Jessica Tams has been actively involved in casual game development, publishing and distribution as well as Retail PC and Xbox game development and publishing. At SkillJam (www.skilljam.com), a Fun Technologies Company, Jessica is responsible for the product portfolio including game catalogue, website design and user experience of skill, community and casual download product offerings. Fun Technologies is a publicly traded company with a Market Cap in excess of $300 Million, TSX: FUN, LSE: FUN.
Jessica Tams is deeply involved and committed in the casual gaming industry as the Managing Director of the Casual Games Association (www.casualgamesassociation.org), an international organization committed to serving the needs of the professional casual gaming industry with a mentorship program, indie business resources, executive meetings, conferences, networking socials, member matchmaking network and industry marketing initiatives.
Most recently as Director of Partner Development for Trymedia Systems, Jessica focused on securing new business initiatives and strategic partnerships. Before joining Trymedia, Jessica was responsible for internally developed PC download and Web Games and the externally published Launch Xbox Live Arcade Titles at Oberon Media's Seattle Studio. Jessica spent five years working as a Software Engineer in Retail PC and Xbox console development on Dungeon Siege and Gabriel Knight III.
Prior to joining the ranks of game development, she was in the UW Physics PhD program and spent several years in academia pursuing scientific research and teaching in Mathematical Biology and Physics.
Jessica can be reached at jessicatams@casuality.org |
