Also known around the internet as Sargonas®, J. is a 19 year veteran of the Video Game Industry (and naturally a passionate gamer), hobbyist photographer, 3D Printing enthusiast/maker, and devour-er of delicious food. Currently, I am an advisory at Xsolla, helping run their Indie Accelerator Program, acting as a mentor and guide to the studio founders who come through the program, providing 1:1 mentoring and support. Outside of that, I am also a freelance advisor to various studios and founders. Previously, I was VP of Ecosystem for Chia Network, US Office GM and DIrector of Partnerships for Genvid Technologies, Director of Third Party Ecosytsem for Riot Games, Founder and CEO of Honored, and a host of roles at EA, SCI, and ASUS before that. A more thorough history of my career can be found at https://jeckert.net.
I’m currently living in Las Vegas with a part-time getaway at my old apartment in LA (Santa Monica, technically), but I consider San Francisco my adopted home. I actually grew up primarily in Louisville, Kentucky after having originally spent my first 13 years in the small town of Jasper, Indiana however. My Girlfriend of 10 years has been living in Tokyo since 2018, where I visit her regularly and consider that my adopted overseas home-away-from-home as well. I guess I kind of travel a lot…
Along with (and related to!) the above hobbies, I also serve on the Board of Directors for SYN Shop (https://synshop.org), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that operates a makerspace/hackerspace serving the greater Las Vegas area. It’s kind of quite awesome, and if you are local (or visiting!) you should definitely check us out!
This site is a random collection of thoughts and experiences throughout my life on the internet, as well as breadcrumbs to my other ventures such as my Photography work and 3D Printing creations. It’s probably not all that exciting, but it’s nice for me to collect it all somewhere that I can look back on over time and reminisce, while keeping it within my control rather than some other social media platform I have to be beholden to.
If you want to find me elsewhere on the internet, a link to All The Things related to me can be found at https://me.sargonas.com