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John OsvaldPresident of GamesGala Games

John Osvald has a 15-year history in the gaming industry focused on free-to-play, joining Zynga as a product manager in the early days. There he was a pioneer of free-to-play and data driven product design, instrumental in some of Zynga's biggest hits including Farmville, Cafe World, FrontierVille and CastleVille. John left Zynga as Senior Vice President of games, joining former EA and Zynga COO John Schappert to found Shiver Entertainment, working with Nexon on mobile real-time strategy. Along with Gala CEO and Zynga co-founder Eric Schiermeyer, John then founded Clan HQ, a mobile messenger for mobile gaming clans funded by Seqouia Capital and the Mayfield Fund. Before joining Gala as President of Games, John worked as Head of Product for Electronic Arts mobile.

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