David Son
Head of Global Business Development at Vespa Inc- Claim this Profile
Click to upgrade to our gold package
for the full feature experience.
Topline Score
Bio
Experience
-
Vespa Inc
-
South Korea
-
Entertainment Providers
-
1 - 100 Employee
-
Head of Global Business Development
-
Sep 2018 - Jan 2022
Greater Los Angeles Area Vespa Inc,(KOSDAQ: 299910) a global mobile game developer and publisher of King’s Raid, a F2P RPG that is ranked Top 10 in app stores across 69 countries.
-
-
-
SUPERCOLONY,INC
-
United States
-
Computer Games
-
1 - 100 Employee
-
CEO
-
Sep 2018 - Jan 2022
Greater Los Angeles Area - Established Supercolony and build from scratch - Manage the P&L for Supercolony - Manage all developers and members - Successfully accomplished all aspects of business to HR and build the team in Irvine, CA - Successfully developed mobile game "Catopia Rush": Catopia: Rush is a portrait-oriented mobile game set to launch globally on iOS and Android Supercolony, an Irvine CA-based mobile game development company. We have developed Catopia Rush. We strive to make… Show more - Established Supercolony and build from scratch - Manage the P&L for Supercolony - Manage all developers and members - Successfully accomplished all aspects of business to HR and build the team in Irvine, CA - Successfully developed mobile game "Catopia Rush": Catopia: Rush is a portrait-oriented mobile game set to launch globally on iOS and Android Supercolony, an Irvine CA-based mobile game development company. We have developed Catopia Rush. We strive to make free-to-play games with an independent development process as a small team. Catopia: Rush is a portrait-oriented mobile game set to launch globally on iOS and Android on June 2nd of this year. Players control a Hero Cat alongside a team of three other allies through a simple but fun to master system of one-handed mechanics. Our framework also was carefully crafted with room to grow and we plan on including several content updates that expand the roster and game modes. Show less
-
-
-
Soulgit
-
South Korea
-
Computer Games
-
CEO
-
Jul 2017 - Sep 2018
- As a CEO role, I was charge of managing Strategic partnership, Management, Recruiting, Business planning, Business development, and Fund-raising - M&A: Vespa Inc (Vespa Inc,(KOSDAQ: 299910) a global mobile game developer and publisher of King’s Raid)
-
-
-
InMobi
-
Singapore
-
Advertising Services
-
700 & Above Employee
-
Head of Gaming, Korea
-
Oct 2016 - Jul 2017
Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea - Strategic sales and go-to-market for mobile gaming ad products in Japan, Korea. - Korea Mobile Gaming sales and revenue delivery ownership for performance marketing business.
-
-
-
Kochava
-
United States
-
Advertising Services
-
100 - 200 Employee
-
GM of Korea
-
Jun 2015 - Jun 2016
Korea - 1st hired member on the APAC business side, helping to build Kochava into what it has become today: Established Kochava Seoul office. - Managed 3 Sales managers and covering all areas of sales, such as existing clients and new clients. - Manage the P&L for Korean Business - Work with Game, brands and advertisers and agencies across the Korea and in APAC. Kochava offers a unique, holistic and unbiased approach to mobile attribution analytics and optimization. Via its… Show more - 1st hired member on the APAC business side, helping to build Kochava into what it has become today: Established Kochava Seoul office. - Managed 3 Sales managers and covering all areas of sales, such as existing clients and new clients. - Manage the P&L for Korean Business - Work with Game, brands and advertisers and agencies across the Korea and in APAC. Kochava offers a unique, holistic and unbiased approach to mobile attribution analytics and optimization. Via its platform, Kochava provides mobile advertisers with precise real-time visualization of campaign data that spans from initial launch through conversion and lifetime value (LTV) reporting, including comprehensive post-install event tracking. Kochava’s tools enable customers to turn their data into actionable information. Kochava is integrated with more than 1500 publishers and is trusted by hundreds of brands including the biggest names in mobile gaming, news and media, and commerce. For more information visit www.kochava.com. Show less
-
-
-
data.ai
-
United States
-
Technology, Information and Internet
-
400 - 500 Employee
-
Country Manager, Korea
-
Apr 2013 - Jun 2015
Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea - First App Annie member in Seoul office - I had such a wonderful opportunity to grow the team and scale our Korea business. - Closed deals with Kakao, CJE&M (Netmarble Games), Smilegate, Sundaytoz, NCSOFT, Nexon, Samsung, and many more companies. - Prospected, presented value proposition, negotiated and closed deals with companies in all verticals. App Annie is the industry leader in app store analytics and market intelligence supporting iPhone, iPad, Mac, Google Play and… Show more - First App Annie member in Seoul office - I had such a wonderful opportunity to grow the team and scale our Korea business. - Closed deals with Kakao, CJE&M (Netmarble Games), Smilegate, Sundaytoz, NCSOFT, Nexon, Samsung, and many more companies. - Prospected, presented value proposition, negotiated and closed deals with companies in all verticals. App Annie is the industry leader in app store analytics and market intelligence supporting iPhone, iPad, Mac, Google Play and more. App Annie data and products are the industry standard, used by over 90 percent of the Top 100 publishers. More than 600,000 apps rely daily on App Annie Analytics to track their downloads, revenues, rankings and reviews. The company is tracking the most downloads and revenues of any app or eBook store market data company to date, at over 36 billion downloads and more than US $9 billion in app store revenues. App Annie is a privately held global company of more than 240 employees with 10 offices in San Francisco, New York, Amsterdam, Beijing, Hong Kong, London, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai and Moscow. Backed by Sequoia Capital, IDG Capital Partners, Greycroft Partners, e.ventures and Infinity Venture Partners. Join us at http://www.appannie.com/jobs/ - 1st hired member on the Korean business side, helping to build App Annie into what it has become today: Established App Annie Seoul office. - Successfully accomplished all aspects of business to HR and build the team in Seoul office. - Managed Korean Sales and covering all areas of sales, such as existing clients and new clients. I signed many of the top mobile Internet & Game companies in Korea and global companies as customers of App Annie's revolutionary market data products. - Closed significant business opportunities and negotiated “win-win” partner agreements to adhere to company strategic plans an d programs. - Generate more than$ 3 Million New Business and Renewal & Upgrade Sales with App Annie Intelligence Products. Show less
-
-
-
Fyber
-
United States
-
Technology, Information and Internet
-
100 - 200 Employee
-
Mobile Developer Relation Manager
-
Nov 2012 - Apr 2013
Korea, Japan, China - 1st hire in SponsorPay Korea - Worked closely with the executive teams to develop a comprehensive planning and partnership framework for strategic deal structures. - Responsible for all aspects of deal execution including researching of planned, strategic and financial assessment, contract structuring, negotiation, and due diligence. - Developed deep intelligence and business model expertise in the display, video, mobile and social advertising sectors - Assisted teams of Korea… Show more - 1st hire in SponsorPay Korea - Worked closely with the executive teams to develop a comprehensive planning and partnership framework for strategic deal structures. - Responsible for all aspects of deal execution including researching of planned, strategic and financial assessment, contract structuring, negotiation, and due diligence. - Developed deep intelligence and business model expertise in the display, video, mobile and social advertising sectors - Assisted teams of Korea regions for sales strategies, market intelligence gathering, account management practices and training. SponsorPay is the world’s leading value-exchange advertising platform. The company was honoured as the second-fastest growing digital company in Europe in May 2012 - http://spon.sr/KpQM99. Partners include leading publishers game Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, Bigpoint, King.com Com2us, Gamvil and many more as well as developers Outfit7, Gameview Studios, Creative Mobile, Gamevil and Droidhen on platforms such as Facebook, iOS and Android. The company runs successful campaigns for renowned advertisers including Vodafone, Samsung, Coca-Cola and Nike. SponsorPay has 125+ employees across offices in Berlin (HQ), San Francisco, New York, London, Los Angeles, Paris, Istanbul and Tokyo. Investors include Team Europe, Hasso Plattner Ventures, Kite Ventures and Nokia Growth Partners Show less
-
-
-
Com2us Corporation
-
South Korea
-
Computer Games
-
200 - 300 Employee
-
Publishing Department
-
Sep 2011 - Nov 2012
Korea - Relationship with business partners to co-market partnership products and services - Complied and analyze data for execution for Publishing Partners and strategic marketing campaigns. - Experience using Flurry, Sponsorpay, Tabjoy, Kongtagent, Inmobi and other Mobile Ad Networks products. - Experienced Working in KOCCA Project - Understanding of Mobile Game and Social gaming. - Create organizational Global Mobile Marketing plans for our partner’s campaigns. Assisted in the… Show more - Relationship with business partners to co-market partnership products and services - Complied and analyze data for execution for Publishing Partners and strategic marketing campaigns. - Experience using Flurry, Sponsorpay, Tabjoy, Kongtagent, Inmobi and other Mobile Ad Networks products. - Experienced Working in KOCCA Project - Understanding of Mobile Game and Social gaming. - Create organizational Global Mobile Marketing plans for our partner’s campaigns. Assisted in the monitored and analysis for marketing campaigns for user acquisitions and game access. Com2uS, as a developer and publisher connecting game audiences all around the world, persists in producing only the finest quality games on multi-platforms. Com2uS has been spearheading the mobile game industry since its inception in 1998, with its reputation as the No. 1 mobile games provider.. Show less
-
-
-
-
Maketing Maneger
-
Sep 2010 - Sep 2011
dooub has released several games and applications for mobile devices and Facebook, which amassed 2 million total users across the world. Boom SHAKE, a rhythm-action game that has become the backbone of the Musician SHAKE Project, has been released for iOS and was ranked No. 1 in the music category in the US
-
-
-
-
Pre-Marketing Intern
-
Jun 2009 - Aug 2009
Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea Managed and maked Digital media and digital marketing solutions such as Photoshop, AI and After Effects.
-
-
-
Adobe
-
United States
-
Software Development
-
700 & Above Employee
-
Adobe System Marketing Associate
-
Jan 2008 - Jun 2009
San Jose, California, United States Managed and maked Digital media and digital marketing solutions such as Photoshop, AI and After Effects.
-
-
Education
-
Academy of Art University
BFA, VFX -
Otis College of Art and Design
Toy design