David Fearn

Builder  ·  Cross‑border deal‑maker

I used to negotiate oil contracts across borders. Now I build games for kids.

Learning games for kids and a free King James Bible site for families, built with AI agents doing work I would once have needed a team for.

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Projects

What I'm building

Six fearn.fun game tiles on a navy background, among them The Reef, Lighthouse and Trade Winds, with a badge reading 8 games.

Live at fearn.fun

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Learning games for kids from about 4 to their teens, about the working sea and the life in it, from a river town's fuel tankers to a coral reef. They are tested at home by my two daughters.

Play the games
The KJV Lamp home page in a browser window, beside a phone showing the first level of Bible Train.

Live at kjvlamp.org

KJV Lamp

KJV Lamp brings the King James Bible to the whole family, with Bible games for kids. It is my way of sharing the Gospel at home and beyond.

Open KJV Lamp
The Reef on a tablet and a phone, under a ribbon reading Coming to the App Store.

Coming to iPhone and iPad

The Reef

A coral reef game where you look after a reef for a year of dives. I am preparing the app for iPhone and iPad now, and you can already play it free in your browser.

Play it in your browser
8games live on fearn.fun
9how-it-works explainers on fearn.fun
2Bible games for kids on KJV Lamp
30sea creatures to find and photograph in The Reef

Counted from the live sites on 31 October 2026.

Where things stand

As of 31 October 2026.

How I build

  1. I design every game myself and test it with real kids.

  2. I build with AI agents like Claude, which do work I would once have needed a team for.

  3. I check every fact against real sources and every verse against the KJV.

Built with Claude  ·  Hosted on Netlify

Why I build

For 15 years I negotiated fuel contracts across the Americas and the Caribbean. The other side had a team. In June 2025 I stepped back so I would stop missing my girls growing up.

Now I build.

My faith shapes what I make: things that are true, good, and worth a child's time.

Background

What I bring

Fifteen years across the Americas, 2010 to 2025

French Caribbean
US Gulf Coast
US East Coast
Eastern Canada
South America

2010 to 2021, at OceanConnect Marine

I developed the power-plant fuel business across the French-speaking Caribbean and ran it for eleven years.

2021 to 2025, at Hartree Marine

I helped build the desk for the US Gulf Coast, US East Coast and Eastern Canada, and ran most of the Canadian business in French.

2023 to 2025, at Hartree Marine

I opened South America from a cold start, and when I left I was working across five countries.

$100M+a year in contract value, averaged across fifteen years
3languages: French, Italian, English, plus enough Spanish to follow the room
2passports, EU and US

Deal-making across borders

I negotiated for 15 years in English, French and Italian.

Sales and business development

I opened markets and built the relationships that kept them.

Hands-on with AI

I build real products with AI agents, including the three above.

OceanConnect Marine (since merged into KPI OceanConnect) and Hartree Marine are named here for the record only, and the dates are on my LinkedIn. Neither is affiliated with what I do now, and neither endorses it.

I am open to the right conversation: partnerships, market entry, or a negotiation where this mix helps. Get in touch

Life so far

The road from Europe to the Americas.

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Most of my trading years were spent at a desk in the United States, buying and selling oil and negotiating contracts across the Americas and the Caribbean.

The map traces the road that got me here. Pick any point or chapter to zoom in and read it.

Other things that are true

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Rated tournament chess player, and a coach for years Coached a girls' indoor soccer team, three winters Missionary trip to Guatemala Volunteer finance support for Rock Kidz Uganda Based in Ohio

Follow along

I share what I'm building as I go.

The easiest place to follow along is LinkedIn. If you are a parent and would like to hear when a new game is ready, fearn.fun and KJV Lamp each have a short family list.

Get in touch

Contact me

Whether it is a question about one of my projects, an opportunity worth a real conversation or a question about my background, this is the fastest way to reach me. I read every message myself and I answer every one, within two working days at the outside.

Or write to me directly at david@davidjfearn.com. Prefer to check the record first? It is on LinkedIn.