DOB: December 12, 1966 Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Citizenship: the Netherlands. I relocated from Seattle, USA to the Netherlands on August 1, 2020. Happily married to Alice, happy father of 2 sons, Maas (18) and Klaas (17). Education University of Utrecht Social science 1990 /1992 Utrecht College Communications PR 1986/1990 Caland Lyceum High school; VWO 1980/1986 Website: http://www.linkedin.com/in/emilekalis Career fun path, where am I on the board Founder, partner at Identity Games International 1992 – 2020 General management, finance, and organization. Creating board games, game themes, game titles. Directing the development of game concepts. Marketing, PR, Digital Marketing & Sales. General manager Identity Games USA. Buying and Manufacturing in Hong Kong and China January 1995 – January 2000 Creative Director at Identity Design January 1998 – January 2001 Developing graphic design products, game designs. Managing Director at Identity Digital January 2000 – July 2002 Web design, developing and designing websites, internet applications, and web games. Creative director and game publisher at Identity Games International August 2002 – July 2014 Conquering the world and winning awards! General manager Identity Games USA July 2014 May 2020 Product development, sales to retail, and marketing. Skills & Expertise Game Development, Game Concept development. • Presence of games in retail, and game promotions. • The Benelux toy retail market. • The main international toy markets. • Building strong teams and loyalty. • Sales to retail. • Thinking the future, be innovative, think globally. • Working with licensors. • The US market. • Copywriting. • Being creative. • Marketing, execution, and working with agencies. • Sourcing and working with toy inventors. Achievements and Awards - JungleLife, SeaLife, WildLife Fun Facts Game Cards Preferred Choice Award 2011 – USA - Toy of the Year award USA 2014 - Nominated Toy of the Year award USA 2018 - Preferred Choice Award 2011 - USA  Game of the Year 2011 – the Netherlands - Toy of the Year 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2019 – the Netherlands - Winner Toy Innovation Award 2007, 2013 – Nuremberg, Germany - Creative Child Toy award 2007, 2013 - USA Motto • Bring Your Living Room to Life! • I love to play & I love games. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do – Steve Jobs.