Poornima Seetharaman is an accomplished professional in the game design and development industry, currently serving as Associate General Manager at Zynga since April 2020, where previous roles included Director of Design and Lead Game Designer. As an Ambassador for Women in Games WIGJ since February 2020 and a Visiting Faculty Member at the National Institute of Design since November 2015, Poornima actively contributes to education and industry advocacy. Previous experience includes a role as Game Design & Development Consultant at Drowlife, co-founding Pinaka Interactive and NammaLore Entertainment, and holding various positions at AugRay, GSN, and JumpStart. Poornima holds a BE in Information Technology from Pillai College of Engineering, earned in 2005.