2024 Early Speakers Announced
Machine learning engineer for 8 years. Avid tennis player.
Jong Woo is the Vice President of Game Services for Samsung Electronics America, leading the Samsung Galaxy Store and Game Launcher within the mobile device ecosystem.
Dimitri has 17+ years of experience in digital advertising. The last 11 years in Mobile apps, Gaming, and re-engagement in companies like Bluestacks or Adikteev. He is now EVP, Apps & Strategic Accounts at Vibe, the leading performance CTV/OTT platform.
Cameron Thom is the Chief Business Development Officer at Adikteev, where he has contributed to the company's success for 5 years. Before this, as Director of Sales at Adikteev and Account Executive at Liftoff, he developed strategies and grew revenue by building strong community relationships. Cameron leads the new business efforts for Adikteev's mobile marketing tools like Churn Prediction, helping new and existing clients to further develop their retention strategies.
Paul Thind is an accomplished entrepreneur and the Chief Revenue Officer at Aethir, bringing over 25 years of expertise spanning gaming, music, Web3, and digital media. He has founded several successful ventures, including Triggerspot Inc., Blackmoon Games, Rivus Media, and Necropolis Records.
As a visionary in game publishing, Paul played a pivotal role in the growth of iconic platforms like Habbo Hotel and Disney’s Virtual Magic Kingdom. He also pioneered the integration of high-profile artist visits, featuring legends such as Ozzy Osbourne, Gorillaz, Oasis, and Beastie Boys, within gaming environments.
Throughout his career, Paul has held senior leadership and advisory positions at leading companies such as Spil Games, IGG, Zynga, 20th Century Fox, Denuvo, Spyr Games, LandVault, Disney, InMobi, and Outspark. His innovative contributions to the gaming and Web3 sectors have been instrumental in driving over $2 billion in transactions and enterprise value.
Gavin Leung, VP of Growth Marketing, is an experienced marketer, specialized in working with entertainment and technology companies to find and grow their audience.
Kelly brings nearly a decade’s experience in land-based slots management to social gaming in her role as SciPlay’s strategic slot portfolio and content growth lead.
Josh is the Senior Director Business Development for global gaming company FunPlus, a top 25 mobile publisher by IAP revenue globally. He supports teams in the East & West around platform, marketing, tech and other partnerships as well as managing licensed IP partners in Hollywood and beyond for soon to be announced mobile games in addition to in-game integrations across the FunPlus portfolio such as with The Walking Dead & The Joker.
Josh previously founded & operated DigitalDevConnect for nearly a decade as a consultant/freelancer, working with both emerging & leading companies in the mobile and/or gaming space across business development, partnerships, sales, marketing, product and other areas. Prior to DigitalDevConnect, Josh led the US product team at social & mobile game publisher 6waves as well as holding multiple business roles at EA's Pogo.com casual gaming division.
Chief Communications Officer at ZiMAD, expert in Strategic Communications. Brand marketing professional with over 10 year of experience. Mother of a young gamer, blogger, lecturer. ExWargaming, exGame.tv, exFreeplay
Expertise in aligning mobile-centric data analytics, technology, and process management to execute strategic initiatives seamlessly.
Offering extensive experience in App Store Optimization and Go-To-Market planning, bolstered by top tier industry KPIs like revenue, downloads, betas, geos, and genres.
As a producer, Elin worked on Trailer Park Boys: Greasy Money, where she launched over 200 live events. Aside from the day to day, she was able to successfully integrate several big-name guest stars to help boost and improve all live-ops games goals. The last few years, Elin has lead the production team on The Office: Somehow We Manage, where she launched over 100 live events. Currently, Elin is excited to be managing all of ESG's external IP relationships.
Alex Kozachenko is the CEO of HyperBeard, the largest mobile game developer and publisher in Mexico with over 210M downloads on Apple AppStore and Google Play Store with great games like Campfire Cat Cafe, Adorable Home & Pocket Love! HyperBeard specializes in cute, casual, idle-games targeting an adult-female demographic. Alex specializes in business, product & marketing strategy.