Management Team

Over 100 Years of Combined Gaming and Professional Experience

Eric Whiteside, Manager

Mr. Whiteside has been working his entire business career in with small business environment. Working for others in the traditional business world in his early career, he was often challenged to correct specific issues and problems within small business. His areas of concentration in area commercial credit training, financial strategic placement, company structuring and project management. The rewards of these challenges and the successes that followed, led to the passion for a transition to a full-time, independent small-business advisor, management consultant, and change agent. The last 11 years have been spent as a change agent, implementing change management in a wide-variety of business environments, including family businesses and closely held companies; working exclusively with business owners and principals. He is a member of Project Management Institute, Risk Management Association and National Credit Management Association. He has received executive education training at the following institutions: Harvard Executive Education Program on Negotiations 1998, Columbia University 1997, and Massachusetts institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management 2002, Duke University Fuqua School of Business Executive Education Program on Financial Reporting for non Financial Managers 2002, and American Management Association Advanced Leadership Program 2004 and Project Management Training at Midland Technical College 2007.

DBLCLAN an online gaming community was established in 2003 by Mr. Whiteside and co founders Wayne Hayton, John Lewis, Don Johnson and Larry Clark. The purpose was recruit mature gamers that all had a common goal of mentoring to the youth that played online. The initial member age range was 28-38 years old and the goal was simple have fun in playing on XBOX Live and provide positive reinforcement for youth exposed to online. Mr. Whiteside personal goal is to provide mentorship to online gamers through positive goal directed online communities with a purpose.

Wayne Hayton, Manager

Mr. Hayton is currently licensed in Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina in the Life and Health Insurance industry and is currently appointed with four nationally known Insurance Companies. He is also a Certified Police Officer in State of Tennessee and has spent the last fourteen years as either a full time or reserve officer and was the first sworn Reserve Officer for the City. Mr. Hayton was the Vice President of a Commercial Real Estate Development Company for six years developing numerous Shopping Centers throughout Tennessee and Virginia as well as overseeing the leasing and property management of close to one million square feet and is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). Mr. Hayton is a Veteran of the U.S. Navy and served in the Dental/Medical field aboard the submarine tenders USS LY SPEAR, USS EMORY S LAND, and the USS HUNLEY of which Mr. Hayton received numerous letters of accommodations. Mr. Hayton has a passion for video gaming even though he is a few years older than the traditional gamer, and is proud to have developed friendships as well as business relationships through what you would refer to as a video game. Mr. Hayton believes it is more than just a game.

Charlie B. Williams III, Manager

Mr. Williams is the youngest out the group but is a prime example of the type of leadership qualities that DBL brings out in today's youth. Charlie B Williams III (27) is a creative professional in the Gaming entertainment industry and is quickly making a name for himself in his chosen field of profession. Charlie Graduated from the Illinois Institute of Art in Schaumburg IL. Upon Graduating in 2004 he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Media Arts and Animation. This Eventually lead him to land his first Job with Electronic Arts where he had a pivotal role in creating assets for numerous titles thus having credits with Some of EA' s Biggest titles such as EA sports Fight Night Round 3 For XBOX 360 play station 2 Xbox and also being Credit on other block buster titles like EA DEF Jam Icon for the Xbox 360 Play station 3. After Charlie time at Electronic Arts-Chicago he then moved on to his current position at Independent studios by the name of High voltage Software and there sister company Red Eye Studios where he is Now a Lead Environment Artist.. Being a well round artist allows him to do to everything from corporate identity to brand management, as well as graphic and web design. Charlie brings over 6 plus years of artistic and technical knowhow to the DBL brand.

Van E. Staggs Jr, Manager

Mr. Van E. Staggs Jr., is vice president of Public Relations for Delta Beta Lambda Fraternity, the first online video gaming fraternity that provides mentoring and full academic scholarships in the fields of video game design and technology to disadvantaged and deserving youths throughout the United States and abroad. At an early age growing up in Norwalk Connecticut, Mr. Staggs found the love for video gaming. He and his friends would meet every morning at the local arcade before classes, after school, and on weekends; not to mention playing at home on the Atari 2600. Twenty-five years later, he still has the same love for video gaming.

Mr. Staggs is a cum laude graduate of Benedict College where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. While at Benedict, Mr. Staggs was active in Benedict's upward bound program whose activities were to all designed to provide holistic experiences to enhance academic, social, and cultural development while establishing and cultivating partnerships and relations within the community. Over the past 12 years, he has held various upper management positions in several corporations. He is very active within his community volunteering his time to various social service organizations. He has also been very successful in the field of Real Estate as an investor and Commercial Real Estate consultant. Prior to his current position, he was employed as a loan officer with SunTrust Bank and Blue Ridge Savings Bank respectfully. He is the loving husband of Michele and decided father of two girls Abriella 5 years, and Aavyn 1year.