As Chief Product Officer my aim is to bring clarity to where we are going as a company so that everyone understands how the vision and our strategy fits together with the daily work. • With strong focus on clarity and structure I work with both leadership and product leads to break down company vision and strategy into actionable work streams.• Handling operations across the company ranging form setting up processes for our development teams to drive leadership strategy and agendas.• As part of the company leadership team we worked together in our Series A to successfully raise $15M.

I own and drive the game vision with the rest of the production team, delivering consistency and clarity to the development teams. Specifically I manage our post release live service efforts together with a cross functional leadership team. Together we ensure the product moves the desired KPIs forward without compromising the player experience.• Leading and inspiring a 40+ strong global development team to keep delivering outstanding game experiences post launch.• Responsible for creating and aligning product plans and roadmaps, driving prioritisation for our feature teams.• Partnering with our data analytics teams to define actionable measurements.• Functioning as main hub and communication point for all internal partners, ranging from legal and localisation, to quality assurance and marketing.

I manage our production of games developed both in house and by third party developers. Together with a team of game producers and product owners we take games from idea to full global release, whether it is a standalone app or an in-chat game.• Responsible for creating and communicating roadmaps and plans for the games programme.• Motivating and leading a team of producers and product owners by aligning goals with organisational strategies for both internal as well as external development teams. • Partnering with internal development and ops, as well as marketing and community management, to make sure all our services and products move in the same direction.• Presenting and discussing plans and progress during company director board meetings.

I manage the direction and development of new features for the Palringo chat application. This includes groundbreaking features such as account-less sign up, and new innovative chat games that set revenue records.• Leading a team of product managers planning and implementing a range of new features and functions across the entire Palringo product portfolio.• Working with community management to prioritize features which drives both user benefit as well as business KPIs.• Defining actionable metrics to follow up on results and identify opportunities for optimizing existing user journeys and flows.• Communicating product direction and strategy to the full team on a frequent basis.

As creative director I lead the company’s endeavour to leverage our presence on social media onto smartphone games. During this time we created and successfully launched several follow up games to our most popular games as well as brand new IPs. • Evaluating current industry trends and staying alert to popular genres and KPIs.• Leading the team through creative sessions to generate ideas and overcome challenges. • Directing and supervising the daily development, planning, and release of multiple smartphone games.

As CTO I set the foundation for our technology which would be used to create premium flash games for global brands ranging from Pepsi and Disney, to McDonalds and Paramount Pictures. As the studio grew we started launching our own IPs on Facebook, reaching 10+ million players.• Laying the foundation for our Flash/Actionscript core technology.• Planning and setting the direction for multiple social games on Facebook.• Reviewing talent needs as well as interviewing and hiring additional staff.

At the Interactive Institute I worked within an EU funded project with an overall aim to break games out of their screens. • Designing and implementing location aware mobile games. • Augmenting traditional board games with computational power. • Authoring several research papers which were presented at global research conferences.

Free Lunch Design was the label for my company and game making endeavor for many years. Some of the games developed became global viral smash hits well before social media was invented and came to reach millions of players.• Designing, developing, and releasing several popular PC games.• Managing a thriving indie game loving community.• Freelance programming and consultant in the game industry.

As lecturer I structured and implemented an eight week course in game engine architecture.• Planned and held lectures to final year master students.• Tutored and guided students during their examination projects.

Planned and implemented workshops and lectures for game design courses. Also tutored and guided students during study groups and meetings.

At Nokia I was tasked with porting a popular mobile phone game (Triple Pop) to one of their new set-top boxes which ran on Linux. Even though the work was complete, the actual box was unfortunately never released.

I was in charge of designing and implementing the user experience as well as the visuals for a decentralized collaboration and planning tool. Basically a messaging app run on desktop with shared workspaces.