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Alameda, CA, US

Mountain View, CA, US

Lead Game Industry Solutions for Google Cloud to develop holistic relationships with game publishers, platforms and developers globally. Enable the transformation of the game industry to the cloud, driving business value outcomes via differentiated technology. Create solutions that facilitate new game experiences at scale, enabling customers to quickly.

Mountain View, CA, US

• Global Director for all games business development activities for Stadia, Google's game streaming platform. Responsible for content acquisition and strategic partner management activities with game developers and.
• Secured all second and third party game content by contracting with game developers and publishers worldwide
• Constructed all financial incentive structures and deal models to secure key content, including exclusive games and differentiated experiences
• Developed and manifested new platform business models and technology frameworks for game content, including publisher subscriptions and innovative YouTube integrations
• Realized multi-year content strategy and budget for integrated transactional and subscription business
• Led global strategic partner management team to maximize ongoing business opportunity for signed content partners

San Mateo, California, US

• Oversaw SCEA’s cloud service initiatives from within Strategic Business Development, with full P&L responsibility for the PlayStation Now cloud gaming platform. Directed service planning, business efforts, and held.
• Management of PlayStation Now for SCEA with full P&L, go-to-market, and lifecycle management responsibility
• Oversight of all activities relating to PlayStation Now, including pricing, business management, content, and go-to-market market planning
• Develop branding, positioning, communication plans aligned to the PlayStation Now initiative, and guide all aspects of customer facing platform strategy
• Innovate on service and product strategy leveraging consumer insights and needs of the business including P&L and ROI
• Identification of new business opportunities and models, and development of business cases to support new market opportunities

San Mateo, California, US

• Accountable as the Digital Platforms business unit general manager within PlayStation Brand Marketing with P&L accountability for PlayStation Network, PlayStation Plus, PlayStation Mobile, PlayStation Home, CRM.
• Successfully deployed PlayStation Plus on PlayStation 4 with new consumer value proposition, driving massive growth of SCEA's membership business for a second consecutive year
• Managed PlayStation website redesign, driving triple-digit percentage growth in web e-commerce
• Drove rapid growth in profitable network advertising business via campaign and client expansion
• Launched PlayStation loyalty program with Sony Rewards generating large numbers of linked accounts and high customer satisfaction
• Delivered significant incremental revenue via CRM test vs. control leveraging triggered communication

San Mateo, California, US

• Oversaw all activities on Sony PlayStation 3's social game platform. Drove business, product development, community management, moderation, QA and publishing by directing strategy and managing a team of domain experts..
• Lead go-to-market activities for the service, growing to forty million users worldwide
• Pioneered the use of micro-transaction, consumable token and advertising-based game business models on PlayStation platforms
• Established platform profitability, securing support from over 30 worldwide publishers
• Grew team from inception to management of a department with over 50 employees
• Oversaw development of hundreds of first and third party game titles from global development partners and a dedicated internal game studio

San Francisco, California, US

• Guided next generation product development, licensing and sales activities across all market segments, including Consumer Electronics, Broadcast, Cinema, Games and Personal Computer. Drove adoption of Dolby technology.
• Developed new multi-million dollar business segment for online movie streaming
• Created business plan, roadmap and go-to-market strategy for movie streaming initiative
• Coordinated adoption of Dolby technology for Apple, Netflix and Vudu movie services
• Completed “Sound of High Definition” outreach with coverage in over 50 global media outlets, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and International Herald Tribune
• Hosted Dolby’s own bi-weekly podcast “Dolbycast” with over ten thousand listeners

San Francisco, California, US

• Directed marketing, product management and sales activities for Dolby’s consumer electronics business segment; responsible for technology licensing, marketing, forecasting and budgeting for Dolby's core business.
• Secured technology wins in Blu-ray players from Sony, Pioneer and Panasonic
• Ensured next-generation technology adoption into every major AV receiver manufacturer’s product line, including Sony, Denon, Onkyo and Yamaha
• Secured premium technology wins into top Blu-ray software from major Hollywood studios
• Completed technology wins with top camcorder manufacturers: Sony, JVC and Panasonic
• Developed new product portfolio for portable media player products

San Francisco, California, US

• Managed console, portable and PC game market category. Responsible for technology licensing, marketing and developer relations, generating millions in annual revenue.
• Created and grew game console market category at Dolby to millions in annual revenue
• Secured valuable implementation, system and middleware contracts for Sony PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox and Xbox 360, as well as Nintendo GameCube and Wii
• Successfully negotiated licensing contracts with every major game software publisher worldwide, including Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, Electronic Arts, Take 2 Interactive, Activision, THQ, Sega, etc.
• Created global developer support teams in San Francisco, Tokyo, Shanghai and London
• Created professional tools market for games by forming tools/middleware business generating millions annually

San Francisco, California, US

• Generated grass-roots attention and support for Dolby technology among key developers and industry opinion makers, journalists and technologists. Delivered compelling presentations, product demonstrations and sample.
• Invented Dolby Pro Logic II encoding implementation for games, the de-facto audio standard for game content on Sony PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube and Wii
• Developed Dolby Digital support for game cinematics on Sony PlayStation 2
• Created and launched first widespread techniques for technical and artistic support of interactive Dolby Digital technology on PC
• Developed key documentation for content creation used as training materials by Microsoft and Sony
• Produced the Dolby Interactive Sound Kit, Dolby’s first online development kit for game developers and publishers

Chicago, IL, US

Developed game for mobile devices representing one of the first game products for a portable communication device. Performed competitive analysis of mobile electronics products from other manufacturers. Managed internal patent submission involving protection against electrostatic discharge for mobile devices.