We were excited to welcome Ross Smith back GSummit. Below are his bio, video and slides from GSummit SF 2014: Ross Smith is a Director of Test in Skype at Microsoft. He really enjoys getting a paycheck to “play” with software for almost 23 years at Microsoft. The projects he’s been a part of have…
We were excited to have Ankit Shah join us this year at GSummit. Below are his bio, video and slides from GSummit SF 2014: Ankit Shah is a behavioral design expert who leads behavior strategy and consulting at Dopamine Agency. With a strong academic/research background and a wide portfolio ranging from Fortune 50 clients to…
We were very happy to have Francisco Schnaas join us at GSummit this year. Below are his bio, video and slides from GSummit SF 2014: Francisco Schnaas is President at Club Premier, Mexico’s leading coalition loyalty program. He is responsible for the travel related partnerships of the program, as well as for the reward portfolio for…
We were excited to have Dan Ruch join us this year at GSummit. Below are his bio and video preview from GSummit SF 2014: Daniel Ruch is the founder and CEO of Rocketrip, the first commercially available travel management platform that saves companies money on travel expenses by making employees a willing and enthusiastic partner…
We were excited to have Todd Young join us at GSummit in San Francisco. Below are his bio, video and slides from GSummit SF 2014: As a co-founder of Fiero and its Creative Director, Todd Young leads the vision for the conscious creative agency. His unique skillset, sharpened by working with nearly 20 of the…
We were super stoked to have Aaron Price open this year at GSummit expert talks. Below are his bio, video and slides from GSummit SF 2014: Aaron is the co-founder of Livecube, the worlds most engaging event app used by many Fortune 1000 companies. He is also the founder of the the award-winning NJ Tech Meetup,…
Getting More People in Mazda Driver Seats To launch the 2014 Mazda3, Mazda Canada and their agency, JWT partnered with Cineplex Odeon theaters and Timeplay to create the world’s first dual screen in-cinema driving game that leveraged the mobile accelerometer. Their social driving game turned every phone into a wheel, and every seat in the…
We were excited to have Jake Orlowitz join us this year at GSummit. Below are his bio, video and slides from GSummit SF 2014: Jake Orlowitz (User:Ocaasi) is an administrator on Wikipedia and has been a Wikipedia editor since 2007. He’s made over 30,000 original edits to the site, and created new articles in the…
We were excited to have Ponch Orendain, project manager at Delta Airlines, join us this year at GSummit. Below are his bio, video and slides from GSummit SF 2014: With an impressive 28 years of work at Delta, Ponch Orendain is a well-established veteran for the major airline corporation. When he made the switch from…
We were excited to have Ethan Mollick join us this year at GSummit. Ethan is the Assistant Professor of Management at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Below are his bio, video and slides from GSummit SF 2014: Prof. Ethan Mollick studies innovation and entrepreneurship, and the ways in which an individual’s actions can…
You just started a new game. As you learn the rules and begin to experience success, you earn a few badges notifying you of your achievements. Then, as you advance in the game, you start to beat harder challenges, earning you… more badges. According to Michael Wu, Chief Scientist at Lithium Technologies, this is the problem…
We were excited to have Maarten Molenaar join us this year at GSummit. Below are his bio, video and slides from GSummit SF 2014: Maarten Molenaar is the manager of the Rabobank Gamification Hub, the virtual network from where he works to implement gamification as a ‘business as usual’ practice within this cooperative bank conglomerate…
With a great deal of demand for Gabe Zichermann’s Advanced Gamification Workshop (Expert Level 3 w/ Certification) at GSummit this year, the community has pushed us to offer more workshops around the country. We’re excited to announce that we’ll be bringing our always sold-out Advanced Gamification Workshop to Los Angeles (Nov 4), San Francisco (Nov…
We were very excited to have Jane McGonigal join us at GSummit again. Jane is the inventor at SuperBetter. Below are her bio and video of her GSummit SF 2014 Q&A discussion: Jane McGonigal, PhD is a world-renowned designer of alternate reality games — or, games that are designed to improve real lives and solve…
We were excited to have Wayne Lin join us this year at GSummit. Below are his bio, video and slides from GSummit SF 2014: Wayne Lin is a Senior Director of Product Management at Opower and responsible for the residential energy efficiency and demand response solutions and multi-channel communications platform. In his three years at…
