Our Team

Serial entrepreneur in the high-tech, online gaming sector. Co-founded nWay, Pixelberry, Nurien Software, and IvyConnection. Advisor to many successful startups including SundayToz, Cloudgine and Coffee Meets Bagel. President of Realtime Worlds Korea and early member of New Business Development team at Samsung Electronics where it spawned smartphone and mobile gaming businesses.

Favorite 90s game: Tekken 3

Experienced in building brands with pop-culture relevance in interactive entertainment. Launched and managed Star Wars, DC Comics, and LEGO games in mobile and console. Held leadership positions at Warner Bros, YouTube and LucasArts. Former economic consultant at Arthur Andersen with an MBA from MIT.

Favorite 90s game: Super Mario Kart

Animator turned designer with 12+ years in game development working on a wide range of projects including Jet Li’s Rise to Honor, Conan, Star Wars The Force Unleashed 2, and Sly Cooper Thieves in Time.

Favorite 90s game: Mortal Kombat II

Born in the 90’s and raised in the Bay Area with a love for video games. BA in Animation and Visual Effects. Enjoys seeing or applying the smallest details in art, especially animation.

Favorite 90s game: Jak 2

A San Francisco native who majored in accounting. 10+ years in the financial industry and 6+ years in mobile gaming. Previously worked at Kabam on Marvel Contest of Champions, Transformers Forged to Fight, and Shop Titans. Loves sports, sci-fi and noodle soup.

Favorite 90s game: Final Fantasy VII

Growing up in the 80s, feeding countless quarters into arcade machines, I remember thinking “one day these games will look as cool as the illustrations on the sides of these game cabinets”. This fascination, with my obsession with control panels probably had something to do with me finding a home doing video game UI.

Favorite 90s game: MDK

Previously worked as a Programmer at EA, Namco, SmartBombInteractive, and KIXEYE. Previous titles include Godfather, Dead To Rights, Snoopy Vs RedBaron.

Favorite 90s game: ICO (almost 90s!)

Graduated from UC Berkeley and landed in the world of PvP mobile games. Claims to play games for fun, but is that really true?

Favorite 90s game: Final Fantasy Tactics

Author, painter, swordswoman, and veteran game designer. Connoisseur of cheese, dice, fighting games, and media tropes.

Favorite 90s game: Guardian Heroes

Majored in Computer Engineering from Ajou University, Korea. Previously worked at Wonder and Neople, where he worked on Dungeon and Fighter. Loves music, photography, and travelling.

Favorite 90s game: Command and Conquer

Majored in English at UCLA and studied Literature Translation at KLTI.

Favorite 90s game: Chrono Trigger

Has 9 years of 3D graphic and lead concept artist experience. Formerly worked at GameHi and Doobic Entertainment (both acquired by Nexon) in South Korea.

Favorite 90s game: Dungeon Keeper

Experienced product manager with a passion for solving problems and delighting users. Worked on titles such as Big Fish Casino, Jackpot Magic Slots, and King’s Road. Loves food, loves games, loves music.

Favorite 90s game: Super Mario Bros. 3

MFA in Visual Development at Academy of Art and BA in Graphic Art and Animation at SF State University. Worked as freelance concept artist in animation at Helpful Bear Production Inc. and Carlos Baena LLC.

Favorite 90s game: NBA Jam

Industry veteran with years of experience working with and leading teams from the trenches for titles such as Call of Duty: MW3, Tomb Raider, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, and Call of Duty: WWII. Video game nerd, musician, certified crazy cat man.

Favorite 90s game: Spyro the Dragon

Passionate gaming veteran with 15 years experience who brings order to the chaos with a focus on quality, stability and Team success. I march to the a beat of a different drum.

Favorite 90s game: Diddy Kong Racing

Developer Liaison, SME extraordinaire turned QA nerd. I don’t like to break things; I like to dispel the illusion that things work.

Favorite 90s game: Doom

Graduated from THE Ohio State University with a BA in English, working in Customer Support for games for the past 8 years previously at Blizzard and Trion Worlds. I enjoy cats and long walks on the beach with my cat.

Favorite 90s game: Diablo

Majored in Psychology at Stanford University and liked the Bay Area so much I never left. Previously worked at Jam City on Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. Spreadsheets for both fun and profit.

Favorite 90s game: Age of Empires II

We break it, you buy it! Born and raised in San Francisco. 5+ years doing what I love to do. previously worked for Tribaloid, Kabam, and Kixeye on a variety of titles. On my spare time I enjoy playing Disc Golf and being a Father.

Favorite 90s game: Resident Evil II

BFA in Animation at the Academy of Art University. He has spent the last 10 years creating fun and interactive VFX for video games with styles ranging from cartoony, to realistic. Some previous titles include Heroes of Newerth, Strife, and Savage Resurrection.

Favorite 90s game: Mario Kart 64

10+ years of experience in the game industry. Previously worked at Nexon and Neople. Previous titles include Dungeon and Fighter and Mabinogi. Likes to spend time with his cat named Momo.

Favorite 90s game: Lunar Silver Star Story

Competitive gamer for most of the aughts, specializing in 2D fighting games and achieving multiple top 8 finishes in the Evo Championship Series for Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 and Street Fighter IV. Worked in the industry as an author for several years before ending up as a combat designer. Big fan of stand-up comedy and Quentin Tarantino films.

Favorite 90s game: Quest for Glory Anthology

Started career in Florida, moved to San Francisco in 2011. Avid tabletop RPG player, foodie, beer lover.

Favorite 90s game: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Started off as a medical professional, but turned my love for games and their communities into a career! My experience has ranged from collaborating with some big-name companies and gaming devs for their events, traveling the U.S to photograph tournaments, to hosting the biggest fighting game weekly in NorCal!

Favorite 90s game: Tekken 2

Graduated from Carnegie Mellon University. Previously worked on various types of projects from interactive shows to casino games, and even a hacking competition. Loves to play League of Legends.

Favorite 90s game: Age of Empires

Studied Business Marketing at Hongik University. MFA in Animation & VFX at Academy of Art. Likes to play games, especially League of Legends.

Favorite 90s game: The King of Fighters ’98

Obsessed with making stuff (games, videos, music) and consuming stuff (994 games, 922 movies, and 1851 albums and counting!). Also a rule-breaker that’s gonna tell you his favorite game of all time that’s NOT 90’s: BLOODBORNE B A B Y

8+ years exp. as a server engineer in CDNetworks and startup. I like meat, python, mongodb, linux and golang. I am member of PyCon Korea Organizer. Do everything just for fun.

Favorite 90s game: The War of Genesis 3