by Amy Jo Kim
Amy Jo Kim helps entrepreneurs & startup teams bring their ideas to life & find PMF. Named by Fortune as one of the top 10 influential women in games, Amy Jo Kim is a game designer, author, and innovation coach. Her design credits include Rock Band, The Sims, eBay, Netflix, Replika.ai, Ultima Online, Covet Fashion & Happify.
Amy Jo helps pioneered the practice of applying game design to digital services and is well-known for her books Community Building on the Web (2000) and Game Thinking (2018).
In addition to her coaching practice, Amy Jo has taught Game Thinking at Stanford University and the USC School of Cinematic Arts, where she co-founded the game design program. She holds a PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience from the University of Washington and a BA in Experimental Psychology from UCSD.