Summary
Sahand Malaei is a founder and CEO with a decade of hands-on experience building game studios and leading product teams in Finland. He co-founded Dropout Games and now leads Exir Games, focusing on pioneering Mixed Reality games and immersive experiences. His background blends studio-level entrepreneurship with practical game development, having launched and operated multiple indie teams since 2016. Based in Salo, he combines product vision with technical execution to move experimental MR concepts toward playable, market-ready experiences. Known for iterating quickly and wearing multiple hats, he brings both creative direction and operational discipline to early-stage game ventures.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
English, Persian