joining Deutsche Bank’s vanguard class of employees in Jacksonville, Casey chose to continue his education  by joining the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College, where he graduated with a Masters of Business Administration, focusing on Marketing and Entrepreneurship.  At Rollins, he conducted a guest lecture for a Human Resources class, where he helped Evening MBA Program students understand how they could apply social networking tools as both a job candidate and as HR managers.

Casey is also a member of Touchdown Jacksonville, a municipal effort to ensure the long-term future of the Jacksonville Jaguars, and a classically-trained pianist with seventeen years of performance experience.

Sean O’Neill

Sean O’Neill is the Vice President and Social Media Director for MegatonApps, LLC. Sean has been a key member in the growth of several companies. In 2002, he co-founded Advanced Media Network, parent company to Kombo.com and a portfolio of entertainment-related web properties. Kombo has been featured in reports by CNN, BBC News, The Washington Post and other world-class news sources. Kombo provides a unique voice for the gaming industry that delivers in-depth information relevant to both industry veterans and relative newcomers.

Sean also served as the Creative Marketing Manager for DriverSide.com, a Web 2.0 environment rich in car ownership advice, services and analytics that empowers car owners to make important decisions about buying, selling, servicing and enjoying their vehicles. Despite the historic volatility that has rocked the global credit markets, Driverside recently secured $5.3 million in Series B funding from Allegis Capital, which will help them continue to provide their valuable services to car owners while expanding their relationships with media outlets including Gawker Media’s Jalopnik, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and Popular Science.

Sean attended the Academy of Art University, with a concentration in animation, and has training in traditional illustrations, animation and story boarding. He received a number of awards while attending school for his work. He is currently enrolled in the Master’s Program at the Academy of Arts and looks to apply the creative knowledge he is obtaining to his future ventures.

Sean lives in beautiful San Francisco, California. He enjoys traveling in his spare time, when he isn’t indulging his interests in film, animation and sports, or working tirelessly on his business ventures until four in the morning.