Week 7 Guest Speaker – Anoop Desai

Anoop is Director, Business Affairs/Development at Electronic Arts (Canada) Inc. Anoop has been with EA since 2007. Previously he was with Next Level Games and practiced law with Alexander, Holburn, Beaudin & Lang from 2001 to 2005.

At EA Anoop is responsible for:

~ distribution and publishing partnerships for digital platforms in established and emerging territories;

~ defining EA’s business strategy and negotiating deals for new and emerging platforms (i.e. cloud streaming; new OTT gaming devices). Led negotiations to distribute EA titles on select services powered by G Cluster cloud streaming technology.

Anoop’s professional strengths include identifying and evaluating partners, exploring and analyzing various business models, establishing corporate standards and negotiating deals. He will be talking to us about negotiating video game deals and the industry landscape this coming Wednesday morning.

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