Sean Kauppinen
Sean Kauppinen is the founder and CEO of the International Digital Entertainment Agency. He has more than 15 years of strategic communications and business development expertise in the digital entertainment industry and his ability to bring companies together and provide strategic guidance has led to business growth for industry giants as well as start-ups. During this time Kauppinen has launched more than 400 titles on all major gaming platforms, ranging from big budget blockbusters to value games. He has consulted governments on creating and growing their digital entertainment industries and has served in senior management roles with start-ups and going concerns. Kauppinen has held communications and marketing management positions with Sony Online Entertainment, Ubi Soft, bleem! and 3dfx.
Kauppinen currently holds advisory board positions with the GDC Europe and multiple early stage companies, and is a regular contributor to Gamers Magazine. He is a former board member of Games Convention Developers Conference and the GC Asia Conference.
Kauppinen is a sought-after speaker at high-profile industry events around the world, where he has delivered keynote speeches and led interactive sessions on topics including marketing, strategic communications, community development, business development, the future of the games industry, funding and bringing original IP to market. Kauppinen has spoken at events including Games Convention Developers Conference (2005-2008), PR for Games Conference (2004-2006), Games Marketing Conference (2006), Making Games Conference (2006), Austin Games Conference (2006), GSTAR (2006), Game Developers Conference (2007), International eSports Conference (2007) and GC Asia Conference (2007, 2008), X|Media Lab (Wellington 2008), NLGD Festival of Games (2008, 2009), GameON: Finance (2008), AFCI Cineposium (2008), Free Gaming Business (2008) and FilmARC (2009).
