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March 9-13, 2026
Moscone CenterSan Francisco, CA

Speakers

Mark ChoiSr. Product Manager-ESGameLift

Mark Choi is a senior product leader at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he works on cloud infrastructure and managed services that power large-scale multiplayer and live game operations, including Amazon GameLift. His work focuses on the practical challenges game studios face at scale: reliability, global distribution, cost efficiency, and operational simplicity. Before AWS, Mark spent 8+ years in the games industry, including roles at Unity Technologies and Playnomics, a predictive analytics and CRM platform for games that was acquired by Unity in 2014. Across Unity and Playnomics, he worked on data, analytics, and platform products used by game developers to understand player behavior, improve live operations, and grow long-term engagement. Mark completed his undergraduate studies at Stanford University, and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his family and two young kids.

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