Leadership Team

Andrew Paradise is the CEO and founder of Skillz. Prior to Skillz, Andrew founded AisleBuyer, which was best known for pioneering mobile self-checkout prior to its sale to Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU) in 2012. Andrew has been the founding inventor behind companies in different technology sectors ranging from eCommerce to image recognition to HR technology. Andrew was named to the San Francisco Times’ 40 under 40 class of 2018.

Casey Chafkin is the Chief Revenue Officer and co-founder of Skillz. Prior to Skillz, Casey was the VP of Business Development for AisleBuyer (now Intuit GoPayment). Casey received his B.S. in economics from Duke University and his MBA from Harvard Business School.

Miriam Aguirre is the Chief Technology Officer at Skillz. Miriam is committed to fostering a strong and diverse engineering team, earning recognition from publications including VentureBeat and CIO Magazine for her passion and efforts to bring diversity to gaming and technology. A seasoned software engineer, she has also worked at companies including Financial Engines and Hewlett-Packard after earning her B.S. in Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Scott Henry is the Chief Financial Officer of Skillz. Prior to joining Skillz in August 2020, Scott served as Chief Financial Officer of Magic Leap from December 2014 until December 2019. Prior to Magic Leap, Scott was Chief Financial Officer at Beats Music and Beats Electronics (aka Beats by Dr. Dre). Scott has served as Chief Financial Officer at other companies, including Borders Group and Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS). Scott started his career on Wall Street in 1987 and spent nearly 18 years as an investment banker for some of the world’s largest financial institutions including ABN Amro, ING Barings, Prudential Securities and Salomon Brothers. Scott earned a B.S. in business administration from Syracuse University.