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John ZaleskiCo-Founder
The Fantasy Factor Game is the brainchild of Fantasy Sports Legend John Zaleski. John is a pioneer in the fantasy industry and has owned and operated Ultimate Fantasy Sports since 1988. From 1997-1999, John was co-host of award winning "Fantasy Fever" Internet Radio show from on sportsline.com. In 1999, John was one of the twelve founding board of the now 110-member Fantasy Sports Trade Association, FSTA.org
The Fantasy Factor Game is the brainchild of Fantasy Sports Legend John Zaleski. John is a pioneer in the fantasy industry and has owned and operated Ultimate Fantasy Sports since 1988. From 1997-1999, John was co-host of award winning "Fantasy Fever" Internet Radio show from on sportsline.com. In 1999, John was one of the twelve founding board of the now 110-member Fantasy Sports Trade Association, FSTA.org
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Sports have been a part of Dustin's life since his days of pulling baseball stats from USA Today during Spanish class in Junior High. Eventually, that passion for sports led to an early career in the golf and country club industry (and some poor Spanish class grades). Recently, Dustin put his golf career on permanent hold and jumped head first into the Fantasy Sports Industry by joining a small group of investors in the acquisition of the World Championship of Fantasy Football (WCoFF). He now thrives in a leadership role at WCoFF building memorable Fantasy Sports experiences for participants while remaining an active and influential voice in the industry.
During his spare time, Dustin enjoys time with his wife and looks forward to opportunities to share his passion for sports with his two boys.
Shawn Childs is widely considered the most successful Fantasy Sports Professional in the world with over 30 top finishes in major events and career fantasy earnings approaching $200,000. Sought out for his fantasy insight on both baseball and football, Shawn can often be heard on the World Championship of Fantasy Football (WCoFF) Blog Talk Radio program, and is a regular contributing writer at Baseballmafia.com.
Shawn makes his home in Cape Cod and is a huge Red Sox and Patriot’s fan. He has been actively involved in Fantasy Sports since 1989.
Jeff Erickson is the Senior Editor and Co-Founder of RotoWire.com. He's the only two-time winner of Baseball Writer of the Year from the Fantasy Sports Writers Association (2007 and 2008), and winner of the Rotowire Fantasy Sports Hour on Blog Talk Radio, is a frequent contributor to Yahoo! Sports ‘Charging the Mound’ column, and was formerly the host of Fantasy Focus on XM Satellite Radio.
Jeff dies hard following the Bengals and the Reds, enjoys golf and poker, and lives with his wife and two daughters in Pasadena, California.
Jesse Herron is considered one of the top Fantasy Sports Professionals in the world today, and has successfully competed in a variety of large-field, high stakes contests. In 2007 he took his love for fantasy sports one step further as one of a small group of investors who acquired the premiere live-event in fantasy sports, the World Championship of Fantasy Football (WCoFF).
Besides serving as an owner-operator of WCoFF, Jesse serves as a fantasy expert for multiple fantasy outlets and hosts a one-week radio show during the football season. Jesse currently makes his home in Atlanta, Georgia, and is a big fan of the Falcons and Braves.
Chris Liss is the Managing Editor of RotoWire.com and “The Keeper” of the RotoSynthesis Blog. His column ‘Beating the Book’, where he has picked every NFL game against the spread since 1999 (at an astonishing 54 percent success rate), runs one-week during the football season on RotoWire.com, while his ‘East Coast Offense’, ‘Charging the Mound’ and ‘Give and Go’ columns run each week on Yahoo Sports. You can also catch up with Chris one-week during the football season on the Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Football Live webcast, while his podcast can be heard on Wednesday and Thursday mornings at noon ET on Blog Talk Radio.
Chris is a lifelong Giants and Yankees fan and lives along the beach in Venice, California.
Jules ‘Red Ryder’ McLean is co-owner of FantasyFreakinFootball.com and has over $51,000 in career fantasy earnings. She is a member of the World Championship of Fantasy Football (WCoFF) and Fantasy Football Tournament of Champions (FFToC) Hall of Fames. In 2006 she was the NFFC (National Fantasy Football Championship) Regular Season point leader.
Besides her obsession with Fantasy Football, Jules is a part-time screenwriter, and an avid New York Jets and Tennessee Vols fan. Jules is a California native and currently makes her home in Los Angeles.
Peter Schoenke is the President and Co-Founder of RotoWire.com devoting most of his time to running the day-to-day operations of one of the largest fantasy sports content sites in the world. And while his legacy may be as the inventor of the “fantasy player note”, he does find time to remain a frequent contributor to the website, even winning the ‘Best Fantasy Baseball Article on the Internet’ from the Fantasy Sports Writers Association in 2005
In his spare time he roots for the Minnesota Twins, Vikings and T-Wolves, and around the office he's known as the guy who keeps drafting Mark Prior in hopes of a comeback. Peter is married and has two children, and makes his home in Madison, Wisconsin.
ZTHER INTERACTIVE is an award winning interactive design studio that was founded in 2002 by partners Ian Chin and Roger Kuo. Zther serves as the design and technology genius behind the patent pending Fantasy Factor application and website and has been retained by Fantasy Factor.
Zther is currently engaged in building iPhone and Blackberry App’s for the contests, and has begun development on the next generation of the Fantasy Factor App.
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