Henk Rogers
Henk Rogers is a Dutch video game designer and entrepreneur. He is known for producing Japan's first major turn-based role-playing video game The Black Onyx, securing the rights to distribute Tetris on video game consoles where the game found popularity, and as the founder of Bullet-Proof Software and The Tetris Company, which licenses the Tetris trademark. He was instrumental in resolving licensing disputes that brought Tetris to the Game Boy. Nowadays, he serves as Managing Director of The Tetris Company.
In 2007, Rogers founded , a 501 public charity focused on activities of advocacy, building awareness and fostering action for clean energy in Hawaii. In 2015, the foundation led the campaign to make Hawaii the first state in the nation with a 100% renewable energy law.
Rogers also serves as Chairman of the and owner of Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation, a 1,200 square-foot Mars analog habitat on Mauna Loa. PISCES' core mission is to develop and grow an aerospace industry in Hawaii through applied research, workforce development and economic development initiatives.
