Our team of
growth leaders

When you partner with MAVAN, you’re adding a team of specialists who’ve spent years scaling some of the world’s most successful companies.


MAVAN leadership team

  • Matt Widdoes Chief Executive Officer
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    Widdoes has built and led teams at various start-ups across the valley as well as iconic brands including RedBull, Intuit, Zynga, and King. He has deep experience across Operations, Marketing and Business Development. He’s worked cross-functionally to drive growth at massive enterprises and has been responsible for roughly $1B in media spend and billions of dollars in revenue. He is also an active angel investor and start-up advisor with a rich network of top talent across Silicon Valley and beyond.

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  • Malachi Rose VP of Growth
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    Malachi is a mobile growth veteran having spent the last 10 years growing some of the preeminent mobile gaming and fintech companies in the world. He has deep knowledge in performance marketing and has worked across almost every digital channel. At Zynga, he lead growth across all products, was responsible for nine-figure annual advertising budgets, built the growth marketing team, and helped the company achieve a profitable turnaround during his 3.5 years there. At Digit, he built a growth organization and scaled ARR by 3x in the first year.

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  • Ellyn Stanton Lead Project Manager
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  • Lawrence Valenti Chief Creative Officer
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  • Chanel DeVetter Head of Lifecycle
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Add a little jet fuel to your business

When you work with MAVAN, you get access to the best minds in growth. We know how to build from scratch, move existing systems in a new direction, and stand out in crowded fields. We use experimentation to identify the gaps the rest of the market is missing.

MAVAN Advisory Group

MAVAN Advisory Group (MAG) is an exclusive network of world-class executives that advise MAVAN across their agency operations and internal venture studio projects.

  • Daniel Barnes Chief Operating Officer, Forte
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  • Kimberly Pointer Corbett Chief Publishing Officer, Fortis Games
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  • Lea Dudum Chief Financial Officer, Elevation Advisory
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  • Bryan Kelley Director, Uber for Business, Global Marketing Programs and Operations
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  • Kfir Raiby Data Scientist, Afeka Tel Aviv Academic College of Engineering
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  • Jason Purdy Product Lead, Square
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  • Eric Kovalkoski Director of Growth, Digital Poshmark
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  • Ismail Maiyegun Chairman/CEO, Big Wolf Games
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  • Eric Seufert CEO Heracles LLC
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  • Brian Sapp Head of Growth Rec Room
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  • Jason Parmar Head of gaming UK + Nordic Tik Tok
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  • Aurelie Guerrieri Chief Marketing Officer, Data Dome
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  • Kyle Shields Art Director, Wealthsimple
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  • Steve Wu Product Lead, Gusto
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  • Brett Fischler CTO & Co-Founder Early Enterprise AI Startup
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  • David Diaz Co-Founder, Stealth
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  • Atif Khan VP of Business Thirdweb
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  • Brandon Fuller Co-Founder + Chief Creative Officer 1215creative
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  • Doug Thielen Senior Director, Global Brand and Product Marketing Dickies
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  • Matthew Snow Head of Product Design, Skillz
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  • Hilary Self Founder Higher Self Marketing Services
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  • Jeremy Leal Head of Sales and Marketing Uncle Terp
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Our Values

Proactive
Curious
Reliable
Efficient
Excellence

Proactive

We’re self-starters. We don’t wait around. We make things happen. We anticipate challenges and get to work on solutions before they’re needed. We always have a plan and we’re always three moves ahead.

Curious

We are lifelong learners. We ask big questions, we uncover big answers. Just because something is working, doesn’t mean we can’t make it work better.

Reliable

We do what we say we are going to do. We have each other’s backs. We’re there for our clients and each other. Whatever it takes, we get the job done.

Efficient

We don’t make things twice. We innovate, iterate, and optimize. We treat our client’s business like it’s our own. We don’t waste anyone’s time, money, or energy.

Excellence

We expect the best from ourselves and each other. The only way to deliver for our clients is for everyone to bring their A-game, every game. When we reach a goal, we set a bigger one, and smash it.