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TRAPPER MARKELZ

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    TRAPPER MARKELZ

    • Welcome
    • About Me
    • Instagram
    • Poetry
    • Music
    • Projects
    • Contact Me
    • …  
      • Welcome
      • About Me
      • Instagram
      • Poetry
      • Music
      • Projects
      • Contact Me

      TRAPPER MARKELZ

      • Welcome
      • About Me
      • Instagram
      • Poetry
      • Music
      • Projects
      • Contact Me
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          TRAPPER MARKELZ

          HUSBAND. FATHER OF FOUR.

          POET. MUSICIAN. CYCLIST.

          SOFTWARE STARTUP LEADER

        • About Me

          HUSBAND. FATHER OF FOUR. POET. MUSICIAN. CYCLIST.

          SOFTWARE STARTUP LEADER

          Trapper was born in Alaska, educated at RIT in New York, worked enterprise IT in Chicago, and entered the consumer web/mobile/startup scene via Boston. He completed the Harvard GMP program in 2015 and has lived the ups and downs (mostly ups!) of a startup CEO. He spends his free time writing poetry, cycling when he can, producing techno music when inspired, plays some video games, appreciates a good Bourbon, and reads/watches anything science fiction.

           

          Trapper has over 20 years of direct experience building teams, companies, and shipping consumer-facing software products and experiences, many built around online communities. He is currently the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Beamable, a gaming development technology company based in Boston, MA.

           

          Prior to Beamable, Trapper was Chief Product Officer (CPO) of Disruptor Beam where he served as Game Director on Star Trek Timelines, worked with blockchain gaming technology, and managed studio production across multiple AAA mobile IP licenses game titles.

           

          Prior to Disruptor Beam, Trapper was the CEO of MeYou Health, working with large employers, small employers, health plans, benefits brokers, and consultants to deliver a wide range of clinically validated online communities that helped people move more, quit smoking, and improve their overall well-being.

           

          Prior to MeYou Health, Trapper was co-founder of GamerDNA, a digital gaming media company that derived insights on the gaming community. This intelligence was applied to many businesses in social media, online content, and advertising solutions for publishers and brands.

           

          Prior to GamerDNA, Trapper co-founded 360voice.com, an online Xbox gaming community that pioneered auto-blogging technology to drive new ways of interacting around games using data. As part of that project, he designed and coded a data-driven competitive gaming system for Proctor & Gamble that integrated into the Xbox 360 game console as part of a large media campaign that handed out over $100k in prizes.

           

          Trapper also worked in Chicago, IL for Spencer Stuart and Associates for over 8 years, pioneering agile development methods and the adoption of enterprise technology.

           

          Trapper lives in Arlington, MA with his wife Maureen, three daughters Hannah, Lucy, Alice, and his son Jack.

        • Instagram

          Check out the latest adventures in all things Trapper

        • Poetry

          I've been writing since 2019 and publishing since 2020. Published works are available online and in print.

          Anxious Prayer, Place of Stones, and On the Line are forthcoming in an issue of The Banyan Review.

          September 2022

          Rich People is forthcoming in an issue of The Bangalore Review.

          September 2022

          Negative Land is forthcoming in Issue #16 of Wild Roof Journal.

          September 2022

          The Longest Echo is available in Issue #17 of The Closed Eye Open Web Micros

          July 2022

          Will I Be Your Tragedy?, The Day We Talked About Death At Church, and End of an Era are available in Issue #37 of Shot Glass Journal

          June 2022

          Childproof Sky is available in print issue 45.2 of The Journal

          May 2022

          See You at the Air Down and Glass Coffin are in the January 2022 issue of The Write Launch

          January 2022

          Nowhere on All Sides is available in Issue 5 Fall/Winter 2021 of the The Moving Force Journal

          December 2021

          An Orange in the Sun is available in the Fall 2021 Issue 110 of The Greensboro Review

          December 2021

          Snow-Colored Home is available in the October 2021 issue of Dillydoun Review.

          Published October 2021

          Who Goes First, Scrolling, and When She Looked Over the Expanse is available from Cathexis Northwest Press.

          Published October 2021

          You Will Need Foor For The Journey is available in Issue XXXIII of High Shelf Press.

          Published August 2021

          End of the Road is available in Volume 11 of the The Stillwater Review

          Published May 2021

          A Midnight Clear, It seems like the back wheel got him, and Off to war, daughter are available in Vol 2 No 2 of Hole in the Head Review

          Published May 2021

          Marlborough is available in Issue 4 Vol 2 of Passengers Journal

          Published April 2021

          Summer Camp is available in the journal Prometheus Dreaming

          Published March 2021

          Walls is available in Issue 2 Vol 2 of The Dillydoun Review

          Published March 2021

          First Snow is available in the Winter 2021 issue of The Baltimore Review

          Published January 2021

          Boundaries is available online and in the compilation Words of Power edited by Kevin Watt

          Published October 2020

          Various new and experimental work is available on Medium.

          Childproof Sky and Random Acts of Chance are chapbooks authored by Trapper Markelz looking for a publisher. If you are interested, please contact me below!

        • Music

          Check out my electronic music album Above available on Bandcamp, Soundcloud, and Spotify

        • Projects

          A few things I'm always working on...

          My Company @ Beamable

          Beamable's mission is to enable Unity game developers to easily add social, commerce, and content management features to their games. If you are a game maker, come check us out! Maybe we can help!

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          ClearIce.Life

          I'm a huge bourbon/tequila enthusiast. I'm also a huge fan of the quality and experience of ice used when pouring and drinking high end spirits. At ClearIce.Life, I chronicle this adventure and the various makers and enthusiasts around the world.

          Check it out

          My Discogs Vinyl Collection

          I did some Trace/Prog/House DJing back in the early 2000s. I still have over 250 albums and 300 records that I've put up on Discorgs. It is all classic electronica from 1999-2003

          Take a look

          My NFT Collection

          As a technology enthusiast, I love exploring the latest trends. NFTs are lighting the crypto world on fire and I am involved in a number of communities and projects. You can see a portion of my collection in this 3D gallery.

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          My Original Star Wars RPG Campaign

          In 2021, I wrote up a custom four-session campaign for Fantasy Flight Games' Star Wars RPG system. I borrowed heavily from ideas, text, and images across the internet to put all their pieces together for my players. I present that campaign here as a Google Doc and supporting Google Sheet and Google Slides to provide ideas for other players. If you use anything from my campaign, I'd love to hear about it!

          Check it out

          My TEDx Talk @ Youtube

          Fulfillment Mechanics

          In 2010, I gave a TEDx Nashville talk on the role of gamification in product design. It was an amazing experience.

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