Daan van der Wiele has been a PC gamer since the moment he was able to use a keyboard, starting in the classics era with games like Doom and Hexen. Once online gaming started picking up he quickly picked up on an interesting mod for Valve’s bestseller Half-Life, called Counter-Strike. Over the years Daan built a pro career in Counter-Strike 1.5, 1.6 and Source, having played for various major eSports teams as well as the Dutch national team and participating in professional tournaments all over Europe. After ending his pro gamer career at the age of 25 he moved into the digital and technology domain, while remaining actively involved with gaming. Nowadays Daan is focused on building brands and products around AI products while doing occasional game related consulting and advisory, while still finding time to play the latest games on a daily basis. After all, a true gamer never puts his keyboard and mouse to rest.