Yuan Z
Partnership Lightspeed Studio at Tencent Games
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYuan Z is a strategic partnerships leader with 10 years of experience building IP licensing, distribution and co-development deals across gaming, film and digital platforms, currently leading Partnerships at Tencent’s Lightspeed Studio in Los Angeles. He has driven multimillion-dollar agreements and platform collaborations—previously steering major franchise placements, M&A initiatives, and cloud gaming launches that reached millions of monthly active users. Equally comfortable with business and technical stakeholders, he has hands-on backend development experience contributing to Tencent’s open-source PHP Swoole framework, adding protocol examples and server management features. Yuan’s cross-regional track record includes launching GOG China from zero to 100k MAU and securing high-visibility features with Apple and Google Play, reflecting a mix of growth, product and platform savvy. Fluent in international dealmaking and technical product integration, he excels at translating developer needs into commercial opportunities that scale across markets.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Communication, BA, Communication at Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen
Github Skills (7)
swoole10
http10
php10
coroutines10
back-end-development10
tcp9
udp9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (3)
Tencent/tsf
Jul 2015 - Oct 2017
coroutine and Swoole based php server framework in tencent
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:22 commits, 14 PRs, 54 pushes in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Yuan primarily contributed to the core PHP backend framework, modifying existing files and adding new features related to server management and protocol handling. They worked on the `swoole.php` script, optimizing status checks and adding new functionalities like starting, stopping, and restarting the server. The user also introduced examples of various protocol implementations, including TCP, UDP, and HTTP. Several commits focused on correcting bugs and improving the handling of HTTP requests within the framework.
php-basedphptencentswooleserver-framework
swoole/swoole-src
Feb 2016 - Jun 2017
🚀 Coroutine-based concurrency library for PHP
Contributions:4 commits, 11 PRs, 1 comment in 1 year 4 months
concurrencyasynchronouseventconcurrency-libraryphp
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