Meet the

Wishfarmers

Gary Arthur Douglas II, CISSP

A pro technologist with 15 years in networking, development and information security at Wells Fargo, Yahoo, PeopleSoft, Oracle and others, Gary is a lifetime geek. But he’s also a published artist with a talents in drawing, painting, writing and photography. Obsessed with bleeding-edge technology and fine art, he was predestined as a metaverse evangelist.

Founding “Chief Executive Wishfarmer”, he also serves as a principal systems developer. Read his blog, or contact him directly at garyd@wishfarmers.com

Sebastian Goodwin, CISSP, CCNA, MCT

Sebastian (”Dash Hax” in Second Life) is a published technology consultant, and an accomplished entrepreneur and manager. He brings a wealth of experience managing teams and developing business internationally for his own start-ups and for Fortune 500 corporations. Dash currently studies Applied Economics at the University of San Francisco.

Lisa Rein

Lisa is a prolific creator, smashing boundaries and bending genres every day as she goes from wide-angle to macro focus on matters of community, law and politics, artificial intelligence, technology, music, fine arts and more.

When not dissecting concepts like intellectual property, reporting election fraud, or writing noxious zombie theme songs, Lisa guides our strategies in promotion, community engagement, and media. We could put “marketing” in her title, but really she deserves better. In between changing the world, she practices Perpetual Swimming.

Steve Sekiguchi, CISSP

Steve is a professional technologist and entrepreneur who serves a key role as mentor and adviser on matters of business, strategy and downhill skiing. A Wishfarmers co-founder, Steve has also served in key roles at AutoDesk, Wind River Systems, Dorado and several Silicon Valley technology startups.

Chia-Ching Shen

Chia-Ching is an important member of our team, combining years of professional design expertise with unique strategies for businesses from retail clothing to consumer services. We’d call her business developer, but she deserves better.

Christopher Fisher

Web developer, computer geek, creator: If it’s done on a computer, founding member “KStarfire Rich” (as he’s known in Second Life) has probably done it. He combines this knowledge with imagination to help us produce our virtual creations.
“KS” earned a Business degree from Cal State Polytechnic University Pomona, and serves Wishfarming as a project manager, communicator and developer.

Fade Dana

Fade Dana is an Art student and famed Hat Mechanic, with a reputation for gritty urban environments and a wide range of virtual fashion and texture work. Her unyielding attention to detail and keen aesthetic sense are part of our most critical works. Fade was raised by wild vegetables.

Somatika Xiao

Official Director of Wishfarming, “Soma” is a thinker, a futurist - and possibly a “now-ist”, too. Charged with guiding our most critical works, he constantly crosses diverse techniques and technologies, while perfecting his own artistic talents as our most senior modeler.

Arbitar Basiat

Arbitar specializes in unusual uses for built-in facilities, also known as the “elegant hack”.

Also versed in web and database development, he’s often a contributor to Wishfarming integrations.

Anthony “Aden” Perez

Wishfarmers co-founder and Creative Director, “Aden” is incredibly inventive, specializing in in-world effects and a uniquely organic design style. His work was as central to our lauded 2005 GDC entry as to his line of in-world arts and artifacts.

Shadeac Darracq

Wishfarming Lead Machinimator, “Shade” is a full-time student dual majoring in Film and English. Her work is vital for capturing Wishfarmer concepts and creations for viewing outside the metaverse, and her vision extends far beyond the camera. She is adept in Final Cut Pro and Flash animation.

Blackthorn Hare

Hare has created sculptures and interactive environments in Second Life since July ‘04. His work is featured in many commercial, public, and museum settings in-world.

As a K-12 educator, he integrates technology closely with traditional creativity. Working on his master’s of art, his thesis is entirely within Second Life. The show of sculpture and environments will be on exhibit in Spring ‘08.

Fedor McNally

Though he is not actually a recognized “attourneh” in his locality, Fedor is nonetheless our chief counsel - in the invention of fun stuff! Equipped with his impervious head colander, Mr. McNally, esq., is part of The Wishfarmers’ secret sauce.