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Summary

Over 7 years in the Games Industry, experience founding and managing games studios.
Launched, produced & developed dozens of games (mobile, HTML5, PC).

Experience includes consulting, sales & marketing as well as developing, producing, pitching & launching games, building and managing studio & cross-functional, cross-cultural team, networking, negotiating & business development with clients, publishers & investors, and a technical background in Computer Science.

Passionate about the psychology & business of games and strive to be both a data-driven & empathetic leader.

Work experience

Business Development Manager at AppAgent s.r.o. / Strategic Mobile Growth, Czechia
September 2023Present

Responsibilities: Sales, Mobile Marketing Consultation, Lead Generation, Prospecting

Solely responsible for the entire sales pipeline at the Prague-based strategic mobile growth agency that supports partners including Supercell, Metacore, Outfit7, Microsoft, Netflix... and representing the agency at most major industry conferences including GDC San Francisco, MAU Vegas, Gamescom, Pocket Gamer Connects, App Growth Summit, GamesForum... 

  • Lead Generation & Prospecting
  • Representing AppAgent at Conferences for prospecting & speaking at mobile growth panels
  • Prospect Office Visits
  • Handling Sales Calls and Closing Deals
  • Consulting prospects on mobile growth strategy
  • Partnerships development
  • Relationships management
  • Market Research to stay on top of mobile trends
  • Sales Strategy development
  • Reporting on key metrics
Program Director for Zigzag Ventures, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
July 2023September 2023

Responsibilities: Logistics, Project Management, Reporting

Directing the MCIT CODE "Developers Zone 3" Games Bootcamp organized by the Saudi Ministry of Communications & Information Technology in partnership with GameBCN and Zigzag Ventures, a 5-week program in 5 different cities around the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Business Development Specialist at FunDream Games, Turkey
May 2023September 2023

Part-time, Contract

Helping FunDream build partnerships in the games industry, focus on Turkey & the MENA region

Producer & Project Manager at NOWWA / Gamebop GmbH, Liechtenstein
Mar 2022May 2023

Responsibilities: Project Management, Production, Business Development

Responsible for the management of a fully remote, global team working with big industry partners and pushing towards the launch of SuperSnappy.io — an Instant, Social, Web3-enabled gaming platform, in addition to Bulletville.com — a PC & Console Parkour Team Hero Shooter 

  • Managing Team of 30+ Remote, Multi-cultural people around the globe
  • Project Managing production & delivery of multiple simultaneous HTML5 projects + a PC & Console project
  • Built & Maintain Custom Project Management Solution using Notion from the ground up
  • Handling Relations with big industry partners including Voodoo, Supercell, Kongregrate
  • Business Networking at industry events & conferences
  • Business Development to close deals with desired partners & publishers
Co-Founder CEO at Groovy Antoid SAL, Lebanon
Sept 2016Mar 2022

Roles: Developer, Producer, Project Manager, Business Developer, Manager

Built and ran a casual gaming studio in Beirut — Groovy Antoid.
Wore many hats including coder, manager, business developer & led studio through fundraising, incorporation, publishing, startup accelerators (incl. Techstars), obtaining grants (incl. Tourism Gamification grant) and transitioning to remote.

  • Fully Launched several complete games and Produced Dozens of mobile & HTML5 projects
  • Built and managed Team of 10, office & remote
  • Implemented Agile Methodologies
  • Managed Business Development & negotiated Publisher Deals
  • Networked at worldwide industry events to acquire Partners & Clients (GDC, Pocket Gamer, Tokyo Game Show, etc.)
  • Pitched business and games
  • Raised Angel Funding, obtained Grants & Startup Accelerator Support and Incorporated Company
  • Tackled day-to-day Creative & Technical Production obstacles hands-on
Game Development Teacher at TeensWhoCode, Lebanon
Jun 2017Aug 2017

Tech: Unity3D

Taught game development using Unity3D to students aged between 12-16

Freelance Game Developer
2015 May 2017

Tech: Unity3D

Developed half a dozen games and game-like apps using Unity3D for clients including Huawei KSA, Modeo Systems, Wixel Studios

Software Developer at CCT International, Lebanon
Jun 2014Feb 2015

Tech: .NET, C#, Microsoft SQL Server, Windows Communication Foundation

Worked on the development of CCT’s award-winning electronic document management system, Visual Byblos Cyberspace™ (VBC), using Microsoft technologies

Education

American University of Science & Technology
20102014

Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science

GPA: 3.74/4.0
Graduated with honors and awarded "First Computer Science Project" (Augmented Reality interior decoration project)
IEEE Club Member, Organized Linux & Open-Source Talks & Seminars

Additional Information

  • Languages:
    • Fluent: English, Arabic
    • Basic: Russian, French
  • Nationality: USA
  • Marital Status: Single
  • Hobbies/Activities/Interests:
         Game Jams, "Lebanese Game Developers" Volunteer Mentor, Games Consulting, Event Management, IGDA Member,
         Outdoor Activities, Electronic Music, Pets
  • Travels & Networking: USA, Lebanon, Dubai, Germany, UK, Japan, Singapore, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey

Highlighted Projects

  1. "Fat Bunny: Endless Hopper", Mobile game, published with CMGE Ltd. in China, 2M+ Downloads, featured on China App Store, IMGA MENA Award Winner: http://fatbunnygame.com
  2. SuperSnappy.io, Instant Social Web3-enabled gaming portal: http://supersnappy.io
  3. "Bulletville", Parkour Team Hero Shooter (PC + Console): https://www.bulletville.com
  4. "Sticker Stack", Viber Game, Partnership with Rakuten Games Inc.: http://stickerstack.groovyantoid.com
  5. "Penalty Punts", Facebook Instant Game, Partnership with Corporate Hippy House Ltd: http://apps.facebook.com/penaltypunts
  6. "Trash Factory", Mobile game, Partnership with Digital Will Inc: http://www.trashfactorygame.com
  7. "Pop the Goon", HTML5 game, Partnership with Spring Communications, http://game.nourcomics.xyz
  8. "Sticky Pigeons", Android Game, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.GroovyAntoid.StickyPigeons
  9. "Joi Cubes" Educational Games, Raspberry Pi, for "Stars of Science" TV Show, http://youtu.be/pFVY4Ckkz5I?t=2408

Skills

Sales, Business Development, Public Speaking, Marketing, Game Development, Game Production, Project Management, Pitching, Networking, Fundraising, Cross-functional & Cross-cultural Team Leadership, Empathetic Leadership, Remote Management, Analytics & A/B Testing, Concept Validation, Iterative Design, Tracking KPIs, Consulting, Game Testing, Programming, Game Design & UX Fundamentals, Unity3D, Adobe Photoshop, Git, Notion

References

Vincent Ghossoub, CEO Falafel Games

William Bohn, CEO Digital Will Inc.

Grant Trowbridge Clark, CEO Rakuten Games Inc.