Mark Grossnickle

Taqtile, one of Microsoft’s Hololens launch partners, has built a multitude of AR/VR applications as well as two licensable AR platforms for international brands. - Oversees all AR/VR projects for clients including the PGA, thyssenkrupp, AT&T, Real Madrid, Cleveland Cavaliers, Ernst & Young, US Air Force, Chevron, and the City of LA. - Transitioned HoloMaps into a licensed platform that has customers in three continents. - Studied garment industry in Shanghai & built an MR clothing app to reduce design costs. - Delivered projects for Hololens, Mixed Reality, Magic Leap, ARKit, and UWP tablets.

Founded by former Sony Online Entertainment executives, Kihon released four games over multiple platforms ranging from freemium to premium; casual to core; single player to multiplayer. - Raised over $2 million in funding, led by Rick Thompson of Signia Ventures. - Split time between engineering duties and managing the 15 man studio’s Scrum pipeline, financial runway, business development, marketing, HR, and community outreach. - Engineering duties included all aspects of the client stack, game logics, & server integration. Launched Four Titles: - Dojo Danger: Physics arcade game. Awarded Apple’s Top Feature. [ObjC] - SketchPhrase: Social drawing game. Hit the Top 10 Free Chart. [ObjC] - Baby Monkey: Endless runner. Reached #1 Kids Game & 1.7M downloads. [ObjC] - Conquest: Hardcore PvP card strategy game for Steam, iOS, & WP8. [Unity3D/C#]

Sony’s Tucson game development studio within SOE was tasked with creating social media based games that tie-into and promote Sony’s major label PC and console games. - Published ‘Wildlife Refuge’, a Top Ten Facebook Game of 2010 rated by Adweek. - Part of a 15-man agile team that created a social city builder complete with time gates, social sharing, collectibles, exploration, and viral mechanics involving mating monkeys.