Warren Cho

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About Warren Cho

Business development, product management, operations management, and strategy executive with strong experience in developing and expanding new businesses and products. Proven track record of combining strategic thinking with a hands-on implementation that has yielded impressive business results. Over 17 years of experience in the video game industry with high credentials. Joined Microsoft in 2017 and successfully formed the Gaming team within the Communication & Media group in the Enterprise Commercial. I currently lead the Worldwide Gaming (Azure) Vertical in Microsoft. • 17+ years of experience in gaming industry, 10+ years of experience in mobile game industry in studio management, product management, and business development • Entrepreneurial leader and co-founded Molten Games (start-up freemium PC online game development company) in San Diego, and founded and managed the Korean studio for Gameloft (mobile game developer and publisher) • Joined Microsoft Korea to head Enterprise Commercial C&G (Communications & Game) Group, and built a dedicated Azure (Cloud) Gaming team • As the Worldwide Gaming Vertical leader, I'm responsible to build the go-to-market strategy for the Gaming Cloud in Microsoft, and will help and hire and oversee gaming "pods" of field specialists in Korea, Japan, China and "rest of Asia," to align and accelerate their efforts to ensure aggressive growth targets for the region are reached Specialties: Sales, Cloud services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), Mobile Gaming, Studio Management, Marketing, Viral Growth & Distribution, Business Development, Product Management & Analytics, Product Development & Strategy, User Experience Design, Monetization, Free-to-Play Business Model, Live Management, Budget Planning, Localization