Studio Leadership
An industry veteran of over 25 years, David Rippy served as GM of Zynga’s CastleVille and was responsible for growing and managing the size-able business. While at Zynga, David also functioned as divisional Chief of Staff and Studio Head for the company’s Dallas operations. In 2008, David co-founded and acted as President and CEO of Bonfire Studios; previous experience includes serving as Group Program Manager of the Age of Empires franchise for Microsoft Ensemble Studios. David most recently served as the Director of the Studio for Boss Fight / Netflix Games.
With over 25 years of game industry
experience, Bill Jackson is responsible for the creative direction of Boss
Fight’s games. Bill most recently served as a divisional Creative Director/GM
at Zynga, leading design efforts on CastleVille and
later directing game design across multiple studios. Previously, Bill
co-founded and was Creative Director at Bonfire Studios and served as Producer
on Microsoft Ensemble Studios’ Halo
Wars. While Director of Creative Development at Netflix, Bill led the product vision and execution of Netflix Stories and Squid Game: Unleashed for Netflix Games.
Scott has over 25 years of game development experience. As a divisional COO at Zynga, Scott was instrumental in establishing technology, procedures, and production pipeline standards across multiple studios. Prior to his COO role, Scott redefined the visual style for social gaming with CastleVille, then helped drive a high bar across all Zynga internal divisional games. Scott was a co-founder of Bonfire Studios, serving as VP of Operations, and was one of the first employees at Ensemble Studios. Scott served as Director of Operations most recently for Boss Fight / Netflix Games.
