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Mike Gardiner

Go-getter · DISC type d
Mentor at Techstars
📍 Thirroul, New South Wales, Australia

Mike Gardiner is a technical leader and founder of Buzzy. gg, an AI-powered platform for game-based learning on Roblox, Minecraft, and Scratch. With over 20 years of experience, he specializes in full-stack development, game design, and AI in STEM education. People who have worked with him often describe him as a passionate, creative, and driven technical visionary.

Outside of his professional life, Mike is a father of two boys and lives on the New South Wales south coast, close to the beach. He has a passion for significant personal challenges and adventures, once dedicating nine months to training and planning for a major expedition.

He previously founded Lime Rocket with the vision of creating the worlds biggest game by turning smartphones into social controllers for live events.

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Experience
28 Years
Current Role
Mentor
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Thirroul, New South Wales, Australia
Personality Overview

How Mike shows up

Vision Oriented
Decisive
Fast-Paced

They focus on objectivity in a pitch and pay little attention to bells and whistles. They respond well to confident salespeople. They care equally about the product and its potential impact.

Priorities

Topics Mike cares about

Game-based Learning
His current venture, Buzzy, is entirely focused on making learning, collaboration, and teaching accessible and fun through popular gaming platforms like Roblox and Minecraft.
Creator Economy
He is passionate about empowering game players to become creators, a central theme of his Buzzy platform, which has a community of over 120, 000 creators.
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Career

Work history

9-2024
Mentor
Techstars
12-2018
CEO
Buzzy.gg
5-2011
Founder & Lead Developer
Lime Rocket
1-2011 - 7-2011
Senior Flex Developer
Accenture
1-1998 - 12-2010
Technical Manager
Core Digital Media
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Education
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University of Wollongong
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

d

Dominance (D)

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