Biography
Josh Grant is an accomplished expert in the gaming industry with more than 20 years of experience in operating, managing, investing, and advising technology and media companies. Grant has a strong background across public financial markets, venture capital, and gaming sectors; has helped build a variety of exciting and successful partnerships; and gained extensive experience working with investors and startups. His experience covers game integration, operations management, in-game monetization, M&A integration, and RBG operations for gaming and media companies.
Through various management roles, Grant launched more than 25 games and applications across a wide array of emerging entertainment platforms, including Facebook, Valve’s Steam, Apple’s iTunes, Google’s Android, Amazon’s Kindle, Verizon, and AT&T. In his current position as the President of Centerboard Advisors, Grant is an expert witness and litigation consultant for companies like RockYou, Google, Scopely, Playstudios Cloudy Shark, Electric Cloud, and Z2 Live. He is also serving as the interim COO of Hoopt, which is a data company that brings contextual relevancy to people’s life choices by integrating their social graph into a collective search and discovery network.
In the past, he acted as the COO for RockYou, the world’s largest cross-platform premium advertising network for games, where he grew revenue by more than 7X to $150 million. Additionally, Josh served as COO at Sonic Boom, a leading indie publisher of mobile games and applications, and was VP of Content Strategy & Acquisition at Vivendi Games Mobile. Throughout his career, he’s spearheaded publishing, licensing, and strategic planning management for both mobile and social media platforms.