James Gao
Founder & Chairman Of The Board at indienova
Beijing, China
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Top SchoolJames Gao is a serial founder and technology leader with over two decades in internet technology and interaction design, currently serving as Founder & Chairman of indienova, China’s leading indie game platform. He has a strong track record building product-focused teams and platforms—from founding Kooworx Studio and kooplayer.com to leading technology strategy as CTO at VML IM2.0. James led the interactive design team at Flashempire, which was acquired by Adobe, and has repeatedly translated cutting-edge web, mobile and gaming technologies into commercial products. Based in Beijing, he blends hands-on engineering instincts with executive leadership, guiding product, community and platform growth. A practical innovator, he often focuses on emerging web apps, social gaming and branded experiences rather than purely backend infrastructure. His career shows a consistent pattern of founding and scaling creative tech ventures that bridge design and engineering.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Yanshan University
English
Stackoverflow
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1kreached
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Github Skills (60)
svg9
canvas8
wysiwyg8
3d8
virtual-reality8
pulse8
javascript8
threejs8
webgl8
mp38
rich-text8
augmented-reality7
hardware7
vue7
flash7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
indienova/OneTwoOneTwo
Aug 2014 - Aug 2014
Contributions:10 commits in 4 days
eastecho/inkDemo-1
Oct 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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