Kana Ryan

Kana Ryan has extensive work experience in the gaming industry, with a focus on production and project management. Kana currently holds the position of Director of Production Operations at Activision, starting in October 2022. Prior to this, they served as the Director of Marketing at GSN Games from August 2020 with no specified end date. In this role, they led the creative and user acquisition team and implemented new planning, production, and evaluation processes.

Before GSN Games, Kana worked at Forshay from May 2016 to January 2018 as a Project Manager. Kana was responsible for coordinating a design thinking workshop and managing the production of marketing materials.

From 2012 to 2015, Kana was a Producer at Pelayo Inc, where they were involved in coordinating UI development for iOS games, managing a test team, and overseeing task and bug prioritization. Kana also worked as a Producer at Crown Adam from January 2012 to November 2012, focusing on coordinating the port of an iOS game to Microsoft Windows phone.

Kana's early career includes significant experience at Electronic Arts (EA), Maxis Studio. Kana served as an Executive Producer from 2001 to 2004, overseeing projects such as SimCity 4000 and Sims 2. Prior to this, they worked as a Producer from 1997 to 2000, leading the development of The Sims and SimSafari.

Kana'swork experience also includes roles at IBM as an Associate Producer/Product Manager, where they launched educational PC products, and as a Software Development Manager/Staff Programmer.

Before entering the gaming industry, Kana worked as a System Consultant at Crowe, Chizek & Company from 1989 to 1990.

Kana Ryan attended Bowling Green State University from 1984 to 1988, where they obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science.