Bernie Lin

Experience

Dead Alive Games

Founder, Co-Founder, Designer, Developer 2017 - Present (almost 9 years)

• Designed, developed, Kickstart-funded, published the Origins Awards nominated miniatures board game, Omicron Protocol (2022).
• Led development and Kickstarter-funded... more

Tonic

Growth Advisor 2022 - 2023 (about 1 year)

Angel funded mobile social network 10+ ppl Growth Advisor
* Advise cofounder Ray Chen (concert violinist) on growth strategies and best-practice processes.

2nd Address

Partner, Chief Product and Growth Officer (2020–22) | Director of Product and Growth (2017–20) 2017 - 2022 (almost 6 years)

Google Venture funded online marketplace/platform for furnished housing
• Managed revenue growth strategy, financial forecasting, products, and all operations and business... more

Skillz

Senior Product Manager 2015 - 2016 (about 1 year)

• Defined, designed, and launched a new tournament format, and grew the feature, via months of A/B testing, to account for 25% of Skillz's largest games' revenue.
• Revamped... more

Exit

Chartboost

Product Manager 2013 - 2015 (about 2 years)

• Led advertiser products that generated the company’s revenue, reached >700M devices monthly, and integrated with >200K game apps.
• Conceptualized, designed, and... more

Sifteo

General Manager and Director of Games Studio 2012 - 2013 (7 months)

• Developed and directed the games portfolio strategy ($2.5M annual budget), working hand-in-hand with the Creative Director and TED Fellow, Scott Kim.
• Designed and launched... more

Exit

Zynga

Senior Manager of International Production; Product Manager 2010 - 2012 (over 2 years)

• Spearheaded the team to establish processes and launch 10+ games in 17 languages, including CityVille, Mafia Wars, and Zynga Poker, representing >50% of Zynga’s DAU and... more

Lockheed Martin

Staff Systems Engineer and Strategic Planner (2007–08) | Senior Software Engineer (2001–06) 2001 - 2008 (about 7 years)

• Analyzed and presented competitive strategy briefing to 8 VPs and directors for an annual review.
• Project managed and co-developed a satellite performance simulation... more

Founder

Dead Alive Games

Employee

Zynga, Sifteo, Chartboost, Skillz, Lockheed Martin, 2nd Address, Tonic

Education

About

Achievements

2nd Address:
Managed revenue growth strategy, financial forecasting, products, and all operations and business decisions as the Chief Product and Growth Officer.

Skillz:
Defined, designed, and launched a new tournament format, which accounted for 25% of Skillz's largest games' revenue. Revamped and improved the product development process which enabled the Product team to be 4 months ahead of Engineering in specifications and roadmap.

Chartboost:
Led advertiser products that generated the company’s revenue, reached >700M devices monthly, and integrated with >200K game apps. Conceptualized, designed, and launched Data Management Platform (DMP) products, which increased ROI for customers up to 30%.

Zynga:
Grew the International team from 2 members to 40 in 1.5 years. Spearheaded the International Production team to establish processes and launch 10+ Zynga Facebook and mobile games in 17 languages, representing the majority of Zynga’s DAU and revenue.

Describe the most impressive thing you've done.

Skills

Data Analysis Forecasting Management Product Development Product Management Project Management Publishing Jira Strategic Planning Growth Hacking Process Improvement Business Operations

Bernie Lin

Product and growth management professional in the tech industry with experience in launching products, optimization, strategic planning, and growing teams.