About Koodos

Koodos provides Free Casual Games and creative content that generates non-traditional revenue through in-game and online ad sales.

  Brad Barnes, President

Love of music & lack of rhythm limited Brad’s options of working in his chosen field. Knowing his best option was to work with radio stations, he signed on with a national promotion agency, hopped in his Escort and traveled to over 400 stations, both selling and learning the industry that he loves.

A promotion that drove an increase in sales of 17% with a Wendy’s franchisee allowed Brad to get his foot in the door with co-sponsor Coca-Cola and a new job with the largest soft drink marketing company as Vice President/Creative Director. The knowledge of leveraging your clients media buy with stations brought success with clients such as Citibank, McDonalds and all major television networks. That’s when the entrepreneurial bug struck.

Since 1990, Brad has owned his marketing/promotional company and utilized his creative programs to leverage over twenty million dollars in television, radio and newspaper advertising.

Koodos is the culmination of all he has learned, just spiced up with the internet!

  Greg Phillips, Senior Vice President

Greg Phillips is Senior Vice President at Koodos. Greg founded Phillips Design Group and promptly became an interactive pioneer, undertaking projects for such companies as Eli Lilly, Hughes Aircraft, Finish Line, and RCA. The firm's work received numerous national and international awards, and Greg himself was a finalist for Ernst & Young's prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

Greg brings a wealth of consulting experience. He has been instrumental in helping the company expand outside Indiana, with significant projects for such firms as John Deere, Activison, Caterpillar, Lilly, and many others. His pioneering work in interactive media makes Greg one of the industry's most sought-after opinion leaders.

Greg eventually merged his company with Eviciti Corp., an Internet services company, and decided to carry his skills into the game industry with Gabriel Entertainment. At Gabriel Entertainment he’s involved in game IP development, concept design and business relationships for PC, Xbox, Online games, and Nintendo Wii games. Greg also is the author of 3-D Studio Hollywood and Gaming Effects and 3-D Studio Special Effects, published by New Riders, which details 3-D animation and effects used in the creation of computer games.

  Derek O'Dell, Director of Interactive Development

Derek O’Dell is the Director of Interactive Development at Koodos. Derek has been developing interactive content for CD-ROMs and web sites for over 15 years. He has the ability to contribute to all aspects of a project including project management, interactive programming, and graphics creation.

Derek’s portfolio of work includes CD-ROMs, Games, and web sites for Eli Lilly, University of Connecticut, Thomson Consumer Electronics, Software Artistry, Cummins Engine, Delphi Lighting Systems, Racal, Herff Jones, Monsoon Corporation, and others.

Derek won an Invision award in 1998 for his work on the Zipp Speed Weaponry CD-ROM. Derek continues to reinvent himself and to push interactive technology. He thoroughly enjoys finding new and exciting ways to deliver interactive content to people.