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David Fernandez

Director

Gaming executive with 20+ years of experience scaling teams and delivering 150+ titles. Proven track record in multi-million dollar revenue growth, strategic partnerships, and market expansion.

Biography

David is an experienced professional in the gaming industry with more than 20 years working across Leadership, Strategy, Product, Marketing, Sales and Business Development at THQ [2004-07], Digital Chocolate [2007-09], Nokia [2009-2011], wappier [2014-16], King [2016-20] and Sandsoft [2021-]. Before joining Sandsoft, he led the last 2 games released at King, Candy Crush Friends Saga and Bubble Witch 3 Saga, expanding both Candy Crush and Bubble Witch multi-billion-dollar game franchises for Activision-Blizzard. He also has a complete picture of the mobile ecosystem having worked for telco operators, device manufacturers, service providers as well as developers, being involved in mobile advertising, mobile marketing, mobile services, mobile content, mobile apps and mobile games projects during the past 20 years.

David holds a Master in Telecommunications Engineering from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid as well as an Executive MBA from Instituto de Empresa. David is currently working in Sandsoft as Chief Executive Officer as well as serving in the Board of Directors for Stellar Gate Games and The Tiny Digital Factory. He’s also a Partner in Conector Start-up Accelerator and an Angel Investor in gaming and tech.