Management
Mike Yuen
Co-Founder, President and CEO
Mr. Yuen has worked in the game, wireless and technology industries for over 20 years. He previously served as senior vice president of content and services at Zeebo and helped oversee Zeebo Interactive Studios, Zeebo’s first-party development studio. He came to Zeebo from Qualcomm where he was senior director of games and services. Mr Yuen was an early pioneer in mobile gaming, helping to create a global Brew ecosystem generating over $3 billion for developers such as Jamdat Mobile, Sony Music and Disney. He has also served in product marketing management and engineering roles at Accolade, GTE Interactive Media, Hammerhead Entertainment, AMD and NCR. Mr. Yuen holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from UC San Diego and an MBA from UC Davis.
Philip White
CFO and Senior Vice President of Business Operations
Mr. White oversees key financial, administrative and business operations functions at Zeebo. He has more than two decades’ experience in senior financial and management positions with leading technology companies. He served in a variety of senior executive roles at Qualcomm, most recently as president of the QES (Qualcomm Enterprise Services) division, with sales in excess of $350 million and more than 1,000 employees worldwide. Before that, he was vice president and assistant general manager at Qualcomm and served in various financial roles at Hughes Network Systems. Mr. White holds bachelor’s degrees in business economics and history from UC Santa Barbara.
Bill Bidermann
Senior Vice President of Engineering
Mr. Bidermann oversees platform development at Zeebo. Over the last 26 years, he has led product development efforts and held senior-level R&D management roles at a number of top technology companies. He was executive vice president at Nuelight Corporation, vice president of engineering at PIXIM Inc., senior vice president of engineering at S3 Inc., vice president of engineering at Tripath Technology and vice president of advanced development at Chromatic Research. While at Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC), he managed the development of the Alpha RISC processor. Mr. Bidermann holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT.
Steven Shen
Vice President of Engineering
Mr. Shen oversees hardware and software engineering at Zeebo. He has 15 years experience in the wireless industry, holding senior management and engineering roles with responsibilities ranging from platform architecture to design and implementation. Prior to Zeebo, as chief architect for a startup wireless development and test firm, Mr. Shen oversaw its growth from a handful of employees to nearly 50, resulting in acquisition of the company. As a founding member and director of software engineering for ZTE Mobile Tech, Mr. Shen led platform software development for multiple product lines including smartphones, fixed wireless terminals, and data access terminals. During this period, the company grew from 5 employees to over 250, producing 25 commercialized devices annually. Mr. Shen holds a bachelor’s degree in bioengineering from UC San Diego.
Kirk Johnson
Vice President of Product Management and Manufacturing Operations
Mr. Johnson oversees product management and manufacturing operations for Zeebo. Before joining Zeebo, he was senior manager of strategic ODM alliances at Kyocera, where he brokered global development partnerships with Techfaith Wireless and Flextronics Inc., with the resulting product portfolios contributing over $30 million in revenue to the company. He also led corporate strategy for mobile gaming and music. He has held a number of sales and product management positions at Yahoo! and Smartage.com. Mr. Johnson has an MBA from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California.
Salil Bhargava
CEO
Zeebo Interactive Studios India Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Bhargava is CEO of Zeebo Interactive Studios India Pvt. Ltd., a joint venture between Zeebo Inc., Educomp Solutions Limited, and Lakshya Digital Pvt. Ltd. Previously Salil was the co-founder and CEO of Jump Games Pvt. Ltd. India¹s premier mobile games company, a Reliance Entertainment company. Jump Games content is available across multiple platforms and is deployed in over 40 countries worldwide. Salil grew Jump to over 150 employees with offices in Mumbai, Pune and Chicago. He was also instrumental in Jump striking partnerships with Manchester United FC, Cartoon Network Asia, Playboy Inc., Disney, etc. Salil has lived and worked on three continents and previously was CMO and CEO at Paradox Studios Pvt. Ltd. a multi-platform gaming company. He has also worked in product management at Rediff.com, India¹s leading Internet company as well as on the international products team at NBC Internet in San Francisco. Salil holds an MBA from the Eli Broad Graduate School of Business at Michigan State University. In 2008 Salil was named by Mobile Entertainment magazine as one of the ¹50 most influential people in the world of mobile entertainment¹.