WHO IS JOHN SZEDER

John Szeder is an engineering leader and builder who is passionate about building digital experiences that promote a sense of ownership in consumers. John has been a strategic executive consultant with clients including Samsung, Activision/Blizzard and The Clorox Corporation. John was formerly a Director of Engineering at Zynga on Zynga Poker, as well as the Vice President of Engineering and Global Operations at hi5 Networks, Inc., a leading international social network for games. John also held many exciting mobile roles over the years including being the cofounder and CEO of Mofactor, a small boutique mobile publisher with many internally developed titles and very efficient porting technology. Mofactor developed and published Duckshot, an AIAS nominated title for game of the year, and many other original and branded mobile titles. John was also an early staff member at RIM and one of the founding staff members of Digital Chocolate.