Scott Lahman
Scott is Founder and CEO of GOGII, Inc. GOGII’s mission is “freeing communication, and its flagship product, textPlus, has been downloaded almost 25 million times on Android and iOS alone.
In March 2000, Scott Founded JAMDAT Mobile with Austin Murray and Zachary Norman. JAMDAT Mobile had a successful IPO in 2004 and was eventually sold to Electronic Arts for $680 million in February 2006. Scott served as JAMDAT's President, and built a worldwide, industry leading deployment and studio operation capable of releasing tens of thousands of versions of its software on a monthly basis.
Prior to founding JAMDAT, Scott joined Activision in 1994 as one of the first several dozen employees of Bobby Kotick’s restart. At Activision, Scott served in a variety of roles and was elevated to Vice President, Studios in 1997 where he ran Activision’s largest internal studio. As a corporate officer, Scott was on Activision's M&A team responsible for integrating multiple acquisitions as well as representing the company in outward corporate sales.
Scott began his career in the film and television industry, most notably as a development executive for Robert De Niro's Tribeca Productions from 1990 to 1994. In 1994, Scott was part of the founding team for Tribeca Interactive – which became the bridge to Activision and a career change to tech.
Scott holds a BA from Columbia University
Scott lives in Venice Beach with his wife and two children and spends free time with them pursuing a variety of “ings.” These include traveling, fishing, cycling, hiking, swimming, skiing, reading and surfing (web only).
Austin Murray
Austin is Founder and President of GOGII, where he leads Sales, Marketing,
and Strategy.
Austin Co-Founded wireless entertainment publisher JAMDAT Mobile with Scott Lahman and Zachary Norman, and served as Vice President, Sales. In addition to establishing JAMDAT as the industry leader on US carrier decks, Austin oversaw JAMDAT's international expansion in Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. Austin helped grow JAMDAT's distribution footprint to more than 80 operators in 40 countries, accessible to over 800M subscribers. Prior to JAMDAT Mobile, Austin served as Director, Strategy at eCompanies, LLC, where he played an integral part in the launch of eCompanies Wireless, an incubator and partnership with Sprint PCS. Previously, Austin served as Director, Business Development at iBEAM Broadcasting, a streaming media content distribution network. Austin met his GOGII co-founders while working at Activision in Marketing and Production.
Austin holds a JD from UCLA School of Law and an MBA from UCLA's Anderson Graduate School of Management. Austin is a Member of the California Bar. He graduated cum laude with a BA in English from the University of Pennsylvania.
Zachary Norman
Zachary is Founder, President & Chief Creative Officer of GOGII, where he
handles the execution of GOGII's strategy through the creation and management of
its platform and product offering.
Zachary Co-Founded JAMDAT Mobile with Scott Lahman and Austin Murray. As Senior Vice President Worldwide Studios, he built JAMDAT Studios into a global operation with both internal and external product development teams in several countries and managed the production slate and all aspects of front-line product development. Zachary believes that high product quality, platform-native design, and a high degree of utility are key factors for the success of any electronic offering. He built JAMDAT Studio's slate, management and systems around this doctrine and as a result JAMDAT was recognized throughout the industry as the quality and innovation leader in mobile entertainment. Zachary designed hits like JAMDAT Bowling, Bejeweled Multiplayer, and JAMDAT Solitaire. Prior to JAMDAT, Zachary served as Creative Director and Executive Producer at Activision, Inc., where he designed and managed several hit video game titles including Mechwarrior 2 and Interstate '76, titles responsible for over $250M in revenue. Prior to his career in the interactive space Zachary was a screenwriter and is credited with the conception of the Best Picture Oscar-winning feature film Shakespeare In Love.
Zachary graduated from Boston University's School for the Arts in 1991, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.
Cory Radcliff
Cory is Vice President of Research and Development of GOGII, Inc.
Cory has been an innovator in small, agile startups in Mobile, Media, and Entertainment technologies for the past decade.
Before joining GOGII, Cory was Vice President of Technology at GoTV Networks, a leader in made- for-mobile video content. While at GoTV, Cory was responsible for new product development and distribution, as well as dramatically increasing production throughout by introducing automation video production systems and developing best practices.
Previously, Cory led technology efforts for JAMDAT Mobile. As Senior Director of Technology for Los Angeles Studios, Cory was responsible for keeping JAMDAT on the bleeding edge of Mobile Technology. Cory oversaw the technology development of the first real-time mobile multiplayer games, including Scrabble Multiplayer and Bejeweled Multiplayer. Additionally, Cory and his team created the automated build management system that enables the support of thousands of binary releases for each mobile title.
Cory has a degree in Computer Engineering from University of Southern California.
Tricia Bertero
Tricia is the Chief Marketing Officer at GOGII, where she leads strategic
partner relationships and oversees all marketing and communications.
Tricia brings to GOGII over 18 years of Entertainment and Consumer Packaged Goods experience across Marketing, Sales and General Management. Prior to joining GOGII, Tricia held leading roles at Activision, Inc., including VP Global Brand Management, SVP North American Sales and SVP European Publishing. Working closely with Scott Lahman, Tricia architected a breakthrough operating model aligning Studio and Marketing that helped drive Activision to a leading position in the video game industry. In addition to crafting a wide range of licensed portfolio deals, Tricia led all marketing for successful game franchises like Spider-Man, Shrek, and Marvel's X-Men and Fantastic Four games. Tricia began her marketing career at ConAgra and Oral-B, where she was responsible for new product development and launches, including mega brands like Orville Redenbacher and Oral-B.
Tricia holds an MBA from USC's Marshall School of Business. She received her BA in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley.
Daniel Pickford
Daniel is GOGII's Chief Technology Officer.
Beginning his long standing fascination with highly available systems with a background in power engineering, a wild hair caused a jump to the newfangled Internet back in '99. Daniel ran technology for Speakeasy, a Seattle based National Broadband & VoIP Provider for seven years. During his tenure, Speakeasy grew from an office hosted datacenter with a T1, to a national Multicast & IPv6 enabled MPLS network with over 15 POP's around the US. Speakeasy was acquired by Bestbuy for $97 million.
After a couple years of providing consulting for system design, network engineering, and telecommunication policy, he segued over to Flektor, an LA internet application startup. As the VP of Engineering & Operations, working with the Naughty Dog luminaries Jason Rubin and Andy Gavin, Flektor grew to over 10 million users while still in beta. The cutting edge flash based video editing and widget platform was acquired by Fox Interactive Media a year after its founding.
As a passionate advocate of open source, he has been building scalable robust systems on Linux since before it was fab. His dishwashing skills are unparalleled in the technology industry.
Daniel studied electrical engineering at the University of Washington.
David Howard
David is Vice President of Engineering at GOGII, Inc.
David brings over 15 years of experience in the technology and mobile space. He has held a variety of engineering and product management positions ranging from early stage startups to Fortune 1000 companies and currently serves as a technology adviser to several early stage start ups.
Before joining GOGII, David was Vice President of Technology at Virgin Mobile USA, acquired by Sprint in 2009. He oversaw the development and implementation of all prepaid IT initiatives at Sprint including the Virgin Mobile and Boost Mobile lines of products and services.
Prior to joining Virgin Mobile USA, David was part of the founding team of Helio and served as VP of Engineering and Operations. While at Helio, David led the vision and technology strategy that resulted in many mobile industry firsts including, the first GPS-based Google Maps, YouTube Mobile Application, and MySpace Mobile application. Helio was acquired by Virgin Mobile USA in 2008 and David led the successful integration of the technology assets and IT and Operations organizations.
David has a degree in Computer Science from the University of Texas in Austin.
Juan Pablo Bedoya
Vice President, Product
Juan Pablo Bedoya is the Vice President of Product at GOGII. He oversees the entire product, design and user experience for the company, including their leading mobile messaging app, textPlus.
Previously, JP was the Senior Director of Product at Citysearch, where he was responsible for the company’s web and mobile products - including revenue goals, content strategy and user experience. Before joining Citysearch, he served as Senior Director, Product Management for FOX Broadcasting Company, where he managed product and site production for primetime shows including 24, House, The Simpsons, Family Guy and others. He also served as Senior Product Manager of Global Front Doors at Yahoo, where he successfully lead the 2008 global redesign project for Yahoo’s homepages.
JP holds an MBA from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and a BS in Industrial Engineering from Universidad de Lima.
