2024 ACG WI | Ben Kvalo, Midwest Games and Cordero Barkley, TitletownTech

Cordero Barkley had a successful career in banking and wealth management before joining TitletownTech. He spent nearly a decade with Associated Bank in various roles, from small business lending to retail banking to corporate financial education, before ending in wealth management, where he assisted high-net-worth individuals, business owners and their families. Earlier in Cordero’s career he worked as a credit analyst and personal banker for Wells Fargo.

Cordero is chair of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (UWGB) council of trustees. Additionally, he serves on several local boards, including the American National Bank-Fox Cities, the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, the Wisconsin Technology Council, Racine Saint Catherine’s Foundation Board, and the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation.

A former collegiate athlete at UWGB, Cordero wanted to share his love of basketball, so he joined forces with his wife and got involved in coaching; he is now the director of the Wisconsin Purple Aces, a club basketball program in northeast Wisconsin.

Cordero is a two-time graduate of UWGB, with a BA in business administration and an MS in management. He’s married to his wife Erin Barkley, and the two have a son.

Ben is an entertainment and video games industry leader, most recently supporting the build-out of films and games at Netflix. Prior to Netflix, Ben has worked at two of the largest global video game companies, 2K and Blizzard, working across various roles in the publishing, marketing, and technology end of games and Esports. Ben has worked on some of entertainment's biggest brands across video games and film. He's led film campaigns for Bird Box, Extraction, Army of the Dead, and over 50 other titles. He has also worked on major game franchises like NBA2K, Borderlands, BioShock, Civilization, Mafia, and all of Blizzard’s Esports brands, having helped to publish over 100 titles. Ben is originally from Wisconsin, having graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

ABOUT MIDWEST GAMES

Based in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Midwest Games is a video game publisher focused on creating opportunities for the abundant talent across the Midwest and other underrepresented regions. Led by industry veterans and entertainment enthusiasts, Midwest Games believes that great games can come from anywhere. For more information, please visit www.midwestgames.com. To follow us on our socials, visit us on LinkedIn, @midwestgames_co on Instagram, @midwestgamesco on Twitter, on Discord, and @midwest_games on YouTube.