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Chris Hewish

President

Xsolla

Country or State

United States

Bio

I'm a lifelong game professional with a unique skill-set combining the design and production skills of a developer, with the business and strategic acumen of a publisher; all supported by a servant leader mentality. Throughout my career I've worked across all platforms and genres on games ranging from AAA to Indie. My current role has leading global business devleopment and marketing for the industries largest video game e-commerce, payments, and online business engine at scale with thousands of games from partners of all sizes. In the past I've led development teams, operated multi-game studios, and run worldwide interactive business units at companies like Activision, DreamWorks Animation, Survios, and Skydance Interactive. Winning multiple awards and increasing revenue at every stage. Skills and responsibilities include creating concepts, building prototypes, establishing roadmaps, managing production, owning P&L’s, and being a strategic thinking vision holder who brings the best out of the teams I work with. With these experiences and the skills outlined below, I can help any company looking to build, scale, or improve upon its interactive business. SKILLS Action-Oriented Team Leader: 10+ years of development experience building, turning around, and leading cross-disciplinary internal game teams of 5 - 150 people. Also, experience managing co-developments involving multiple teams and companies where team sizes scaled into the hundreds. Financial Acumen: 15+ years of full P&L ownership within public and private companies; including setting and managing project-specific budgets from concept through live operations, and creating financial models for strategic planning and publishing. Producer & Vision Holder: 10+ years Executive Producer and Creative Executive experience on triple-A and double-A games; including owning responsibility for vision and roadmap, implementing and managing greenlight processes, and setting and enforcing milestones schedules. Variety of Experiences: Experience developing games in nearly every genre and platform, utilizing a variety of business models; including f2p, paid, ad revenue, and combinations of all three. Cross-Disciplinary: Built and operated Publishing, Marketing, Biz Dev, and Licensing departments for major game and media companies. Designed and/or produced award-winning games on all platforms- Console, PC, Mobile, VR. Multi-Hat Entrepreneur: Started two game companies from the ground up.

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President at Xsolla

Degrees

Advanced Management Program

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