Alex Garcia

CEO at Metagigs | Immortalizing the Gig Economy in Video Games

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Would you rather drive for Uber or kill dragons for a living? We are building the next generation of player-driven game economies. Metagigs enables gamers to find and hire other players natively inside video games. With Metagigs, anyone can hire a coach to improve their fighting skills, a creator to build them an awesome base, a buddy to play online with, a manager to watch over their city while on vacation, and much much more in a safe & curated environment. Reach out to learn more! ---------- ⬇️ About Me ⬇️ ---------- Been an Entrepreneur all my life. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, but Madrid is my second home. CMU and Tepper alum. Passionate about soccer, marketing, AI tech, and video games. Some of the things I've done: ➡️ Started selling E-commerce products on Amazon ➡️ Ran an E-commerce advertising agency for about 3 years working with $500k+ companies ➡️ Co-founded an AI software development company delivering custom AI/ML solutions 👾 Currently working on the future of game design at Metagigs (www.metagigs.gg) 👾 Here's a quick 90s teaser of what we do at Metagigs: https://tinyurl.com/metagigs-intro-video2 Down to chat with anyone about anything, just send me a message. Cheers!

Experience

  • Co-Founder, CEO at Metagigs
    Aug 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

  • Co-Founder at Midas
    Dec 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 7 mos

    - AI & ML Software Development company out of Carnegie Mellon University (Ranked #1 in Ai) - Built and delivered custom ETL data pipeline solutions - Worked with top insurance carriers to streamline data management

  • Founder, CEO at AGIS Media
    Sep 2019 - Aug 2022 · 3 yrs

    - Founded Ecommerce Advertising Agency at 18, scaled to $20k/m revenue at 19 - Led a team of expert marketers with $10MM+ in combined ad spend - Worked with medium-sized companies making $250k-$1MM ARR - Generated $500k+ in revenue for clients - Notable clients: Geologie, Trainwell, Piper Finn

  • Business Development Representative at Aderant
    Jun 2019 - Aug 2019 · 3 mos

    - Intern doing Intern things

  • Founder at AGIS Goods
    Jan 2018 - Aug 2019 · 1 yr 8 mos

    - First business at 16 - Designed & Manufactured products in China to sell on Amazon.com - More of a learning experience than a financial success, but hey I was a kid 🤷🏽‍♂️