USER ACQUISITION | ALTERNATE GROWTH | AD MONETIZATION | PRODUCT MONETIZATION
The ultimate conference in North America dedicated to mastering User Acquisition, Ad Monetization, Alternate Growth, and Product Monetization in mobile gaming. Connect with industry leaders, gain actionable insights, and discover innovative strategies to drive your mobile game’s success. Don’t miss this chance to elevate your expertise and network with the best in the business.
2024 Speakers Included
Tanner Hanson is the President of RevU, where he is responsible for the business’ growth, product, and account management. He joined RevU in 2022 to transform the business into a multi-platform solution for publishers and advertisers.
Prior to RevU, Tanner led US account management across advertisers and publishers at ironSource (now part of Unity Technologies), overseeing both ad network and offerwall clients. He started his mobile career after a post-college stint in retail on the agency side, running app campaigns for clients including Square, Eventbrite, and Meta. Tanner is Bay Area born and raised, currently based in San Francisco.
Alex Kozachenko is the CEO of HyperBeard, the largest mobile game developer and publisher in Mexico with over 210M downloads on Apple AppStore and Google Play Store with great games like Campfire Cat Cafe, Adorable Home & Pocket Love! HyperBeard specializes in cute, casual, idle-games targeting an adult-female demographic. Alex specializes in business, product & marketing strategy.
As a producer, Elin worked on Trailer Park Boys: Greasy Money, where she launched over 200 live events. Aside from the day to day, she was able to successfully integrate several big-name guest stars to help boost and improve all live-ops games goals. The last few years, Elin has lead the production team on The Office: Somehow We Manage, where she launched over 100 live events. Currently, Elin is excited to be managing all of ESG's external IP relationships.
A multiple award-winning creative, Tina is Creative Director for ACTIVISION, leading a diverse team in innovative content across UA paid & organic platforms for players around the world of Call of Duty: Mobile, Crash Team Rumble, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, and the upcoming Warzone: Mobile.
Prior, she was Creative Director driving creative & strategic campaigns across digital, experiential, interactive & AR/VR for entertainment brands NBCUniversal, Netflix, HBOmax, Hulu, TNT & Showtime for shows, such as Law & Order: SVU, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, Tommy & Pam, Good Girls & This Is Us, amongst others.
I've worked in the Ad Mon industry for over 5 years now and in that time, we've all witnessed unprecedented change with widespread consolidation through M&A and evolution of the ad stack towards bidding. Having worked on some of the top grossing F2P mobile games, there's always the expectation of growth despite external circumstances. With my background in Economics and Statistics, it has led me to a highly data driven approach to Ad Mon with a huge emphasis placed on things like Segmentation to maximize the value of every single cohort within our games.
Dafna Ben Onn serves as the Director of Monetization at SciPlay, leveraging a rich decade-long experience within the gaming industry. Her expertise spans diverse domains, transitioning her roots in marketing to excel in monetization, LiveOps, social media and CRM. Notably, Dafna has masterfully led the establishment of thriving LiveOps teams across three of SciPlay’s flagship games: Jackpot Party Social Casino, Gold Fish Casino and 88 Fortunes. Prior to SciPlay, Dafna held the role of Marketing Lead at Playtika. Dafna attended Shenkar College of Engineering in Tel Aviv where she studied industrial engineering and management. She currently resides in Austin, TX with her husband and two children.
As SVP Commercial Strategy & Growth, Mike is responsible for establishing & executing the growth strategy for the business of Hyper Hippo’s live games and maximizing the profitability of the business. Prior to Hyper Hippo, Mike spent 20 years scaling new digital businesses in the entertainment industry at Comcast and NBCUniversal.
Laura has over 15 years experience in the games industry, focusing on F2P casual mobile games covering all phases of development (ideation to live operations management).
She’s worked in lead/key roles on titles Farm Heroes Saga (ABK), EverMerge (BFG), Tuscany Villa (Scopely) and Pearl’s Peril (Playtika).
Built and scaled a new games division at BFG; and plays a central role in casual publishing and strategy.
Paul Thind is an accomplished entrepreneur and the Chief Revenue Officer at Aethir, bringing over 25 years of expertise spanning gaming, music, Web3, and digital media. He has founded several successful ventures, including Triggerspot Inc., Blackmoon Games, Rivus Media, and Necropolis Records.
As a visionary in game publishing, Paul played a pivotal role in the growth of iconic platforms like Habbo Hotel and Disney’s Virtual Magic Kingdom. He also pioneered the integration of high-profile artist visits, featuring legends such as Ozzy Osbourne, Gorillaz, Oasis, and Beastie Boys, within gaming environments.
Throughout his career, Paul has held senior leadership and advisory positions at leading companies such as Spil Games, IGG, Zynga, 20th Century Fox, Denuvo, Spyr Games, LandVault, Disney, InMobi, and Outspark. His innovative contributions to the gaming and Web3 sectors have been instrumental in driving over $2 billion in transactions and enterprise value.
Nancy MacIntyre, CEO of WorldWinner, is a well-respected games industry executive, with a proven track record of successfully growing audiences worldwide for mass-market digital products.
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I am grateful for attending Gamesforum. It was a busy day of learning and discussing the latest trends in product marketing, ASO, game analytics and user acquisition. It was also great meeting many fellow professionals from the Canada, America, and Ukraine.
I mean, well done guys. This was an absolute blast. Super memorable. The food was amazing too.
Once again the Gamesforum team reminded me why this is one of my favourite events of the year. The event brought together some of the sharpest minds of the mobile games monetization world.
Where experts come face to face with each other - the most in-depth talks between the people behind the large advertising budgets and revenues.
Gamesforum is really one of the best conferences where you can meet all the mobile gaming's finest. And talking to them can slingshot you to the universe of success.
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KashKick is at the forefront of revolutionising user acquisition for mobile gaming companies. Our platform is designed to attract and engage users who are not only interested in your game but are motivated to reach key milestones and make in-app purchases. By leveraging targeted acquisition strategies and data-driven insights, we ensure that every dollar of your ad spend delivers maximum returns. Ranked as the 11th fastest-growing company on the Inc 5000 list in 2024, KashKick has a proven track record of driving meaningful growth for game developers and publishers. Connect with us at Gamesforum to discover how we can help you acquire users who stay, play, and pay.
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