The Company
ZipZapPlay is a profitable, venture backed, startup founded in 2007 by Curt Bererton and Mathilde Pignol. We believe in making innovative, socially relevant games that unleash players’ creativity.
With Baking Life we brought innovative game mechanics and virals to the social games space and that's just the beginning. We are currently working on the next generation of social games.
We're a group of laid-back, smart and talented people who like to get stuff done. We don't like prima donnas or drama queens. If you're geeky and cool, you'll fit right in. Come join us!
The Management
Curt earned his Ph.D. in Robotics from the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. Prior to cofounding ZipZapPlay, he gained three years of game industry startup experience at AILive, an artificial intelligence middleware company, developing innovative machine learning tools.
Curt’s passion is to create something from nothing and have it take on a life of its own. Whether it is developing innovative products from concept to release, researching new algorithms and ideas in academia, or starting organizations, his goal is to make things that other people find valuable. Curt grew up on a farm in Alberta, Canada.
Mathilde Pignol, Chief Creative Officer
Interaction designer extraordinaire, user researcher and creative director. Mathilde earned her Masters in Human-Computer Interaction from Carnegie Mellon. She has 3 years of experience researching and designing state-of-the-art interfaces for web and technology product at eBay and frog design. Her specialty is in making products that are a delight to use.
Mathilde has an inordinate love for stinky cheeses, which might be explained by the fact that she is from Paris, France.
The Investors
Michael Dearing invested in ZipZapPlay very early on and sits on our Board of Directors. We appreciate his and Erik Rannala's support, vision and insight.
David Blumberg and Bruce Taragin have been an invaluable resource and source of inspiration. We are glad to have them on the team.
