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Delivered at Casual Connect Seattle, 17 July 2007

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Juan GrilJuan Gril (email)

Juan Gril heads the game development studio at Joju Games, overseeing both business and game development.

Joju Games produces casual games for a variety of platforms and distribution methods including web, downloadable, PC, console and mobile phone. Joju Games also produces custom games for clients such as RealNetworks, MTV Networks, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon.

Prior to founding Joju Games, Juan worked at Yahoo! Games, leading content acquisition for downloadable games and community management of multi-player games. He was also the head of the Yahoo! Games Studios.

Juan is one of the editors of the yearly IGDA Casual Games White Paper and
is a frequent speaker and advisor at industry events. Juan holds a BFA in
Electronic Media from the University of Illinois.