John Goodale is an internationally renowned videogame industry veteran of 27 years. He is leading growth initiatives at
i3D.net, a Netherlands-based Infrastructure As A Service company hosting enterprise applications (Discord) and multiplayer games (EA, Psyonix, Ubisoft and others). He got his start in the games industry at SEGA, where he worked for 7 years as a consultant working on special projects in what he has called “the greatest exposure to all aspects of the games industry that anyone can experience.” He is probably most well known as the “Father of Unity Asia” having launched the games engine powerhouse in the Far East, opening and staffing offices in Korea, Japan, China and Singapore. John has the unique perspective of an American who has spent much of his career helping mostly European countries expand to Asia. John has spent more than one-third of his life in Asia and is bilingual English-Japanese. Having traveled to and done business in 60+ countries, he is super excited for his first visit to Central Asia and is looking forward to a great cultural exchange at the Central Asia Games Show.