Who’s Talking

David Helgason, CEO/Co-Founder, Unity Technologies

“By the way, if the story that John will tell you ever sounds too good to be true it actually isn’t: John did a lot of very good and very important work with us, and I loved working with him. He delivered incredible numbers, but also enabled a lot of great people doing a lot of good work with him.”

Allen Foo, Founder/CEO, VooX

“John always kept team morale up, and made it a point for his direct reports to continuously learn as a team. His ability to work through challenging times and to develop new ways to achieve the targets were always inspiring.”

Wil Yang, Global Business Development, Shin Starr

“John has a rare mix of productivity and diplomacy and sets a great example for the rest of the team, and explains why everyone loves working with him.”

John Riccitiello, CEO, Unity Software Inc.

“We’d not have the Unity Asia we have now without you.”

Shinobu Toyoda, President/Chairman, Unity Technologies Japan

“Nobody knows and loves all the cultures of Asia better than John Goodale.”

David Helgason, CEO/Co-Founder, Unity Technologies

“When we hired you we knew you could sell stuff. We had no idea you could build and lead such a great team.”

Projects

jam.gg, CEO.

A games tech platform that is destined to play a significant role in the future of cloud gaming, the company is pivoting from a B2C model to a B2B business. During the previous two years the consumer portal was play tested supporting 150+ games and reaching more than 10 million unique users in 100+ countries. The company is pivoting to a B2B model to support a much broader reach with the proven technology.

Venture Tech Partners LLC. Principal.

A boutique consultancy that offers high-level, global expansion, strategic planning, and execution to Enterprise SaaS, Games, and EduTech companies worldwide. (more)

Glytch. Strategic Advisor.

Glytch is opening esports stadiums across America and Canada with an initial target of opening thirty-two over the next eight years. (more)

Vavel Game Studios. Strategic Advisor.

A games studio based in Poland, bringing the next generation of MMO games to life, across Web2 and Web3. (more)

KinematicSoup Technologies Inc. Strategic Advisor.

Kelowna, BC, Canada. A leading company supplying tools to multiplayer game developers to simplify and speed up game development. Creators of Scene Fusion – often referred to as “the Google Docs of game development” – and Reactor, a powerful technology that enables single-click deployment of multiplayer games. (more)

Paracosma Inc. Strategic Advisor.

San Francisco, CA, USA, Tokyo, Japan and Kathmandu, Nepal. Augmented and Virtual Reality design, consulting and systems integration company. (more)

Advisory Board Roles:

I serve on about a dozen Advisory Boards and/or as a Strategic Advisor to several global companies headquartered in Denmark, Poland, China, Korea, Japan, the U.S. and elsewhere. Please inquire for more details.

Principles

TRUST: The foundation of success.

Any business school teaches the formula S x E = R where Strategy times Execution equals Results (or Revenue). Trust takes it a step beyond, where Strategy times Execution, compounded by Trust equals Results/Revenue. In other words, (S x E)T = R. If you’re on my team, be prepared to undergo half- or full-day seminars on this topic.

DEMAND BUT SUPPORT: How miracles are achieved.

In managerial roles I’m pretty tough. I demand big things. Achieving stretch goals is a must! However, I don’t leave things there. I make sure that adequate resources are available to accomplish miracles, and I’m right there in the trenches with my teams getting stuff done.

LEAD BY EXAMPLE: Or, lead by doing.

I believe that the best way to inspire a team to be successful is to be successful myself. Professionally and personally I strive for excellence in all that I do, and I’ve “been there, done that.”

WORK HARD, PLAY HARD: Be tireless in work and play.

Every direct report I’ve ever had has said that there is no way that they could match my work pace. However, after the work is done I encourage playing equally as hard individually, as teams and most importantly, as family.