Christopher Hinton

Christopher Hinton has held a variety of roles in the gaming industry since 1995. Christopher began their career at Texspresso as General Manager before joining Electronic Arts in 2002 as Customer Service Lead and Online Warranty Manager. In 2005, they moved to Perpetual Entertainment as CRM Manager, where they created a 24/7 multi-language Customer Success department and implemented a customer service QA program. Christopher then joined Zynga Games, Inc. in 2008 as Director of Game Services, where they designed and rolled out a robust customer service organization and established an online community engagement team. In 2009, they moved to Playdom/Disney Interactive Media Group as Director of Game Services, where they partnered with the Head of Engineering to create tools and scaled the North Carolina localization office. In 2011, they became VP, Central Services at Disney Interactive Media Group, where they assembled, developed, and directed up to 300 staff. In 2014, they joined Wicked Fun, Inc. as Chief Operating Officer, functioning as the organization's chief contract negotiator and building a strategic plan to leverage non-traditional User Acquisition channels. Finally, in 2015, they joined Flaregames | F2P Mobile Games Publisher as Chief People Officer.

Christopher Hinton attended Texas Southern University from 1994 to 1995, studying General. Christopher then attended The University of Texas at Austin from 1995 to 1997, studying Radio, Television, Film and International Marketing.