VP of Engineering, Game Data Pros, Inc. (GDP)
20+ years of experience
John is excellent at solving problems that affect millions of entertainment consumers and building highly performant engineering teams quickly.
John Szeder is an engineering leadership coach and team builder who is enthusiastic about creating digital consumer experiences.
John has been a strategic executive consultant with clients including Samsung, Warner Brothers, 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. (acquired by Tagged). John was also an early staff member at RIM and one of the founding staff members of Digital Chocolate.
In addition to creating amazing teams and products, John mentors entrepreneurs on thinking about and growing their organizations and teams from early stage through to initial public offering.
Expertise
Technical Strategy
Staffing
Orthogonal Thinking
Scalability
User Experience
Industry
Games
Consumer Applications
Gamification
Social Platforms
Digital Publishing
Past Companies
Game Data Pros
Seismic Studios
Zynga
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