Howard Donaldson (Lunar Owl Studios)

Wednesday, November 23, 2016, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM UTC

Howard is CEO of Lunar Owl Studios, the new venture focused on video games. He has over 20 years’ experience as a senior operating and financial executive at global entertainment and technology companies including Disney Interactive, Electronic Arts Canada, McGraw-Hill Education Group and Vanedge Capital (Venture Capital).

In-person event

About this event

Howard is CEO of Lunar Owl Studios, the new venture focused on video games. He has over 20 years’ experience as a senior operating and financial executive at global entertainment and technology companies including Disney Interactive, Electronic Arts Canada, McGraw-Hill Education Group and Vanedge Capital (Venture Capital).

Most recently, Howard was a Partner and CFO for Vanedge Capital in Vancouver. The VC fund achieved a superior track record of company exits and investment returns. Prior to Vanedge, Howard was Vice President of Studio Operations for Disney Interactive with general oversight for internal studios. He also co-founded Propaganda Games in Vancouver which was later sold to The Walt Disney Company.  

Howard was previously Vice President and CFO for Electronic Arts Canada. As a business partner and active member of the executive team, he was responsible for directing strategic business plans that resulted in annual double digit growth in revenue to almost $1 billion, creating the largest interactive studio in the world.  

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Speaker

  • Howard Donaldson

    Lunar Owl Studios

Agenda

10:30 AMRegistration. Dinner. Wine. Great conversations.
11:00 AMWorkshop on Gaming Trends with the CTO of H+
11:00 AMTech demo with Crytek
12:00 PMFireside chat with Howard Donaldson, CEO of Lunar Owl Studios
1:00 PMMake friends. Share ideas. Help each other. And have another glass of wine ;)

Organizers

  • Erik Walenza-Slabe

    IoT ONE

    Chapter Founder/ Mentor

  • Tatia Chao

    Team Member

  • Marian Danko

    weHustle

    Mentor

  • Sunny Ting

    BI X (a part of Boehringer Ingelheim)

    Mentor

  • Mingai Zhu

    Chapter Director

  • Maxy Zou

    Core Team