VP Business Development ASTRUM ONLINE
Russia
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. Nick has now moved on to Astrum Online Entertainment where he will be taking up a new exciting role in the company!
Chairman of Board of Directors Alawar Entertainment, Inc.
Russia
Alexander Lyskovsky graduated from Novosibirsk State University with a Master's Degree in Computer Science. While studying, he worked on an interactive system for regional and transoceanic calculations of tsunami isochrones and geophysical model studies. In 1997, he left the field of science for the computer games industry. In 1999, the company he founded became Alawar Entertainment, one of the world's leading publishers of casual games. Today, Mr. Lyskovsky is in charge of strategic planning and tactical operations. Mr. Lyskovsky is also the co-founder and chairman of the board of the Independent Software Developers Forum (ISDEF), a major Eastern European association of software developers, distributors and publishers; an adviser of Casual Connect Kyiv, the first specialized conference in Eastern Europe dedicated to the casual games industry; and a member of the board of the Game Developers Club, an organization uniting the leading specialists affecting the development of the electronic game industry in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
Founder Bubbler Media
Ukraine
Taras Tarasov is one of the pioneers of casual game development in Eastern Europe. He entered the industry in 1999 as one of the founders of Another Day LTD. In 2003, he established Friends Games, one of the largest and most experienced companies in Eastern Europe which provided custom game development services for the casual games industry on various platforms. The new studio was the evolution of ideas he began exploring with his first company. The main reasons for the success and growth of Friends Games have been Taras high creative energy, broad professional outlook on casual game design, and a streamlined and efficient process for casual game development. In October 2007 Friends Games was acquired by Oberon Media and is now branded under I-Play Rivne studio. Taras joined Oberon as Director of European Developer Relations and has managed relationships with casual game developers throughout the region.
Within Taras career under his control was developed few series of innovative and successful series of games like Amazonia, Go-Go Gourmet series, Magic Match series, Dream Vacation Solitaire that was nominated for Game Zebo Awards 2006 in Best Card, Board, & Mahjong Game of 2007 nomination. Now Taras runs Bubbler Media that is focused on development and distribution of games on the iPhone platform, and Game Industry Consulting Companies.
V.P. of Business Development, INTENIUM GmbH
Germany
Alla has been in the casual games industry since 2003 working on the managerial positions in business development, sales and marketing in Absolutist, the biggest casual games company in Ukraine. In 2007 she left the company after a year of being its CEO and continued her career as VP of Business Development with Germany-based INTENIUM, the leading European casual games distributor, publisher and developer. In this position she is responsible for the strategic directions of the game holding, cooperation with international partners, and development studio control.
She holds an MA in English and World Literature.
Director of Marketing Communications and PR Alawar Entertainment
Russia
Tatiana Chernova joined Alawar Entertainment in September 2004. In the beginning, she was responsible for game localizations and translations. Since 2006, she's served as public relations manager for the company. Today, she holds the position of Director of Marketing Communications and PR. Her responsibilities include soliciting coverage of the company's projects through the mass media and the strategic planning of PR campaigns. Additional duties include the planning and organization of Alawar’s participation in exhibitions, conferences and other events. Moreover, Ms. Chernova serves as PR Advisor of the Casual Games Association (CGA). She's also responsible for coverage of CGA activity in East European mass media and an adviser of Casual Connect Kyiv — the first specialized conference in Eastern Europe dedicated to the casual games industry. Tatiana holds a Master’s Degree in Linguistics from Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University and a second Master’s Degree in Economics and Management from Novosibirsk State University. Before coming to Alawar, she worked as a TV journalist and the host of a program featuring notable stories about city life in Russia.
V.P. of Business Development Playrix
Russia
Sean has been with the company since its inception in 2004 and helped grow a startup into what is now a serious casual games developer and publisher with an extensive network of distribution partners, an experienced in-house development team and a number of talented external studio partners. His responsibilities include identifying new business opportunities as well as building key partnerships in publishing and distribution across multiple platforms.
He has a degree with honors in English and German languages and also completed coursework at Michigan State University where he picked up the name Sean Elliot that has been his work alias ever since.