Steve Allison Email & Phone Number

Cary, Nc, Us

I lead the Store org at Epic which is home to the Epic Games Store, 3rd Party Publishing and Kids Web Services (KWS).

Malibu & Corte Madera, Ca, Us

Joined as employee #38 to work closely with the co-founders to take Telltale to the next level & together we defined a new genre in games birthed by Telltale, “Tailored Narrative”. After this shift in genre Telltale was consistently a top 5 publisher in annual Metacritic rankings landing at #1 in 2010 and 2014, and #2 in 2012 and 2015.Led the organization in the following disciplines: Publishing, Global Marketing, IP Licensing, Business Development, Comms, Social/Community Management, Strategy and 3rd Party PublishingDirectly responsible for revenue and monetization of Telltale Games products – highlights:o At Telltale’s peak grew revenue 55x as compared to 2009 with revenue growth each year and a CAGR of 57% w/over $600M+ GMV (avg. over $100 million each year) 2012-17.o Established the business model and release strategy critical to Telltale success over these years o Established an innovative policy w/1st party HW companies the “Season Pass Disc” which debuted in 2015 for Minecraft Story Mode @ retail. After adding retail into our publishing mix Telltale consistently was a top 7 retail publisher from 2015-18.Directly responsible for 100% of Telltale’s partnerships & IP agreements: sourcing, courting, negotiating of all IP agreements. The executive point of contact for our IP partners:▪ The Walking Dead – Robert Kirkman/Skybound▪ Game of Thrones – HBO ▪ Minecraft – Mojang▪ Batman & Fables – DC Comics/Warner Brothers▪ Borderlands – Gearbox Software▪ Back to the Future & Jurassic Park - Universal▪ Guardians of the Galaxy – Marvel* Stranger Things - NetflixEstablished 3rd Party Publishing in 2015 for externally developed titles:o Telltale’s initial 3rd Party title 7 Days to Die (PS4/XONE) has generated $60 million+ in revenue to date.Over a period of 2.5 years negotiated & closed the partnership for the first ever “interactive playable television series” w/Netflix for a conversion of Minecraft Story Mode, which launched on Netflix in Dec '18

Part of the executive team at the fastest growing company in sports entertainment. Responsibilities include overseeing: TNA Home Video, Consumer Products (video game, toys, mobile, print, merchandise etc.), Licensing, Digital Content strategy and Business Development, corporate website, corporate publicity, live events marketing, affiliate relations (PPV/cable systems), corporate sponsorship and all general activities related to building the brand/image of TNA via traditional and non traditional marketing (i.e. social networking etc..). Strong focus on building direct to consumer solutions for all our Consumer Products businesses (i.e. complete digital home video solutions like www.tnavideovault.com etc..) Reports directly to the President.

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Individually responsible for driving product strategy and publishing, 3P product publishing deals/acquisitions (Unreal Tournament 3, Unreal Championship 2, Rise & Fall, Lord Of The Rings Online etc..), brand development, marketing, and licensing strategy. Worked closely with the teams and luminary creators of Midway’s unique IP new and old to bring them to a new generation of players on home consoles, handhelds and digital (Mortal Kombat, Blitz, NBA Ballers, Game Party, Touchmaster, MLB Slugfest, Area 51, Stranglehold, Wheelman, Arcade Treasures, Psi Ops, Rush, The Suffering, Spy Hunter, TNA Wrestling).Owned the strategy and effort to bring culturally relevant talent and ip partnerships to gaming within Midway across a number of innovative product initiative. Sourced and negotiated talent likeness, participation and IP deals on partnerships with John Woo, Chow Yun Fat (Stranglehold), Dwayne Johnson (Spy Hunter), Vin Diesel (Wheelman), Tony Scott (unannounced title), David Duchovny & Powers Boothe (Area 51) Lawrence Taylor, Bill Romanowksi, Jay Mohr and Frank Caliendo (Blitz The League) + numerous other smaller partnerships within our products. Sourced and negotiated new IP licenses for products - highlights: TNA Wrestling and Mortal Kombat v DC Universe (which led to the awesome Injustice games down the road!) + many other smaller partnerships within our products. Led marketing, product comms, licensing, business development and in game advertising groups w/5 VP or higher level direct reports for a $200+ million games software business reporting directly to the CEO.Section 16 officer of the company.

New York, Us

Led marketing, product comms, licensing, business development and in game advertising groups for a $500+ million games software business, dual reporting directly to the CEO USA for business development and to studio head for studio related marketing. Extensive acquisition work (publishers, studios and licenses) as part of the executive team during a period of record growth. Led the rebranding of USA company name change from Infogrames to Atari. Individually responsible for driving product strategy, brand development, marketing, business development incl. product and developer acquisitions and overall licensing strategy.Part of the core management team that relocated from San Jose (Accolade) to open Infogrames/Atari's Los Angeles Publishing Studio in 2001.

New York, Us

Infogrames/Atari acquired Accolade in 1999

Responsible for Hardball franchise, NFL titles, and drove the multi-million unit selling relaunch of the Test Drive brand w/ TD 4 (and sequels), the launch of the million unit selling Test Drive Off Road sub-brand and all sequels. Also worked on POed, Redline, Jack Nicklaus Golf, and Demolition Racer among other title launches. Received Producer credit on Test Drive Off Road. On pure initiative - pioneered, sourced and secured car and music licensing for the Test Drive racing video games as a regular course of business before car companies and music publishers took video games seriously.

Bs, Business Admin - Marketing

Executive Certificate, Data Analytics

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