Mark Dolven has been involved in gaming and eSports for over 12 years. He has created and managed one of the most successful Counter-Strike teams in the U.S for the past four years in Team Pandemic. Pandemic scored big with a fourth place finish at the 2006 WSVG Grand Finals in New York and a first place finish in CEVO Professional Season IV.

Pandemic currently has divisions for Counter-Strike, Call of Duty 2, Warcraft 3: DotA, World of Warcraft, and Guitar Hero 2. The team earned over $40,000 in winnings in 2006 and is one of the more professionally oriented organizations around.

Mark now steps down as leader of Team Pandemic and has been selected to the position of General Manager for the Championship Gaming Series, Charlotte, North Carolina franchise.

Related:
Team Pandemic GameSense Statistics
Dolven Interview at the Bridge CGS Qualifier

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Dave Geffon is a true "player's coach". He has not only managed at the top levels of his game, he has also managed to play at the top level of his perspective game as well. That game is Counter-Strike and Geffon has made his fame as player and coach for one of the long time top north American CS teams, Team 3D. Team 3D's accomplishments include a first place finish at WSVG Lanwar in Kentucky last year and second place in the CGI 2006 event in San Francisco and a host of previous national and international accomplishments.

Geffon has appeared on a variety of television programs over his six year stint in eSports on the likes of ABC's World News Tonight, to the Championship Gaming Invitational in 2006. Geffon is a well respected and highly liked individual in the PC competitive community and has the overall experience to lead a successful organization.

Geffon now replaces Craig Levine as manager of Team 3D and takes the helm as General Manager for the Championship Gaming Series, New York, New York franchise.

Related:
Team 3D GameSense Statistics

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Alex Conroy is the well known and liked, charismatic, Owner/Manager of Jax Money Crew. His flamboyant style of management and suit and tie dress has made him a celebrity of sorts in the Counter-Strike community. JMC boasts a long list of U.S. and international accomplishments and have been one of the top North American CS teams for the past couple of years.

JMC finished third at the CPL Winter 2005 event and finished up 2006 Winter CPL as the top placing American team and has had much success over the years in CAL and CEVO leagues. With the recent switch to Source and the re-addition of David "Zid" Chin and addition of Josh “Dominator” Sievers, JMC is again reclaiming its spot among the top Counter-Strike teams in the nation.

Alex Conroy will now take his place among the CGS General Managers and overseeing the Dallas, Texas franchise.

Related:
Jax Money Crew GameSense Statistics
Jax Interview at the Bridge CGS Qualifier

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Jason Lake is the outspoken, passionate leader of the Complexity Syndicate. Jason is also very much a family man and an accomplished lawyer with his own corporate real-estate firm, Lake & Associates, P.C. His worldwide accomplishments with Complexity are every bit as impressive as his everyday “real world” life.

The number one ranked Counter-Strike team in the U.S recently won the CEVO Professional CS: Source Season 3 tournament and have a long list of worldwide LAN event top placings including a third place finish at WSVG LANWar 2006 and a first place finish at the 2006 WSVG ISC.

Jason now takes the top job in the Championship Gaming Series Los Angeles franchise, which just happens to be the new home of his favorite CS lineup, Complexity.
Related:

Complexity GameSense Statistics
Complexity House Announced

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Brian Flander is another “player’s coach”. He has spent most of his time in eSports at the keyboard, in several games including Quake, Counter-Strike and Pain Killer. Flander has won a variety of national and international competitive eSports competitions as far back as the WCGC Unreal Tournament 1v1 competition in the year 2000 in Seoul, Korea. Brian is very well known and liked throughout the PC competitive community and has been in the top echelon of each of the games he has played. His name and brand are also well known in the community for his “DKT” brand mousepads and his marketing work with Everglide.

Flander has played on several teams of top caliber including his early days of Counter-Strike and Quake with the likes of rdw, DoP, echo7, zEx, x6 and more. Flander also brings managerial skills to the table with his management of Team Onslaught. Those skills combined with his pioneering of gaming product marketing makes him a good choice indeed for the CGS.

Brian now takes command of the Championship Gaming Series Chicago, Illinois franchise.

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Kat Hunter comes in under the radar of the Counter-Strike and PC community but don’t let that fool you. She is one of the most qualified of the CGS General Manager selections.

Hunter sports a long history of competitive gaming herself with Ubisoft’s Frag Dolls. She was a member from 2004-2006 and toured the MLG Pro Circuit. She has competed in a host of console titles and PC titles and is well respected and known in the console community. She also brings to the table a nice body of work in eSports journalism with GameTrailers/MTV Networks and other varied media outlets. Her articles and video work speak volumes as to her knowledge of eSports on the whole.

Hunter’s management skills have been honed in the last year with her work in advertising/marketing as producer/manager for EVB in San Francisco and she is considered by insiders to be “overqualified” for her position at CGS. Kat Hunter will now assume the General Manager duties of the Championship Gaming Series San Francisco franchise.

Related: www.kathunter.com