Derrick Morton

Current

Premium CGA Member & Speaker at Casual Games Association
CEO at FlowPlay

Past

General Manager, Mobile Games at GameHouse/RealNetworks
VP, Marketing at GameHouse
VP, Product at Vivendi Universal Internet/Flipside

VP, Product at iwin.com/Uproar.com
VP, Production at Graphix Zone

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Education

UCLA
USC
USC

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Computer Games

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Derrick Morton’s Summary

In the past 12 years I've been involved in taking four startups through acquisitions or IPOs. It's in these environments that I thrive -- turning chaos into companies worth investing in.

Derrick Morton’s Specialties:

Business Development, Product Development, Product Marketing, General Management

Derrick Morton’s Experience

Premium CGA Member & Speaker

Casual Games Association

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)

January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)
CEO

FlowPlay

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)

September 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)

FlowPlay is creating a virtual world platform with an economy driven by casual game play.
General Manager, Mobile Games

GameHouse/RealNetworks

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; RNWK; Computer Software industry)

January 2004 — September 2006 (2 years 9 months)

I managed the mobile game business for RealNetworks in the US and Asia. I had a staff of developers, artists and business professionals who produced and distributed over 20 mobile games in 2006.
VP, Marketing

GameHouse

(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

January 2003 — January 2004 (1 year 1 month)

At GameHouse I managed the GameHouse.com website (the #6 online game destination), the mobile and handheld game businesses. GameHouse was purchased by RealNetworks in January 2004.
VP, Product

Vivendi Universal Internet/Flipside

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; V; Computer Games industry)

January 2000 — January 2003 (3 years 1 month)

I managed the content and consumer experience for the online games division of Vivendi Universal Net which included iWin, Uproar, Virtual Vegas, Flipside and Hoyle.
VP, Product

iwin.com/Uproar.com

(Computer Games industry)

1999 — 2001 (2 years )
VP, Production

Graphix Zone

(Computer Games industry)

1995 — 1997 (2 years )

Derrick Morton’s Education

UCLA

MBA ,

Activities and Societies:

Director, Entreprenuers Association
USC

MA , Motion Picture Production
USC

BA , Motion Picture Production

Activities and Societies:

Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude