Wojtek Kawczynski Instructor, Video Game Design & AnimationVideo Game Design & Development

Wojtek is currently the founder and CEO of Wark Studios, a consulting company focused on the game industry. Prior to Wark, Wojtek was the CEO of BDA Entertainment where he guided the company’s growth over close to 7 years. Prior to BDA, Wojtek spent 4 years heading up the studio division of TransGaming with responsibilities for strategy, game design, operations, business development and partnerships. The division developed and published six games spanning iOS, Wii, PC, Mac and GameTree TV. Wojtek’s first job in the game industry was running the game division of SilverBirch, where he set strategy, oversaw the operations of the publishing and development groups, identified merger and acquisition opportunities, and led integration efforts within the division. He also directly ran the operations of SilverBirch Studios, the development studio that founded the game division.

 

Before entering the game industry, Wojtek worked at an enterprise software start-up as Director of Product Management and before that spent five years at one of Canada’s top venture capital firms as an investment officer.

 

Wojtek has a BSc from Concordia University, an MSc from McGill University, and an MBA from York University.