Apple | Mobile |
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Business Dev & Design Entertainment | Social Media Tech Web Video |
Apple | Mobile |
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Business Dev & Design Entertainment | Social Media Tech Web Video |
Develops mobile and web content. Financing Sequence: 2 Stage of Development: Early Stage
Year Established: | 8/08 |
Funding: | 29.5 |
Address: | 170 University Avenue, 2nd Floor Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA |
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Mail: | info@booyah.com |
Company URL: | www.booyah.com |
At Booyah, we understand that life is busy. It is easy to conceptualize the importance of taking ten minutes a day to learn, to explore, and to enjoy, but in reality, the bulk of us might not even have those ten minutes to give. Booyah is about taking back those ten minutes each day.
For those interested in learning more, please email us at jobs@booyah.com
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Keith is a veteran of the interactive entertainment industry with a proven track record of helping create best-selling video games, developing compelling experiences, and attracting broad audiences into the gaming space. Prior to founding Booyah, Keith was the Lead Producer for Blizzard Entertainment's Diablo III franchise. The Diablo series has sold over 20 million copies worldwide. Before Blizzard, Keith's roles as the Project Manager and Lead Programmer for Insomniac Games helped propel the Ratchet & Clank series to surpass 10 million units sold. Leading up to the games industry, Keith worked at several investment banks, including Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs. Keith graduated from Stanford University with a BS in Computer Science and a BA in International Relations and Economics. Follow on Twitter: @keithlee0
Brian Morrisroe - Chief Creative Officer & Co-Founder
Brian has 11 years of professional experience in the gaming industry, including 6 years at Blizzard Entertainment where, in his roles as Art Lead for World of Warcraft and Art Director for Diablo III, he helped establish the visual style and future art direction of both franchises. He's helped ship over 15 million units worldwide including blockbuster titles such as Legacy of Kain, Soul Reaver 2, Spider-Man The Movie, World of Warcraft, and the follow-up expansion World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade.
Sam Christiansen - CTO & Co-Founder
Sam has over 8 years of experience in the games industry working across all PC and console platforms. Prior to Booyah, Sam worked at Blizzard Entertainment as a Senior Programmer for Diablo III. Before Blizzard, Sam touched and impacted every aspect of development at Insomniac Games from tools, gameplay, and networking to the proprietary game engine. Previously, Sam led the Xbox development team at Paradigm Entertainment. Besides games, Sam worked at Trilogy Software creating a set of rich user interface widgets for web browsers using Java script and web-based content management system using Java and JSP. Sam graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BS in Computer Science.
Zhongling "Alex" Li - VP of Engineering
Alex has over 12 years of experience in software engineering at various Bay Area startups. Prior to joining Booyah, Alex was the Principal Architect at Jasper Wireless (a pioneer in global M2M services) since its early stage and developed their mission-critical server platforms. Before Jasper Wireless, Alex gained his experience in scalable systems while building eBay Classifieds Kijiji.com and the My eBay 2.0. Alex graduated from Columbia University with a MS degree in Computer Science.
David Wang - VP of Marketing
Dave has over 8 years of experience in Marketing and Business Development at startups. Prior to joining Booyah, Dave was the Sr. Director of Marketing at Centrality Communications and SiRF Technology, the leading provider of location platforms to the industry. Dave led corporate product marketing and strategic planning for multiple processor families, launching several market-leading GPS chips and generating over $120 million in revenue. Prior to his marketing roles, Dave held engineering positions at Cisco Systems and the U.C. Berkeley Wireless Research Center. Dave graduated from Stanford University with a MS degree in Electrical Engineering and a MS degree in Management Science and Engineering. Dave received a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley.
Susan Kuo - VP of Sales
Susan Kuo brings over 8 years experience in the online gaming & social media industry. Prior to Booyah, Susan was the VP of West Coast Sales at Gaia Online and led the growth of strategic accounts, including major entertainment & gaming studios. Prior to this role, Susan was the Director of Sales Development at Gaia, leading the sales operations team and identifying and creating some of the company's top selling integrated sponsorship opportunities. Prior to Gaia, Susan headed up the Sales Development team for EA Pogo, and was responsible for creating and pioneering some of the industry's first in-game sponsorship offerings and community event integrations. Susan holds a BA in Mass Communications from University of California, Berkeley.