About Us

The IGN Pro League offers a professional, polished and interactive viewing experience to fans of eSports and supports the development of global competitive gaming through a sustainable tournament system that rewards professional players.

David "Deathlord" Ting

Title: VP of Engineering at IGN Entertainment

David loves scouting for new ideas and spreading creep so that his team can move faster. He is convinced that all of the major players in gaming need to work collaboratively in order to push eSports into mainstream and gladly leads the charge by IGN to help eSports rise in popularity in North America. David believes that the economics of the existing eSports ecosystem is broken, and is fully dedicated to reinvesting profit received back to the community to allow passionate players, commentators and fans make a living. David is in charge of the Engineering and eSports divisions at IGN, and works tirelessly alongside the rest of the IGN eSports team to bring a compelling experience to the fans. We want to improve the community, so please help IGN improve by providing your comments and feedback.

Edward Chang

Title: Associate Director of eSports

Edward has been involved in and out of eSports for over 10 years, recently rejoining the scene in 2010 with the launch of StarCraft2 with running a professional team and now, IGN eSports. Growing up in the San Francisco bay area (and living there currently), Edward enjoyed playing his share of first person shooters and strategy games, although admittedly the crown jewel of his collection would have to be Pokemon (Red not Blue). In his free time, he likes to cheer on his favorite sports teams, have eating contests and catch up on sleep. Little known fact: Edward isn't Yao Ming's cousin, but he is 6'5".

Alex Conn

Title: eSports Marketing and Operations Manager

Alex was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and currently lives in Scottsdale, Arizona but has also lived in Oregon, Tennessee, Maryland and New York. He grew up playing video games on both PCs and consoles and loved games like StarCraft 1, WarCraft 3, Super Smash Brothers and EverQuest. He became involved with eSports through playing in tournaments during the StarCraft 2 beta, getting picked up by a team, becoming a team manager, then running tournaments for team sponsors where IGN noticed his efforts. He is considered odd by his friends because he has passed up a legal career to work for his passion in eSports. He enjoys playing StarCraft 2 and reading in his free time.

Neha Tiwari

Title: Video Project Manager

Neha has been a g33k for as long as she can remember. A crowning memory in her childhood is beating Metroid on the original NES and discovering a bounty of pixelated blonde hair under Samus' helmet. It was in that moment that Neha knew she could beat even the biggest, baddest bosses IRL and succeed as a lady of technology. She has worked in new media for the past 7 years at TechTv, CNET, Revision3, Ziff Davis, and Justin.tv. For eSports, Neha hopes to create quality and informative videos for game enthusiasts across the world as well as take part in getting the gamers the best interactive experience. Neha loves Star Trek (and Star Wars) and has a bigger comic book collection than you - true fact.

Bennett

Title: eSports Lead Engineer

I make zeroes and ones dance. And when they don't, I bash my head against the keyboard. As the lead engineer of the Esports division, I direct a team of programmers and designers to deliver IGN's vision of what Esports should be: a new synergy of competitive gameplay and interactive media. Our goal is to build an experience that entertains, shocks, and inspires. When I run out of keyboards, I play a quick 1v1 and soldier on.

Ajay

Title: QA Engineer

Not only does Ajay provide psychic support, but he is also adept at keeping things hidden from sight - most notably bugs and glitches. He has an uncanny ability to Recall tiny details and put into Stasis threats to user satisfaction. Ajay could almost be called an Arbiter of IGN. Enjoying JRPGs, Strategy games, and DotA clones, Ajay is vigilant and feels your presence.