GALA

Eric Schiermeyer, co-founder and co-CEO of Gala Games, is a veteran of the tech and gaming industries with a long history of pioneering innovations in social gaming. Before founding Gala Games, Schiermeyer co-founded Zynga, the company behind popular games like FarmVille, which revolutionized social gaming on platforms like Facebook. Over his 15-year tenure at Zynga, he helped build the company into a global gaming powerhouse.

In 2019, Schiermeyer founded Blockchain Games Partners Inc., the entity behind the Gala network, which brings blockchain technology to gaming, enabling decentralized ownership of in-game assets. Through Gala Games, Schiermeyer is pioneering a new era of gaming where players have more control over their virtual assets and gameplay experience, leveraging blockchain to create decentralized, player-driven ecosystems.