Games industry leader with a proven track record of driving record growth for multiple games and companies. I’ve managed small and large teams, including multiple verticals (product, marcom, business development, game design, and community).As Head of Gaming for WWE’s highly profitable games portfolio, I oversee the portfolio’s operations and strategy including product development, business development/licensing, and marketing. During my tenure, we shipped WWE’s most profitable and resonant games.Our portfolio includes 2K’s highest grossing mobile game, SuperCard, WWE 2K’s console/ PC franchise series, Scopely’s WWE Champions, and game integrations (including Fortnite and Rocket League).I previously worked at Riot Games, where I served as a product update lead, executive coach to the founders and senior leaders, and a director on the creative operations team.At Hi-Rez Studios, I worked on multiple titles, including serving as co-executive producer of SMITE, where I led the vision, rebranding, and execution that took a lukewarm product to record profits and players (and growing). I directly managed the design team, community managers, producers, a brand director, and a handful of marketing personnel.Before the games industry, I worked at one of the world’s largest and most reputable engineering firms, Fluor, where my team won the company’s first Ragan Communication Award. Along with my publication awards, I’m a trained and award-winning speaker. -Richard Yu-