Maurizio Barbieri 🔜 Gamescom Asia in

Maurizio Barbieri 🔜 Gamescom Asia

Pioneer · DISC type DIS
Advisor to the Board at tixbase
📍 Singapore, Singapore

Maurizio is a sports tech entrepreneur with over two decades of experience in digital media, content, and partnerships across Europe and Asia. He is the Founder and CEO of TIFO and an Advisor at tixbase, after leading sports and gaming initiatives for Twitter and Samsung. Colleagues describe him as strategic, visionary, resilient, and collaborative.

He is a self-described "giant nerd" passionate about technology, sports, and media, with a particular interest in movies and moviemaking. His career began uniquely as a professional basketball coach before he transitioned into the digital media world, demonstrating a long-standing commitment to the sports industry on and off the court.

Interesting fact: Maurizio was a professional basketball coach before starting his 20+ year career in digital media, where he launched one of the first basketball portals in Europe.

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Experience
22 Years
Current Role
Advisor to the Board
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Singapore, Singapore
Personality Overview

How Maurizio shows up

Dynamic But Sincere
Driven But Considerate
Decisive But Friendly

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Priorities

Topics Maurizio cares about

Sports Technology
His entire career, from Samsung to Twitter to founding TIFO, is dedicated to the intersection of sports, media, and technology, focusing on innovative content delivery.
Web3 & Gaming
He is a speaker at Web3 gaming events and has served as Chief Commercial Officer for a blockchain gaming guild, indicating a strong professional focus on this sector.
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Career

Work history

9-2023
Advisor to the Board
tixbase
7-2023
Founder and CEO
TIFO
1-2024 - 2-2025
Vice President of Business Development Asia
Tradable Bits
10-2019 - 2-2022
Head of Sports and Gaming Partnerships for SEA and Greater China @Twitter
Twitter
10-2017 - 2-2022
Head of Sports Partnerships for SEA
Twitter
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
Education details unavailable
Università degli Studi di Milano
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Dominance (D)

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