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Joonas Laakso
About
About
I am currently working as the Chief People and Culture Officer at Next Games. It is a logical continuation of my life long pursuit of building great teams out of diverse individuals. Culture is the soil where great people become the best in their business, and that culture is what I nurture.
I make videogames. I care deeply about them. I want to make games that matter for as many people as possible.
I helped ship and then operated a top 50 grossing mobile game, The Walking Dead: No Man's Land.
I excel as a team leader. I work best with product concept and high level problems. My strengths are in high pressure problem solving, people, design, directing, and attention to detail. Coming from a marketing and art background, it's no surprise that I'm not as comfortable with highly technical problems or indeed routine.
Specialties: teambuilding, team leadership, vision, player fantasy, marketing, game design, brand management, speaking, public relations, roadshows. If you ever need a really experienced D&D DM or an aspirational rock band vocalist (poor rhythm guitarist) to join your team, I'm your man.
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Game Connect Asia Pacific2023 | Australasia | Oct 2nd |
Dutch Game Day 2023 | Europe | Oct 4th |
Northern Game Summit 2023 | Nordic | Oct 4th |
Games Industry Conference 2023 | Europe | Oct 5th |
PAX Aus 2023 | Australasia | Oct 6th |
EGX London 2023 | Europe | Oct 12th |
SXSW Sydney 2023 | Australasia | Oct 15th |
Gamescom Asia 2023 | Asia | Oct 19th |