Oct 19, 2016, 5:30 – 9:00 PM (UTC)
Dublin City Hall, Dame Street, Dublin, Dublin 2
Sean is CEO and co-founder of PageFair. He co-founded his first business while still an undergrad at TCD. In 2003, he dropped out of his computer science PhD to launch DemonWare, building the online stack that powers games like Call of Duty (acquired by Activision Blizzard in 2007). In 2012, Sean launched PageFair to develop a sustainable publisher-focused solution to growing adblock adoption.
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Sean Blanchfield is CEO and co-founder of PageFair, the company at the forefront of the digital adblocking debate. He co-founded his first business, Phorest, while still an undergrad at TCD, exiting in an MBO 2 years later. In 2003, he dropped out of a PhD to co-found DemonWare.
DemonWare created P2P technology for video games, and helped drive the mainstream popularisation of multiplayer video gaming until its acquisition by Activision Blizzard in 2007. As CTO, Sean architected the online technology that powers some of the world’s most successful video games franchises.
In 2010 Sean and team witnessed first-hand the damage caused by ad blocking on their network of games websites. By 2012 they had launched PageFair to develop a sustainable publisher-focused solution to growing adblock adoption. Today, PageFair has been integrated on over 5000 websites, and is used by many leading international publishing brands.
Sean is a well-known figure in Irish technology, and is a frequent speaker, panelist, columnist, and occasional mentor and investor.
PageFair
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
5:30 PM – 9:00 PM (UTC)
| 5:00 PM | Registration |
| 5:15 PM | Interview/Q&A with Guest |
| 6:30 PM | Beer + Pizza + Networking |
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