Niranjan Nagar

Current

• Chief of Game Operations at Outspark

Past

• Vice President, The Sims Internet Group, EA Play Label at Electronic Arts
• Co-Founder at SingShot Media
• General Manager, Music Services at RealNetworks Inc.

• VP Engineering at Listen.com
• Development Manager at Documentum Inc.
• Principal Member of Technical Staff at Oracle Corp.
• Software Engineer at Sybase Corp
• Software Engineer (Intern) at Microsoft Corp
• Sofware Engineer at Wipro Infotech

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Education

• Stanford University Graduate School of Business
• Drexel University
• Karnatak University

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

Niranjan Nagar’s Experience

• Chief of Game Operations

  Outspark

  (Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

  September 2009 — Present (3 months)

  Responsible for Outspark's strategic technology and product development, including partner integrations and worldwide publishing of free-to-play games.
  
  Outspark is the premier North American publisher for free-to-play MMO games. It is backed by Altos Ventures, DCM, Tencent and Syncom Venture Partners. Outspark is headquartered in San Francisco, Calif., with a subsidiary office in Seoul, Korea.

• Vice President, The Sims Internet Group, EA Play Label

  Electronic Arts

  (Public Company; ERTS; Computer Games industry)

  February 2007 — September 2009 (2 years 8 months)

  SingShot Media was acquired by Electronic Arts. Press Release: http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070212/20070212006224.html?.v=1
  
  Responsible for growing the online revenue and player community worldwide. It includes strategic planning for traffic growth and engagement for our services, developing various revenue opportunities, and better integration with games. Services include connected experiences from the PC games like The Sims 2 (www.thesims2.com) and The Sims 3 (www.thesims3.com) that drive advertising and micro-transaction revenue, and innovative services like www.simscarnival.com that is focused on the online casual gaming space. These services attract over 5M unique visitors worldwide. All online services are available in over 15 languages in over 40 countries.

• Co-Founder

  SingShot Media

  (Internet industry)

  February 2006 — February 2007 (1 year 1 month)

  SingShot Media was a venture funded startup that created an online social network for creative self-expression using Karaoke. The site was launched in June 2006 and in July Time Magazine selected SingShot as one of the 5 coolest websites in the “Staying Connected” category of their “50 coolest websites of 2006” (http://www.time.com/time/2006/50coolest/). The service allowed users to create high quality karaoke recordings using only microphone or webcam; create contests, and embed recordings on social networks like MySpace & Facebook. It grew to become a popular Karaoke site worldwide and was acquired by Electronic Arts in February 2007.
  
  SingShot Media was acquired by Electronic Arts.

• General Manager, Music Services

  RealNetworks Inc.

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

  August 2003 — August 2005 (2 years 1 month)

• VP Engineering

  Listen.com

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

  March 1999 — August 2003 (4 years 6 months)

• Development Manager

  Documentum Inc.

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; DCTM; Computer Software industry)

  August 1995 — March 1999 (3 years 8 months)

• Principal Member of Technical Staff

  Oracle Corp.

  (Public Company; ORCL; Computer Software industry)

  January 1995 — August 1995 (8 months)

• Software Engineer

  Sybase Corp

  (Public Company; SYBS; Computer Software industry)

  August 1991 — January 1995 (3 years 6 months)

• Software Engineer (Intern)

  Microsoft Corp

  (Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  June 1990 — September 1990 (4 months)

• Sofware Engineer

  Wipro Infotech

  (Public Company; WIT; Computer Software industry)

  November 1988 — August 1989 (10 months)

Niranjan Nagar’s Education

• Stanford University Graduate School of Business

  Stanford Executive Program , General Management , June 2005 — August 2005

• Drexel University

  MS , Computer Science , August 1989 — August 1991

• Karnatak University

  BS , Computer Science , June 1984 — June 1988

Additional Information

Niranjan Nagar’s Groups:

•    Stanford Business School Alumni Association
•    IGDA Silicon Valley Game Developers
•    Listen.com Alumni

Niranjan Nagar’s Contact Settings

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