Michael Wilson
VP, Games Product at Crunchyroll
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Wilson is a veteran games product leader and founder with 13 years focused on building and shipping commercially successful mobile and subscription gaming experiences from indie hits to large-budget branded titles. Currently VP, Games Product at Crunchyroll, he leads Game Vault and incubation initiatives, blending product strategy, creative design instincts, and operational leadership. His background spans founding studios and serving as CTO in agencies and public companies, giving him rare fluency in technical architecture, client relationships, and studio-scale production. Two of his indie titles earned Apple’s Game of the Day, and he has a proven knack for deconstructing game mechanics to inform design and monetization. Based in San Francisco, he pairs engineering training with entrepreneurial grit to bridge creative vision and measurable business outcomes.
13 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science/Software Engineering, Computer Science/Software Engineering at University of CincinnatiEngineering Mathematics and Computer Science, Engineering Mathematics and Computer Science at University of Louisville
Github Skills (55)
coronasdk10
corona10
runtimes10
game-dev10
skeletal-animation10
2d10
live-coding10
spine10
solar2d10
map-editor10
qt9
ios9
java9
bitmap9
android9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ponywolf/ponyfont
Apr 2016 - Oct 2020
Bitmap font support for Corona SDK
Contributions:22 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 6 months
bitmapcoronasdk
ponywolf/ponytiled
May 2016 - Dec 2022
PonyTiled is a simple Tiled Map Loader for Solar2D (formerly Corona SDK)
Contributions:67 commits, 2 PRs, 61 pushes in 6 years 8 months
coronasdksolar2d
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