John Sutyak

John Sutyak has been an executive in the game industry for more than 20 years and has been involved in gaming in one form or another for over 25. He has created, designed, sourced, and acquired games, licenses, brands, and businesses in both the traditional and dynamic digital game business.

John started his game career as a senior industrial designer and creative director at Parker Brothers (later acquired by Hasbro). As one of the founding members of Hasbro Interactive (HI), the interactive gaming arm of Hasbro Corporation, he served as Chief Creative Officer responsible for creating a vision and new product direction. John was responsible for company-wide acquisitions and managing relationships with major Iicensors in the entertainment industry. He led HI in the acquisition of Atari and was involved in the purchase of Microprose as well as other publishers, brands and development studios, playing a vital role in building HI past $250M in annual revenue.