Thomas Lee
Senior Director of Business and Marketing
Gamepot USA

Thomas Lee is the senior director of business and marketing at Gamepot USA, a division of Gamepot, the leading online game publisher in Japan. A video game executive and entrepreneur with a deep understanding of both development and publishing, Thomas joined Gamepot USA in October, 2008 to lead the efforts to make gamepotusa.com the #1 free-to-play game portal in North America.

A video game developer by trade, Thomas has more than 15 years of experience at some of the world’s most renowned publishers, including Origin/EA and Square Enix. Prior to Gamepot USA, Thomas served as head of business development at Nexon, where he contributed to the explosive growth of the free-to-play online games market in the U.S., managing relations with major retailers including Target, 7-Eleven, Rite Aid, Best Buy and Wal-Mart to drive the adoption and sales of Nexon Prepaid Cards. He is also a founding member of the International Game Developers Association, Korea Chapter, and a consultant at the Seoul Institute of the Arts.

Thomas holds a Masters in Computer Animation at the William Paterson University of New Jersey.