Executive & Entrepreneur, Digital Entertainment & Interactive Services
Paris Area, France
- Current
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- Co-Founder & CEO at Mimesis Republic
- Chairman of the Advisory Board at ENJMIN
- Board Member at www.mobygames.com
- Board Member at Groupe Gaume
- Past
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- Senior VP & General Manager, Mobile Games & Applications at Lagardere
- Advisor to the Management at Mindscape
- Advisor to the Management at Boonty
- Advisor to the Games in France initiative at Invest in France agency
- Advisor to the Management at Editions Play Bac
- Advisor to the Board at Ubisoft Worldwide Studios
- Board Member at NXN Software
- Managing Director at Ubi Soft Paris Studio
- Advisor to the Management at Lagardere Group
- Management Coach at Blue Byte
- Management Coach at Codemasters
- Board Member at Groupe Sud-Ouest
- Advisor to the CEO at Datamedia
- Founder & CEO at Kalisto Entertainment
- Board Member at Xilam Animation
- Co-founder & Chairman at www.winealley.com
- Founder & CEO at NGM Productions
- Investor at Wcube
- Connections
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500+
connections
- Industry
- Computer Games
- Websites
Nicolas Gaume’s Summary
Started getting involved in computers & media in the 80s, creating games for the Apple II.
In 1990, founded Kalisto Entertainment, a development studio which employed more than 300 people releasing over 20 titles on more than 50 SKUs for computers, game consoles, mobile phones & interactive TV formats, single & multi players.
Between 2002 and 2005, worked as a consultant advising such companies as Codemasters, Lagardere Group, Blue Byte and Ubisoft primarily on their development strategy, organization and processes.
Joined in 2005, the Lagardere group to start and manage their mobile games & applications activities for three years.
With partner Sebastian Lombardo, started a new company end of 2007, Mimesis Republic, focusing on 3d virtual worlds & web casual games.
Nicolas Gaume’s Specialties:
Interactive entertainement & multi-users virtual experiences design strategies,
multimedia development organization and processes,
business development,
entrepreneurship
Nicolas Gaume’s Experience
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Co-Founder & CEO
Mimesis Republic
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)
December 2007 — Present (11 months)
3d virtual worlds, social networks & web casual interactive entertainment
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Chairman of the Advisory Board
ENJMIN
(Educational Institution; Computer Games industry)
December 2007 — Present (11 months)
Video games development school.
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Board Member
www.mobygames.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Games industry)
2005 — Present (3 years)
Video games credits & information database
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Board Member
Groupe Gaume
(Privately Held; Real Estate industry)
October 2001 — Present (7 years 1 month)
Real estate & construction company
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Senior VP & General Manager, Mobile Games & Applications
Lagardere
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Broadcast Media industry)
May 2005 — November 2007 (2 years 7 months)
Started and managed the mobile games & applications group within Cellfish Media.
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Advisor to the Management
Mindscape
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
2007 — 2007 (less than a year)
Coached management to optimize publisher’s editorial organization and processes. Analyzed online services opportunities for the company & recommended possible strategies.
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Advisor to the Management
Boonty
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
2007 — 2007 (less than a year)
Coached management to optimize publisher’s editorial organization and processes.
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Advisor to the Games in France initiative
Invest in France agency
(Government Agency; Computer Games industry)
April 2005 — April 2005 (1 month)
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Advisor to the Management
Editions Play Bac
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)
January 2005 — March 2005 (3 months)
Analyzed multimedia educational opportunities (CD-Rom, interactive DVD, Mobile, Web, TV) for the company & recommended possible strategies and partnerships
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Advisor to the Board
Ubisoft Worldwide Studios
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Games industry)
December 2003 — December 2004 (1 year 1 month)
Worked with CEO and world wide Development Management to organize, train, staff & recruit and help optimize ubisoft's internal development studios (1300 people+)
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Board Member
NXN Software
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
2000 — 2004 (4 years)
Data management software developer & publisher.
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Managing Director
Ubi Soft Paris Studio
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)
March 2003 — November 2003 (9 months)
interim Head of Ubisoft's Paris studio,
managed the development teams
to succesfully deliver products such as "XIII" or "Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm"
to optimize costs, pre-production processes
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Advisor to the Management
Lagardere Group
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Games industry)
December 2002 — April 2003 (5 months)
Analyzed mobile gaming market opportunities for the Group
and recommended possible strategies & partnerships -
Management Coach
Blue Byte
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)
January 2003 — March 2003 (3 months)
Coached studio management to optimize studio organization and processes
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Management Coach
Codemasters
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)
October 2002 — January 2003 (4 months)
Coached studio management to optimize studio organization and processes
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Board Member
Groupe Sud-Ouest
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)
1999 — 2003 (4 years)
Regional newspapers & media group
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Advisor to the CEO
Datamedia
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
August 2002 — November 2002 (4 months)
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Founder & CEO
Kalisto Entertainment
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Games industry)
June 1990 — June 2002 (12 years 1 month)
Kalisto developed more than 50 video games SKUs for PC and consoles, sold worldwide. The company employed a staff of over 300 people, based mainly in France and in the USA.
Kalisto released original titles such as Pac-in-Time (1994 / published by Namco), Dark Earth (1996 / published by Microprose), Ultimate Race (1997 / published by Microprose) or Nightmare Creatures (v1 in 1998 / published by Sony & Activision ; v2 in 2000 / published by Konami) and games under licences such as the Vth Element (1998 / published by Sony & Activision), Lucky Luke 2 (2001 / published by Infogrames), Adibou (2001 / published by Vivendi Universal) or Sponge Bob (2002 / published by THQ).
Kalisto also worked closely with such companies as Orange and Alcatel supplying them with mobile games and with Ncsoft and Tiscali on massively multiplayer games.
After going public in 1999, the company was hit hard by the turmoils of the financial markets and it had to shut down mid 2002. -
Board Member
Xilam Animation
(Public Company; Animation industry)
2000 — 2002 (2 years)
Movies & TV animation series producer.
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Co-founder & Chairman
www.winealley.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Wine and Spirits industry)
1999 — 2002 (3 years)
Wine trader & analyst to the Credit Agricole wine web stock market project.
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Founder & CEO
NGM Productions
(Publishing industry)
August 1994 — May 1999 (4 years 10 months)
Children book publishing company in China.
Operating from Bordeaux & Wuhan then from Shanghai, NGM published popular French series such as "Père Castor" (Flammarion) or "Les Incollables" (Play Bac) between 1994 and 1999, when I sold the company. -
Investor
Wcube
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
1995 — 1998 (3 years)
Web agency.
