Rick Marazzani is an accomplished games and digital content executive with almost two decades of experience guiding global platforms across functions. He has an exceptional skill set in creating quality products on time and on budget that will delight and entertain audiences. After graduating from UC Santa Barbara with a degree in Anthropology, Rick started his career at Maxis/EA working on SimCity 3000. He has also held positions at other renowned corporations such as Digital Chocolate, Exent Technologies, Hands-On Mobile, and PapayaMobile Inc. As Head of Content Programming, he built the best PC and Android games catalog on the market, grew the catalog, built relationships with game publishers, increased LTV and ARPU, all while mitigating content costs via negotiations and content programming. Rick is an expert in programming content to delight and entertain users, negotiating, and licensing content, game distribution, licensing, and publishing, fun game design, mass-market sensibilities, sharing and leading a vision. He is a team leader, and his areas of specialization include game design, mobile, iOS and Android apps, project management, business development, content licensing, strategy, platform development, account management, SaaS, cloud, digital distribution, monetization, payments, media entertainment services, and startups.