Tyler Schrodt founded the Electronic Gaming Federation (EGF) in 2015 and has grown the organization from a single collection of high school esports teams to a full-scale federation across collegiate, high school and youth esports ecosystems. Tyler started as a Counter-Strike 1.6 player then as a team manager, and a tournament organizer before attending college at Rochester Institute of Technology where he worked as part of Residence Life and served on the institution’s Conduct Board. In addition to his position at EGF, Tyler serves as an advisor to PowerSpike and mental health non-profit, Rise Above the Disorder.