Nikita Vladimirov- VP Business Development - CTXM

Никита Владимиров, вице-президент компании CTXM, специализирующейся на продюсировании и издании игр формата casual games для различных платформ, включая продукты для Xbox 360 Live Arcade.

Nick joined C.T.C in 2002 and was responsible for integrated project management systems. Having extensive design, project management and implementation experience in the challenging game software industry, Nick is promoting the game development activities of CTXM. As business development manager, Nick is fully involved with strategically growing the company, evaluating and pursuing new business opportunities.

Nick has a degree in International Law from the Russian-Latvian University Riga.

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Alexander Lyskovsky - General Director- Alawar Entertainment, Inc.

Александр Лысковский, генеральный директор компании Alawar Entertainment – одного из крупнейших в мире издателей компьютерных игр формата casual games.

Alexander Lyskovsky is co-founder and CEO of Alawar Entertainment, a leading international publisher of casual games.

Mr. Lyskovsky founded Alawar Entertainment, Inc. in 1999 along with a small group of friends who were passionate about creating games. Since then, he has guided the company's development into a major professional organization that has published more than 100 casual games and launched a number of sophisticated online ventures. Alawar's games are now sold in 25 countries across the world via the Internet and on CD-ROM. In addition to the personal computer, the company's releases can be found on PowerTV. Mr. Lyskovsky is currently guiding Alawar into the mobile gaming revolution with the release of Magic Ball 2 and Crusaders of Space, among other titles now in development, for mobile phones

Mr. Lyskovsky graduated with a Masters Degree in Computer Science from Novosibirsk State University. His passion as a student for 3D graphics and the creation of simple computer games grew into a permanent occupation. He is now a recognized authority on software and e-commerce markets, has written a large number of articles on these topics and has published two Russian language books.

Mr. Lyskovsky also co-founded the Independent Software Developers Forum (ISDEF), a major association of autonomous software developers, and is actively involved in planning and coordinating the association's various conferences.

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Тарас Тарасов, президент и основатель Friends Games, одной из крупнейших компаний на территории Украины, специализирующейся на разработке игр формата casual games.

Taras Tarasov is one of the pioneers of casual games development in Eastern Europe.  He is the President of Friends Games, one of the largest and most experienced companies in Eastern Europe which provide custom game development services for the casual games industry on various platforms.

Taras entered the industry in 1999 as one of the founders of Another Day.  In 2003, he established Friends Games. The new studio was the evolution of the ideas he began exploring with his first company.  The main reasons for the success and growth of Friends Games has been Taras' high creative energy, broad professional outlook on casual game design, and streamlined and efficient processes for casual game development.

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Before coming to Alawar, Tatiana Chernova worked as a TV journalist and the host of a program featuring notable stories about city life in Russia. After taking an interest in computer games, Tatiana joined Alawar in 2004 as a game description writer and translator. Today, she holds the position of public relations manager.  Alawar is a leading publisher specializing in the development, publication and distribution of casual games. During seven years of work in the market, Alawar published more than 100 casual games and won fans all over the world.  Tatiana holds her master’s degree in linguistics and is completing a second term to earn a degree in Economics and Management.

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Alla Khramtsova - CEO - Absolutist Ltd.

Alla has been in the casual games industry since 2003 starting as a Customer Support Representative at Absolutist.com. In 2004 she was appointed Head of Sales&Marketing and managed to create a fully-functional marketing team developing new business directions from scratch. She was responsible for building the relations with online publishers, partners, new distribution channels, as well as for diversifying of business the result of which was entering the outsourcing market and substantial company growth.

Prior to joining small Internet company, which was Absolutist those days, Alla was working in automotive business as a personal assistant to the President.

Nowadays, Alla continues to define strategic directions for Absolutist, which works with desktop platforms (WindowsPC, Mac, Linux) and online gaming, as well as handhelds and smartphones, having a huge portfolio of in-house developed games and games made for external clients.

Alla holds an MA in English and World Literature.

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Juan Gril - Producer & Founder - JoJu Games

Juan has been involved in the casual games industry even before the casual games term was coined. He is currently focusing on the production of innovative casual games for PC, Mobile and consoles.

Previously, and as one of the first members of the Yahoo! Games team, Juan was the lead producer for the downloadable games area and community manager of multi player games. In the last year of his tenure at Yahoo!, Juan was the head of Yahoo! Games Studios, producing the first 8 mobile titles the company has released.

Juan holds a BFA in Electronic Media from the University of Illinois.

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Greg Lanz currently serves as Vice President of Publishing and Sales for iWin, Inc., a leading casual games publisher and online website. Mr. Lanz has over 8 years of game industry experience in sales, distribution, licensing, and online advertising.

Before joining iWin, Mr. Lanz spent 2 ½ years at Trymedia Systems managing North American sales and business development and was a contributing factor in the acquisition of Trymedia by Macrovision (MVSN) in August 2005.

Prior to Trymedia, Mr. Lanz held sales and management positions at GameDAILY, Sega Dreamcast, and KPMG’s Channel Management Group.

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Neal Sinno has been in the casual game industry since 2005 when he joined Game Trust.

Neal Sinno has over 10+ years experience in Business Development, Product Development, and Sales. He has extensive knowledge in web-based applications, platforms and technology services. A seasoned sales and e-business product specialist, Neal has also held key leadership roles at LivePerson, Mellon Financial, The New York Times and Lucent Technologies. Neal graduated from Castleton College and is pursuing his MBA at Fordham University.

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