GMGC - Manila 2017

JANUARY 12 - 13, 2017

Edsa Shangri-La
MANILA, PHILIPPINES

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It’s the time for another exciting round of GMGC Southeast Asian conference series. After Kuala Lumpur in July 2016, we are once again uniting the top minds in mobile gaming from all over world at the most prolific mobile games development hubs, - Manila, Philippines on 12 – 13 January, 2017.

The conference will be bringing together more than 1,000 mobile game industry executives, developers, investors and game experts from all around the world to pave a way for even better mobile game ecosystem.

What to expect:

Keynotes and Panel Sessions
Close Interactions with Southeast Asian Developers & Studios
Indie Pitch Arena Competition
B2B Exhibition Area
VIP Welcome Dinner & Official Party
Online Biz-Match Meeting System
Developer's Corner

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Participate in this Indie Pitch Arena competition and win exciting cash prizes! The Indie Pitch Arena is the best platform to hunt potential investment and partnership opportunities. GMGC – Manila 2017 will mark 8th edition of the Indie Pitch Arena competition. At the competition, we always aim to bring talented and creative people together and support them to develop successful business collaborations.

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Schedule

Manila

January 12 - January 13
2017

VIP Welcome Dinner

17:30 - 18:00

Registration

18:00 - 20:00

VIP Dinner

Venue: Edsa Shangri-La, Isla Ballroom III (For VIP Ticket holders only)

20:00 - 22:00

Meet & Greet

Venue: Edsa Shangri-La, Isla Ballroom III (For VIP & Advanced tickets holders only)

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Venue

1 Garden Way, Ortigas Centre, Mandaluyong City, 1650, Philippines
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GMGC Headquarters:: 3100- 3104, A - Building, Guocui Yuan, Huihe South Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China

Senator of the Philippines

The youngest senator of the 17th Congress of the Republic of the Philippines and a world-renowned social entrepreneur, Sen. Bam Aquino has dedicated his career to empowering the youth and the poor, helping Filipinos improve their lives through entrepreneurship and with effective support systems.
He graduated as class valedictorian and student council president with summa cum laude honors from the Ateneo de Manila University with a degree in Management Engineering in 1999. He became the youngest head of a government agency at age 25 when he was appointed as the Chairperson of the National Youth Commission, the primary national policy-making body for Filipino youth.
He co-founded the multi-awarded social enterprise, The Hapinoy Program, and has been named a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum in 2006, one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines in 2010, one of the Asian Social Entrepreneurs of the Year in 2011, and one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World in 2012.
Source：Office of Sen. Bam Aquino

Chairman and CEO

Nix Nolledo is the Chairman and CEO of Xurpas Inc., one of the largest listed consumer

technology company in the Southeast Asia.

He is the first Filipino entrepreneur chosen by the Endeavor Network, a high-impact

entrepreneurship movement that catalyzes long-term economic growth. Last year, he was awarded the Ernst and Young 2015 Philippine Entrepreneur of the Year and was recognized as one of The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) in the Philippines for 2015.

Commercial Director

Daniel is a Multinational Commercial Director who has lived across seven countries in Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East, and has worked with leading global companies such as Globe Telecom, Vodafone, AXIS and Sony Corporation.

Developing a Digital Lifestyle for consumers and the commercial models behind this, he has been leading digital transformations across these communications companies, partnering with top companies including Facebook, Viber, WhatsApp, Google, Spotify, and the NBA.

Dan has identified gaming as a key strategic pillar for the digital lifestyle, signing partnerships with Niantic, The Pokemon Company, and Disney Interactive. He has also led the execution of go-to-market campaigns centered around gaming, like the #NextLevelKa tournaments highlighting Clash of Clans.

Managing Director

Mario Wynands is the Managing Director and co-founder of PikPok, a leading publisher across mobile, tablet, and desktop. In his 20 years at the New Zealand based company, he has led studio operations, built a successful game portfolio and overseen the creation of many engaging console titles including Shatter®, GripShift®, and Speed Racer The Videogame, as well as multiple hits in the Smartphone and tablet space including Flick Kick® Football, Into the Dead® and the BAFTA nominated Super Monsters Ate My Condo. Wynands is a graduate of Victoria University in Wellington with degrees in business management and computer science, and has studied at MIT Sloan.

About PikPok:
PikPok is a leading publisher of great games across mobile, tablet and desktop. With a portfolio of original, licensed, and third party developed properties, PikPok delivers games that appeal to all consumers with pick-up-and-play gameplay, high-quality art, and immersive audio design which provide rich game experiences. PikPok has released multiple critically and commercially successful games including the popular Flick Kick® series, BAFTA nominated Super Monsters Ate My Condo™, Into the Dead®, Shatter®, and more. Steal a moment, and play a game from PikPok. For more information on PikPok, please Visit www.pikpok.com and www.facebook.com/pikpokgames.

Business Development

Vineet manages business development for Google Play in SE Asia. He has over 8 years of experience working in gaming on desktop and mobile platforms. He is an avid gamer and passionate about games as a business. Prior to Google, Vineet worked with a San Francisco based games studio, where he managed all business aspects of games, including launch, analytics, monetization, partnerships and fundraising.
Vineet is a graduate of Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. Apart from games, he likes reading and running long distances, and currently training for his 7^th full marathon.

Sr. Client Services Manager

Paul is the Senior Client Services Manager at AppsFlyer, in charge of the APAC market. He has worked in the tech space for 10+ years, and previously worked as Head of User Acquisition for Playlab, a leading game developer and publisher. He holds a business degree from Georgetown University and has also worked for Google and LinkedIn.

President

Hailing from a background in Film, Multimedia and Web Development, he transitioned into Video Game Development with core expertise in External Development.
Now a seasoned Industry representative, networked with government and academic institutions; is also the three term President of the Game Developers Association of the Philippines (GDAP), Board Trustee of the Animation Council of the Philippines (ACPI) and the Creative Services Industry Champion for the Board of Investments (BOI).
GDAP & ACPI are part of the ICT Business Process Association of the Philippines (iBPAP) which has largely led the tremendous growth of the BPO/BPM industry over the last decade. From this confidence along with the nation's economic stability, the Creative Sector is now making investments in developing more original IP while further scaling up service capabilities.

CEO & Founder

CEO

Johary Mustapha is an entrepreneur involved in the mobile and telecommunication industry. He founded Forest Interactive in 2006 from his earlier background of working in the Broadcasting Industry.
A hands-on person with a long historical understanding of the Mobile Industry in South East Asia. Well versed and acquainted with the industry stake holders which includes Telco's, Regulators, Government Agencies, Learning Institute's and overall ecosystem. Deployments of services in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Philippines and Taiwan
Oversaw successful and on-going deployment of SMS, WAP, OTT and Web based wireless services such as: HTML5, Mobile Payments, Wholesale MT Messaging and Mobile Games Publishing.

Game Publishing & Marketing Consultant

Managing Director

Henry T. Yeh is currently the Managing Director of gumi Asia with over 200+ staff in Singapore, Philippines and Indonesia. He entered the game industry in 2000 as Com2uS’ COO/CMO/General Counsel. Com2uS is now worth $1.3B. Afterwards, he worked at EA as APAC Director. He has founded and exited Motally (mobile analytics) and Brilliant Rise Publishing (sold to Naver). He also funds startups in tech, mobile, analytics, big data, etc. He has lived/worked in over 30 countries and is multicultural.

CEO & Co-Founder

Gabby Dizon is the CEO of Altitude Games, a Manila-based studio creating original, free-to-play mobile games. He helped pioneer the Philippine game industry as part of the team that released the first Filipino-made game in 2003. Prior to Altitude Games, Gabby was formerly Senior Producer at Boomzap and President of the Game Developers Association of the Philippines. Gabby also helps champion the game development industry in Southeast Asia and is an active member of the Philippine startup community.

CEO

Jakob Nilsson holds a Master Of Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark. He co-founded and co-managed NeoConsult from a small local company to an international growth company. He has broad experience in managing growth companies (NeoConsult is a four time International Gazelle company) and defining new Business Strategies.
Jakob Nilsson has a vast experience with the European Telecom market, having worked together with companies ranging from large Tier 1 operators to small innovative mobile companies.
In February 2013 Jakob Nilsson was appointed Managing Director of the GMGC Nordic – the first international branch office of the Beijing based company GMGC.
His primary technology interests lie within Mobile Internet, new Telecom Business Models and Mobile Apps.

Founder & CEO

Chief Office Director of Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Youth League;

In 2002 Mr. Song has founded and promoted Table Soccer in China. Up to now, He led China’s National team of Table Soccer and participated several international competitions in Europe and the U.S.A. and gained the 5th place in the world and the 2nd place for Team Competition.

In 2008 and 2009 Mr. Song was selected as “World Economy Outstanding Chinese Innovation Persons” organized by State Department. Mr. Song was selected as “World Economy Top 10 Chinese of the Year” in 2008.

In 2008 Mr. Song was successfully organized Olympic Athletes Friendly Match in Olympic Village during the 29th Olympic Games which remained very precious cultural heritage for Beijing Olympic Games. Mr. Song and his team were praised by the state leaders.

In 2009 Mr. Song was honored as one of the “Public Welfare Ambassador in China”. Mr. Song Founded Great Wall Club and Global Mobile Internet Conference.

In 2012 Mr. Song Founded Guanghe World and organized the Startup World Cup Competition around China, Sweden, USA etc. countries.

In 2012 Mr. Song Founded Global Mobile Game Confederation and organized the Global Mobile Game Congress in China and world.

GMGC is a global mobile game industry platform founded by the leading mobile game companies from 11 countries.

UIFUND is a new charity fund from Mobile Gaming Industry, established on May 6 2013, by Mr. Song and other leading mobile game companies’ CEO.

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The establishment of World O2O Organization was announced on January 17,2015.

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Director of The Creative Multimedia

CGO - Co-founder

Thomas Andreasen is the Founder and CGO of Playlab (Formerly Pocket Playlab) a Mobile Game Developer and Publisher dominating SEA.
Thomas Andreasen have presented at a majority of game conferences like Casual Connect, GDC, GMGC across SEA promoting Playlab, Marketing and Analytics solutions since 2013. Additionally he has via M&A and talent acquisitions grown Playlab from 20-100+ employees.

About Playlab:
Playlab was founded in January 2012, as a Mobile Game Developer and Publisher strategically located in SEA. With offices in HK, Thailand and Manila we cover the region and Playlab is the leading studio in SEA with more than 26m downloads to date. In 2014 Playlab acquired Anino Games in Manila, and in 2015 Playlab raised a Series B of 5m USD from Monks Hill Ventures to further expand our presence in South East Asia.

Co-founder

Gwen is a Singapore-based sound designer for video games and also the co-founder of IMBA Interactive with 6 years in the industry. Her credentials include award-winning One Upon Light, Best Game for IGF China, Dusty Revenge, Best in Audio IGF China and the recently-released Masquerada: Songs & Shadows as lead sound designer. Serving mainly the indie community, she hopes that excellent audio production, implementation and practices can contribute to indie games rising to be powerful storytelling mediums in this region.

About IMBA Interactive:
IMBA Interactive provides professional sounding end-to-end audio solutions for games and apps.
We are a group of sound designers and composers that specialize in audio for interactive content and are intent on pushing the limits of audio in interactive media. Beyond asset creation, we aim to augment the interactivity of your product and have in mind to create a gratifying and immersive experience for the users.

Co-Founder/CEO

Desmond holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Computer Arts) from Academy of Art University, San Francisco. He has over 5 years’ international experience in the USA. In 2004, he was appointed by Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (“MDeC”) as a consultant to assist Saladin Special Project and later became the producer of Saladin – The Animated Series, and was nominated for the International Emmy Awards in 2011. His ultimate goal is to drive Appxplore to become a world‐class mobile game studio in Malaysia.

About Appxplore：
Appxplore Sdn. Bhd. is a mobile game development studio based in Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta. Established in 2011, it has published a number of titles to public and critical acclaim. In 2014, Appxplore was acquired by venture accelerator Fatfish Internet Group, and has since been spun-off into iCandy Interactive Ltd, a mobile games group publicly traded on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX:ICI).

Creative Director and Co-Founder

Luna Cruz Javier is the Creative Director and Co-Founder of Altitude Games, the Manila-based studio behind free-to-play mobile games Dream Defense, Zodiac Pop!, and Run Run Super V. She started as a game writer in 2002 as part of the pioneer team that released the first Filipino-made game. Before Altitude, she previously worked with Boomzap Entertainment, creating best-selling casual adventure franchises such as Awakening and Dana Knightstone. She has also taught game design and interactive narrative at De La Salle University.

Freelance Game Consultant

Vlad Micu is a business development professional and free agent in the game industry with a strong reputation for creating long-term relationships and generating new sources of revenue that lead to significant returns for his clients.
He is an experienced evangelist with a strong network who is equally able to take the lead as well as be part of a team and has an established track record of being able to easily adapt to new challenges, people and environments in order to deliver success.
He is currently functioning as the main business development representative for indie developer Data Realms LLC, creators of the award winning games Cortex Command and Planetoid Pioneers.
With his own company VGVisionary, Vlad likes to travel the world to speak at events, meet with game developers and offer advice, contacts and support to whoever needs them.
Most recently, Vlad also has been building, selling and teaching people how to fly with micro FPV (first person view) Tiny Whoop drones.
You can watch some of his previous talks and lectures at www.youtube.com/vgvisionary

Chief Executive Officer

Arief Widhiyasa is the founder and CEO of Agate Studio, a game development company that creates games to entertain people and to create impact in different area such as advertising, training, and education. Agate Studio now consist of 70 happy crews in Bandung, create more than 200 games, have more than 80 happy clients in serious games, and also have sister company in Jogja under name Agate Jogja.
Arief Widhiyasa has a vision to bring Agate Studio as a leader and respected game company with world class standards in Indonesia.”
Founded in 2009, Agate quickly grew to be one of the largest Indonesia’s game development company, based in 3 cities in Indonesia, and expanding to Singapore and Malaysia. Mainly we focus on SEA market, especially Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia, providing both entertainment and serious games product & services. Ecosystem development also becoming one of our key drive and focus. Because we believe that a healthy and sustainable company could only grow alongside with a good game industry ecosystem around. So we do almost anything we could to support the ecosystem, starting from academic & talent development, public education, community support, government discussion and industry association support. Nowadays, the gaming industry scene in South East Asia and especially Indonesia is growing very fast, as the 4th populous country in the world; the market is also growing rapidly. The opportunities are tremendous, and we’re also actively looking for strategic partnership whether to explore SEA market, or global market. Let’s grow together and of course, let’s ‘Live the fun way’!

CEO & Founder

“Yan founded Sanuk Games in Bangkok in 2003, after he had jumped from a comfortable position at Ubisoft in Paris without a parachute. After years of soul-searching and tough rides, Sanuk Games established itself as a prominent indie studio, with over 50 games released in the past couple of years.”

Director of Marketing

Chase Freo is Marketing Director of R2Games, a global online game publisher that specializes in delivering top-notch, free-to-play mobile and browser games to markets around the world. Chase started his career in Finance and Tech before falling in love with the gaming industry, warts and all. He currently oversees R2Games' marketing growth and monetization strategies.

R2Games:
R2Games is a global online game publisher that specializes in delivering free-to-play mobile and browser games to markets around the world. Our rapidly growing game portfolio includes hits such as PolitiCats, Shards of Magic and EZ PZ RPG for both iOS & Android, as well as the browser game hits Wartune and League of Angels. With our newest competitive multiplayer arena title Heroes Evolved, we are excited to venture into the world of e-sports for both PC and mobile phones.

As an overseas company specializing in video games, R2Games publishes in more than 20 countries and regions, including the United States, Australia, France, Germany, Spain, Turkey, UK, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore. R2 has grown from a small team of ten to a company of nearly three hundred employees. With a wealth of marketing resources, best in class operations team and a strong overseas brand. We are set to continue working diligently and innovating our way into creating one of the world’s greatest gaming platforms.

Co-Founder & CEO

Thunyut (Fang) Chienpairoj is a tech & game geek who also happen to be an entrepreneur that co-founded ThinkBox Solutions Co.,Ltd., a small software development firm whose expertise lies in creating awesome mobile applications and new technology solutions. With more than 10+ years in gaming industry, he also co-founded a small game studios called ThinkBox Studios.

ThinkBox Studios is a small indie game studios based in Bangkok, Thailand. ThinkBox Studios start its operations in 2013 with the experienced team that have 2 things in common, their passion toward gaming and their experience in creating kick ass games. Excellent visual and refined user experience are our core competency we adds to our games.
For more information on ThinkBox Studios, please visit www.thinkbox.co.th or visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/thinkboxsolutions

Chief Marketing Officer

Cholo Tagaysay is the Chief Marketing Officer of Xurpas Inc., one of the largest listed consumer tech companies in Southeast Asia.
He has 16 years experience in the mobile content industry and has managed multiple markets in SEA: Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Bangladesh.
He was a Co-Founder of Digital Storm, a Managing Director of Information Gateway, and a Director in Globe Telecom.

CEO

Frank Sliwka is the CEO of International Business Media Pte Ltd, a Game Publisher and Global Management Consulting Company with its Headquarters in Singapore and its European Subsidiary in Berlin, Germany. Clients of International Business Media are Akamai, gamescom, GDC, Koelnmesse, MDeC, Perfect World, United Business Media and others.
Frank Sliwka has experience across the Asia Pacific region and territories in Europe and USA with a proven track record of successfully building and growing businesses in mature and emerging markets.
Frank Sliwka is the founder of several companies, associations and international B2B conferences, like Global Games Media Ltd., International Business Media Pte. Ltd., Insidegamesasia.biz, International eSports Federation (IeSF), German eSports Association (ESB), GC Game Developers Conference, GDC Europe and ESCONF (International eSports Conference) . At the end of 2004, he founded the German eSports Association and was elected Chairman of the German eSports Association. In 2008, Frank Sliwka was elected as Vice President of the International eSports Federation. His former company Global Games Media was acquired by United Business Media (UBM) in 2008 and served as UBM TechWeb' Vice President of European Business Development till summer 2012.

Lead Artist/Business Development

Ryan Sumo is a game development veteran who has worked on indie PC hits like Prison Architect and Spacechem. He recently cofounded PC gamedev studio Squeaky Wheel and recently launched the strategy game Political Animals.

Associate Director

Mau San Andres is the Associate Director of

AsiaPay Philippines. With a strong background in I.T. Solution, Ecommerce, Risk

Management, Payment Gateway, Corporate Sales and Digital Marketing. Mau has

spearheaded the growth of the company and its foothold in the local payments

industry for the last 8 years. He leads the initiatives of ensuring that

AsiaPay Philippines remains as one of the leading, reliable, secure, compliant

and most trusted payment solution providers in the country.

Chairman, President, and CEO

Having a diverse background on mobile technology, Raymond Gerard S. Racaza, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Xeleb Technologies Inc., successfully conceptualized and launched the Philippines’ first celebrity themed mobile games.
Recently, Mr. Racaza was awarded as the 2016 Executive of the Year award in the consumer non-durable category from the International Business Awards (IBAs).

Managing Director

Isabelle Daza, Managing Director of Xeleb, Inc., made players experience her travels and daily outfits through the arcade game, Trip ni Belle. In the app, players can collect different fashion finds as Belle explores different countries.

Managing Partner

Alejandro “Kuya Kim” Atienza, Managing Partner of Xeleb, Inc., gave players an exciting endless running gameplay, Adventures of Kuya Kim. Players are tasked to help Kuya Kim go through obstacles in his adventures and ﬁnd treasure chests to be able to win special prizes.

Managing Director

Erwan Heussaff, Managing Director of Xeleb, Inc., shared his favorite recipes in a grocery dash game, Market Master Erwan. During the gameplay, players can shop for the right ingredients and collect mystery boxes in order to win special prizes.

Managing Partner

Anne Curtis-Smith, managing partner of Xeleb, Inc., designed Xeleb’s flagship game, Anne Galing. Her gaming app is a Match-3 game available on the Google Play store that allows players to shop for digital clothes, personalize in-game outﬁts, and collect mystery boxes to win various prizes.

Managing Partner

LK Shelley has over 16 years’ international experience in the US, EU and Asia/JP. She participated in and transacted investments from US$5-$900M and exited a couple of ventures of her own.

LK Shelley is the Managing Partner at Affiniti Ventures|AV(M) & IPC, collectively it invests in early stage mobile first startup including technology, platforms, digital media and entertainment, content as well as mobile gaming. She holds MBA and MS degrees from MIT.

Head - Asia

Chirag has been associated with Nazara Games for over 9 years and currently heads Asia business at Nazara. Prior to joining Nazara, he has worked for 2 Mobile Operators, Vodafone and Loop Mobiles in India. At Nazara, he is responsible for managing its biggest market – India and drives business for South Asia and South East Asian markets.

CEO / Co-Founder

Co-founder and CEO of Matchme Pte Ltd. Hal previous roles include being the Vice President, Distributor Territories & Emerging Markets at CodeMasters, as well as the Sales & Marketing Manager for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (PlayStation). His deep knowledge of the global gaming scene and Asian marketplace positions him well to take the lead on strategic deals and management. Hal also works closely with the core team for Nemesis platform's direction and game portfolio procurement.

Business Development Manager

CEO

Director, Product Marketing, Media

Vincent Low is Director, Product Marketing, for the Media Business Unit (BU), in Asia Pacific and Japan. At Akamai, Vincent is responsible for providing strategic direction for product marketing for the Media BU, with a focus on gaming, digital media market strategy and new business development.

Before joining Akamai, Vincent led the strategy and business development for Samsung’s Media Solution Center in Southeast Asia & Oceania and oversaw strategic partnerships with content and application service providers, new business development, and corporate development.

He has been in gaming and digital media business for over 15 years and has held positions at Viacom International Media Networks as Head of Product Development/Technology and Business Development in the digital media division at Viacom International Media Networks. At Viacom, he was responsible for managing the digital media business, which included development of web and mobile interactive business services, content and IP licensing for digital services/gaming, digital advertising operations, and business strategy/ development and operation across Asia.

Vincent also spent time in S. Korea working at venture-backed companies in the online and mobile gaming where he led global business development and publishing/distribution.

Vincent holds an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and is an alumnus of San Francisco State University where he graduated with a
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, emphasis in Computers and Communications.

Regional Business Development Manager

Jamie is a Business Development Manager at App Annie and leads business and sales

efforts in the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. He has extensive

experience across Asia in the fast-paced technology industry and is well versed in how

crucial App Annie data is in making the best decisions in the app economy. Prior to

joining App Annie, Jamie was a FinTech solutions consultant at SunGard and an

International Account Manager at Korea’s largest financial services corporation, NICE.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Marketing from Middlesex University,

London and speaks Korean, English, Malay and Cantonese

Investment Partner

Reinaldo Normand is an accomplished entrepreneur with extensive experience in founding and running bootstrapped and venture-backed technology startups, as well as in doing business abroad. He created the world's first wireless game console, Zeebo, and has been featured in media outlets such as NBC, Business Week, Venture Beat, Monocle, Le Monde and others.

Reinaldo has also founded and ran two gaming studios, one sold to Qualcomm. He is now Investment Partner at Gamefounders, the world’s leading gaming accelerator.

CFO and Co-founder

Thijs Hagoort is CFO and co-founder of Newzoo, the worldwide leader in global games, esports, and mobile market intelligence. Having been actively involved in the international games industry for almost 10 years, Thijs oversees all of Newzoo’s activities involving financial (company) analysis, modelling and forecasting, and investment advisory services. Thijs is closely involved in Newzoo’s strategy and corporate development and also the main contact for clients from the financial services industry. Prior to Newzoo, Thijs worked as an investment banker for UBS in London for almost a decade, and later as an independent corporate finance advisor. Thijs holds a MSc in Business Administration from Nyenrode University in The Netherlands.

Developer Relations Consultant

With 10 years of industry experience Jeffry is currently looking to partner with top development teams for co-production & publishing opportunities. These partnerships include funding and marketing across Big Fish’s network. Big Fish open to evaluating brand new concepts all the way through live games with current metrics. Big Fish is looking for motivated teams looking to take their games to the next level and create world wide hits! If you would like to meet at the show please reach out to Jeffryjliptak@gmail.com

About Big Fish

Founded in 2002, Big Fish is the world's largest producer and distributor of casual games, delivering fun to millions of people around the world. Through its mobile and online distribution platforms, Big Fish has distributed more than 2.5 billion games to customers in 150 countries from a growing catalog of 450+ unique mobile games and 3,500+ unique PC games.

Big Fish has emerged as a top grossing mobile publisher worldwide with a vast portfolio that includes the #1 mobile social casino game, Big Fish Casino. Big Fish is constantly growing its publishing platform and looking for new developer talent around the globe focused on mobile F2P content. This includes hit titles such as Gummy Drop!, Fairway Solitaire, Cascade, Dungeon Boss, and many others. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA, with regional offices in Oakland, CA, and Luxembourg.

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