Managing Partner @ Radiance Strategic Solutions | xSony, xElectronic Arts, xCapcom, xAtari
Cupertino, California, United States
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About
I close deals that most people can't navigate.
For nearly four decades, I have operated at the intersection of Eastern and Western game markets, licensing IP, building partnerships, and generating revenue in places where language barriers, regulatory complexity, and cultural distance stop most executives cold.
At iDreamSky (NASDAQ: DSKY / HK: 1119), I built a $100M+ revenue engine licensing more than 50 Western titles into China: Monument Valley, Toy Blast, Gardenscapes, Homescapes, and others. I contributed to the company's dual U.S. and Hong Kong listings.
I have founded two companies with successful exits. Zona was acquired by Shanda pre-IPO in 2003. Radiance Digital Entertainment merged with iDreamSky in 2014. At Shanda, I managed 460 developers across six concurrent MMORPGs and supported the company's 2004 NASDAQ IPO.
Earlier in my career, I shipped titles at EA, Capcom, and Atari, with credits on John Madden Football, Street Fighter, and the Test Drive franchise.
Today, through Radiance Strategic Solutions, I advise game companies on cross-border licensing, IP negotiations, and Asia market entry. Recent work includes negotiating EverMerge (BigFish/Aristocrat) for a Chinese publisher, generating 20M+ downloads in Greater China, and closing a Bruce Lee IP licensing deal for a Chinese mobile publisher.
What I bring: Cross-border IP licensing. International BD at scale. China market navigation. M&A advisory. East-West deal architecture from the first conversation to the signed contract.
Beyond the deals: Guest Professor at Shanghai Theatre Academy and Jilin University of Arts, with three published Chinese-language textbooks on game development. Director of the Virtual USA Pavilion at World Expo 2010 Shanghai. Founder of IGDA Shanghai. LinkedIn Top Voice with 27,000+ followers.
Native fluency in English and Mandarin. Split base between China and California.
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Experience
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Greater China Representative
ISM China
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CEO
Radiance Software(Shanghai)
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President
Shanda Zona, LLC.
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CEO
Zona/Shanda
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Founder/Chairman/CEO
Zona, Inc.
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Founder/Chairman/CEO
Game Factory
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Accolade/Infogrames
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Executive Producer
Infogrames/Atari
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Electronic Arts
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Independant Software Vendor
self employed
Education
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University of California, Berkely extension
Project Management
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Three quarters of project management courses, one was taught by the president of project management institude.
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National Chiao Tung University
2 years in under Computer Science
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Activities and Societies: Captain of school track team, won programming contest
Skills
Publications
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Made it in China
Mii publishing
Made it in China features the experiences and lessons of international entrepreneurs who have left their own country and built successful businesses in China. It focuses on nine entrepreneurs who talk about how they grew their companies in this new and developing market. Monte Singman wrote a chapter "Creativity in China", starting from page 143.
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Introduction to Game Industry
Xue Lin publishing company
See publicationFirst university textbook in China for the subject of video game productions, forward written by Nolan Bushnell
Projects
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Formula Cartoon
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First MMO Racing game on browser, 3D offroad kart racing game on browsers, launched on cartoonnetwork.com in June of 2012
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Virtual Pavilion USA/Shanghai World Expo 2010
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Designed an online trivia game for Virtual Pavilion USA at the Shanghai World Expo 2010. In addition to creating the game and selecting the images from a government database, I also wrote and edited the copy for the entire site.
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Honors & Awards
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Guest Professor
Jilin Animation Institute
Appointed by the chairman of the school to be the guest professor of the school
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Chinese
Native or bilingual proficiency
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English
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IGDA(International Game Developer Association), Shanghai Chapter
Founder
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Shanghai Creative Industry association, Interactive Entertainment
Chairman
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EO (Entrepreneur Organization), Shanghai Chapter
Regional Communication director
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