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Mr. Blake G. Krikorian has been Corporate Vice President for Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft Corporation since January 2013. Mr. Krikorian served as Chief Executive Officer at id8 Group Productions, Inc., since January 2009 where he advised companies such as Microsoft, AT&T, Toshiba and Time Warner on product strategy and invested in new product creation. He was Founder of id8 Group R2 Studios Inc. He co-founded Sling Media, Inc., in 2004 and served as ... its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board until January 2009. He started his career at General Magic, which created the Magic Cap operating system for mobile intelligent communicators and Telescript, an agent-based network programming language for the emerging electronic marketplace (pre-Internet). At General Magic, Mr. Krikorian assisted industry-leading telecom and consumer electronics companies, including NTT, Sony, Mitsubishi Electric, Sanyo, OKI, and Matshusita/Panasonic, in creating and defining new products, and partnerships. In 1994, Mr. Krikorian Co-founded the Philips Mobile Computing Group. As group Product Manager, he built and co-led the team that defined, created, delivered, and marketed the award-winning Velo 1 Windows CE Handheld PC and its associated product line. Mr. Krikorian then left Philips Mobile Computing Group and served as Senior Vice President at Metis Associates, an information technology consulting firm and incubator of core technology companies. He led the creation of Metis' first incubated company, Mainbrace Corporation, which developed and licensed software technologies and manufacture-able device platforms to system OEMs, service providers, and semiconductor vendors. He served as Sling Media, Inc.'s President for the first two years of its operation. He has been a Director of BitGravity, Inc. since August 2008. He serves as a Director of Clicker Media Inc. He has been a Director at FreeWheel Media, Inc. since July 2012. He served as a Director of Amazon.com Inc. from September 2011 to December 2012. He served as a Member of Board of Industry Leaders at Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). He served as a Director of Sling Media Inc. until January 2009. He received TechFellow Award for Disruptive Innovation from TechCrunch, Founders Fund and NEA. He received Lifetime Technology Leadership Award by Broadcasting & Cable, was named one of the 25 most influential people in mobile technology (Laptop Magazine), was recognized as an innovator who has changed the face of travel in the 21st Century (Travel & Leisure) and named to Business 2.0's “50 Who Matter Now“ and Forbes' “E-Gang“ lists. Mr. Krikorian holds a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA.

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