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- Lead a business development team responsible for Amazon's partnerships with 40+ top mobile game developers (King, Blizzard, Zynga, etc.) and for featuring their game content on Amazon Appstore ($1B+ in Appstore revenues).
- Drove the initial thinking and hypotheses of the importance of advertising for Appstore's revenue, user engagement and strategy. Secured Appstore's initial integration with Vungle.
- Partnered with corp. dev to evaluate and acquire companies and IP in the mobile game space for Amazon.
- Bar Raiser with 350+ interviews; Bar Raiser Mentor with tens of Bar-Raiser-in-Training mentees.
- New Hire Orientation host; 400+ full-time Amazon employees have gone through my training on their first day on the job.

- Co-founded Amazon Game Studios (AGS) in 2013 in a series of direct presentations to Jeff Bezos. AGS has become a multi-$B Amazon business since.
- Defined the strategy of Amazon's initial entry in the mobile/tablet game market.
- Signed 19 original IP game development deals with external partners in fewer than 12 months.
- Established precedent and launched Amazon distributing games on non-Amazon marketplaces for the first time in company history.
- Shipped four original IP games on Android and iOS. All four won Apple's Editor's Choice Award on iOS.
- Developed relations with 600+ game developers worldwide benefitting both Game Studios and Lumberyard.
- Recruited and managed business development and technical PM teams for Game Studios and Lumberyard.

- Defined the business strategy for Kinect first-party games ($1B+ in revenues) and HoloLens first-party productivity experiences.
- Ran the business development and business management teams for HoloLens and Kinect.
- Negotiated multi-million development and outsourcing contracts with external partners.
Shipped two original IP Kinect games.

- Co-founded 343 Industries, Microsoft's internal studio to inherit the Halo IP from Bungie.
- Created and executed a business strategy to develop the Halo franchise into a balanced, multi-media, multi-touch point entertainment property. Developed a cohesive business vision across multiple forms of entertainment and products integrating consumer needs, partner feedback, and merchandising opportunities.
- Recruited and managed a team of top performers by attracting and developing top talent.
- Negotiated deals and built business relationships to distribute the Halo IP content through gaming, mobile, merchandising, DVD and theatrical platforms.
- Ran all things business of the Halo franchise ($5B+ in life-to-date revenues). Ensured Halo meets or beats its short- and long term business goals.
- Oversaw Halo's outbound and inbound merchandising programs.
- Produced the Halo Legends animated feature – Halo's inaugural foray into the film industry.

- Owned business management for the full MGS game portfolio consisting of 20+ franchises including blockbuster hits like Halo, Gears of War, Age of Empires, Fable, and others.
- Ran the MGS business management team.
- Ran business, strategic and financial planning for the Xbox 360 and Windows first-party games portfolio.
- Negotiated with external development partners to secure sequels to MGS's externally-developed franchises as they became due.
- Spoke at the 2006 Game Developer Conference "Successful Outsourcing of AAA Games".

- Financial end-to-end controller and business partner of MGS, Mobility Group, and Server Apps Division.