January 24, 2012: 5:30 pm - 7:30pm
Emerging Platforms
In this panel discussion we'll talk about emerging platforms like iOS, Android, WP7, Win8, Facebook and more. What hardware are consumers buying now? What platforms are the best for monetization? What are the platforms that are the best to develop on today, and what are the smart platforms to develop on for tomorrow? Listen to the insight from leading industry experts and find out what’s next in consoles, mobile, tablets, social, and more.
Speakers to date:
Todd Hooper, CEO and Founder, Zipline Games (Moderator)
Grant Goodale, CEO, Massively Fun Inc.
Lou Fasulo, COO, Z2Live
Randy Chung, Founder, Zhurosoft
Speaker Bios:
Todd Hooper, CEO, Zipline Games
Todd is a twenty year veteran of high tech companies including Apple Computer and WatchGuard. Since moving to Seattle in 1998 he has founded two companies in the media and enterprise markets.
Todd was first bitten by the entrepreneur bug in high school when he developed a number of video gmaes for Commodore computers, and Zipline represents a welcome return to his gaming roots
Grant Goodale, CEO, Massively Fun
Grant is the founder and CEO of Massively Fun, a game studio focused on building top quality experiences for the web and mobile devices using open web technologies.
Lou Fasulo, COO, Z2Live
Prior to Z2Live, Lou lead the Publishing Team at NY based Sonic Boom Games including portfolio planning, sales, business development and marketing for the leading mobile games and UGC applications publisher. Lou’s team inked highly strategic licensing deals in the casual games space with PlayFirst and Big Fish Games, and launched the company's first original IP that achieved Top Seller status and “Best of 2009” on Verizon Wireless’ storefront in 2009.
Previous to Sonic Boom, Lou was the Vice President of Distribution at Vivendi Games Mobile, now Activision, where he lead sales and partner management to achieve the number 6 sales ranking in North America. He secured distribution for the company's mobile products on over 30 channels in the US, Canada, and Latin America. Lou helped launched the award-winning Surviving High SchoolTM game – one of the first original IP’s on mobile that consistently ranked among the top selling titles in North America for two consecutive years.
Prior to Vivendi, Lou held management positions at AT&T Mobility (formerly Cingular Wireless), and oversaw content acquisition and product management of games and applications. Early in his career, Lou was a product manager at Earthlink. He also co-founded GroovePort, a company that launched one of the first digital music subscription services with content from over 70 labels. Lou received his Masters Degree in Engineering from Clarkson University
Randy Chung, Founder, Zhurosoft
In 2009, Randy Chung and David Tsai founded Zhurosoft, Inc., specializing in social/casual mobile games. Their first breakout title was High School Hero, launched in Q1 2010. They soon followed this with the release of a fantasy-themed spin-off called Fantasy Hero. Their latest title is Monster Kingdom, one of the few social/casual games to feature head-to-head play. Zhurosoft has been entirely self-funded, and is currently based in Seattle's Pioneer Square. Prior to founding Zhurosoft, Randy worked at Amazon.com as a software development engineer. He graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Electronic Engineering and Computer Science.