Amy Jo Kim

Named by Fortune as one of the top 10 influential women in games, Amy Jo Kim is a social

game designer, community architect, and startup coach. Her design credits include Rock

Band, The Sims, eBay, Netflix, Covet Fashion, nytimes.com, Ultima Online, Happify and

Pley. She pioneered the idea of applying game design to digital services, and is known for

her book, Community Building on the Web (Peachpit, 2000). She holds a PhD in Behavioral

Neuroscience from the University of Washington and a BA in Experimental Psychology.

Amy Jo is passionate about helping entrepreneurs innovate faster and smarter; she teaches

Game Thinking at Stanford University and is an adjunct professor of Game Design at the

USC School of Cinematic Arts.