Steve is an award-winning engagement designer, brand-customer relationship orchestrator, and business strategist. He has 25+ years of direct experience in the video game industry, having designed and produced AAA games for Disney Interactive, Electronic Arts , Sega, and Ubisoft that have generated sales in excess of $650 million. He has spoken at a variety of premier events, including Game Developer’s Conference (San Jose, California), South by Southwest (Austin, Texas), SIGGRAPH, Juarez Competitiva (Mexico), Gamification Summit (Amsterdam), Banff New Media Festival, GameON Finance (Toronto, Ontario), GDCNext (Los Angeles, California), Digital Entertainment Leadership Forum (Hong Kong), Interface Summit, and several others.Steve is CEO of PUG Interactive, an award-winning company that helps enterprises build unbreakable brand-customer relationships using advanced online technologies and gameplay principles to drive important business outcomes. Founded in 2008, PUG Interactive offers a complete, end-to-end approach to get large communities active and engaged -- creating playful places that foster and measure community identity, reputation, and status.
Listed skills include Video Games, E Commerce, Game Development, Game Design, and 24 others.