Gordon X. Graham, Founder & Chief Executive Officer

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Gordon X. Graham is the Amazon bestselling writer of Heroin(e) : Entropy, Heroin(e) : Hermetic and Heroin(e) : Out of Body. His fourth novel, Heroin(e) 4 : The Original Sins, is a prequel to his first three books and will be published in 2026. Gordon is also an accomplished screenwriter, filmmaker and TV showrunner. Gordon is an alumnus of New York University's Tisch School of The Arts, the New York Film Academy and the University of Maryland, and was a standout wing on Maryland’s varsity rugby team.

 

Gordon is also a chess enthusiast - his favorite player is José Capablanca - and is a talented player himself. Gordon is a FIDE Chess Master (FM) with a 2309 peak rating in bullet chess, meaning he's ranked in the top 5% of chess players worldwide. 

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In addition to being a prolific chess player, producing video games, writing novels, writing screenplays, directing  and producing films, Gordon is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of hypermodern. hypermodern is a film, television and software production company dedicated to producing visual art, centralized around real-world suspense and intrigue.

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Shawn Dayton, Chief Investment Officer

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Mr. Dayton proudly began his service in the Marine Corp in 1986. In 1994 Shawn began his venture capital career in the telecom industry. In 2000, he moved into the Energy sector within the oil and gas industry as a registered representative at Reef OG. In 2010, Mr. Dayton joined FIG Tree Capital as the Sr Vice President of funding and partnered in funding 25 oil and gas drilling projects which have drilled over 130 wells and 2 saltwater disposal facilities. Mr. Dayton has raised capital within the transmedia intellectual property, direct energy, real estate and technology sectors, and now serves as the CIO at hypermodern.

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Austin Plants, Chief Legal Officer

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Austin Plants is hypermodern's Chief Legal Officer. Austin is an experienced and well versed Mergers and Acquisition (M&A), intellectual property, entertainment and contract lawyer, and supervises all of hypermodern's business activities. ​

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