Tommy Palm

Tommy started programming games for Commodore 64 back in 1986 as a hobby, it continued to be a hobby until 1999 when he founded Jadestone AB. Since then he has been working as concept creator and game designer on more than 20 game titles including Championship Manager Online, Karlsson på Taket (mobile), Dirk Dagger, Niko, Free Zombie Hero, Elin´s House, World in War and Kodo. During the twelve years developing mobile games; his team has been awarded ten prices and numerous nominations latest IMGA and IGF Mobile. In 2009 Tommy and Alex spawned Jadestones Mobile department into a new company Fabrication Games. In 2012 it was acquired by King and the team started working on Candy Crush Saga. In 2015 he founded Resolution Games where he currently works as the CEO.

He enjoys teaching in his spare time, writes articles and is a regular speaker at conferences like Game Developers Conference. He holds lectures at The Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and has been a member of the jury for IGF Mobile, Nokia Innovation Challenge and Swedish Game Awards.