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In our weekly interview series “Womenize – Inspiring Stories” we feature inspirational, diverse people who work in the games and tech industry. They share their experiences, give valuable advice and talk about their projects.
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Sima Iurova – Womenize! – Inspiring Stories
Womenize! - Inspiring Stories is our weekly series featuring inspirational individuals from games and tech. For this edition, we talked to Sima Iurova, Senior Game Designer at Wooga. She speaks about how her scientific background, combined with player testing and real-world constraints, influences the way she designs and refines interactive storytelling in games. Read more about Sima here:
Kelly Vero – Womenize! – Inspiring Stories
Womenize! - Inspiring Stories is our weekly series featuring inspirational individuals from games and tech. For this edition we talked to Kelly Vero, Technical Founder of NAK3D. She speaks about her unconventional career across industries, her passion for pushing the boundaries of digital identity and technology, and her mission to inspire the next generation to shape the future of tech. Read more about Kelly here:
Marie Pierre Thiam – Womenize! – Inspiring Stories
Womenize! - Inspiring Stories is our weekly series featuring inspirational individuals from games and tech. For this edition we talked to Marie Pierre Thiam, Founder of Linguère Gaming & Ashita. She speaks about her journey from a passion for games and African culture to creating training programs and communities that empower young people to gain digital skills, tell their own stories, and help build a more inclusive, sustainable, and globally competitive African gaming industry. Read more about Marie here:
Dana Publicover – Womenize! – Inspiring Stories
Womenize! - Inspiring Stories is our weekly series featuring inspirational individuals from games and tech. For this edition, we talked to Dana Publicover, Director of Marketing at PlaytestCloud. She speaks about her her diverse but cohesive career path, her effort to build a practical and supportive FLINTA mentorship program and her desire to be remembered as a collaborative, effective, and enjoyable colleague who helped others grow. Read more about Dana here:
Jessica Edenhofner – Womenize! – Inspiring Stories
Womenize! - Inspiring Stories is our weekly series featuring inspirational individuals from games and tech. For this edition we talked to Jessica Edenhofner, Head of Gaming & Entertainment at gocomo. She speaks about how her storytelling and journalism background shaped an empathetic, audience-focused approach, where balancing data with instinct and understanding people drives both engaging gaming content and effective team leadership. Read more about Jessica here:
Alina Gribanova – Womenize! – Inspiring Stories
Womenize! - Inspiring Stories is our weekly series featuring inspirational individuals from games and tech. For this edition, we talked to Alina Gribanova, Business Development Director at Devoted Studios. She speaks about how her legal education and focus on strong team culture, trust, and strategic vision have shaped her successful career in business development and long-term partnership building in the gaming industry. Read more about Alina here:
Dani Valkova – Womenize! – Inspiring Stories
Womenize! - Inspiring Stories is our weekly series featuring inspirational individuals from games and tech. For this edition, we talked to Dani Valkova, Founder of GOGIA. She speaks about how her work across music, neuroscience, and immersive tech is guided by creating meaningful experiences that positively affect people, balancing creative innovation with purposeful design, and fostering supportive, inclusive communities to maximize the impact of technology and leadership. Read more about Dani here:
Mairi Nolan – Womenize! – Inspiring Stories
Womenize! - Inspiring Stories is our weekly series featuring inspirational individuals from games and tech. For this edition, we talked to Mairi Nolan, Director of Play at Studio Heft. She speaks how her unconventional background and design experiences shaped her approach to creating thoughtful, accessible puzzle games, emphasizing the value of cross-disciplinary thinking, learning through constraints, and encouraging aspiring designers to embrace curiosity and diverse influences. Read more about Mairi here:
Bobbi A. Sand – Womenize! – Inspiring Stories
Womenize! - Inspiring Stories is our weekly series featuring inspirational individuals from games and tech. For this edition we talked to Bobbi A. Sand, Game Director at Transcenders Media. They speak about how their games and writing combine playfulness with exploring identity and existential challenges, how their focus on inclusivity and cultural expression shapes their creative work, and their hope to inspire others to reflect, express themselves authentically, and create freely. Read more about Bobbi here:
Jessy Yu – Womenize! – Inspiring Stories
Womenize! - Inspiring Stories is our weekly series featuring inspirational individuals from games and tech. For this edition we talked to Jessy (Tsai-Jung) Yu, Monetization Designer at A Thinking Ape. She speaks about how her journey across engineering, game design, and monetization has shaped her approach to creating player-focused, research-driven monetization designs that balance business goals while emphasizing the importance of personal well-being. Read more about Jessy here:
Kasia Dziekan – Womenize! – Inspiring Stories
Womenize! - Inspiring Stories is our weekly series featuring inspirational individuals from games and tech. For this edition, we talked to Kasia Dziekan, Sound Designer at Arrival. She speaks about her journey into game audio, explaining how she creates immersive and emotionally engaging soundscapes for video games through a mix of creativity, collaboration, and technical skill. Read more about Kasia here:
Jule Randzio – Womenize! – Inspiring Stories
Womenize! - Inspiring Stories is our weekly series featuring inspirational individuals from games and tech. For this edition we talked to Jule Randzio, Founder of Jewelz Games. She speaks about founding an indie game studio, how developing Repeat After Me reflects the challenges of small-team game development, and encourages aspiring founders to take risks, manage resources wisely, and embrace learning through doing. Read more about Jule here:
Karolina Korppoo – Womenize! – Inspiring Stories
Womenize! - Inspiring Stories is our weekly series featuring inspirational individuals from games and tech. For this edition, we talked to Karoliina Korppoo, Creative Director at Day Off Interactive. She speaks about her evolution as a games industry leader, emphasizing a shift from individual creative control to collaborative, transparent, and people-centered leadership focused on building safe, thriving teams that create meaningful games with positive impact. Read more about Karoliina here:
Patty Toledo – Womenize! – Inspiring Stories
Womenize! - Inspiring Stories is our weekly series featuring inspirational individuals from games and tech. For this edition we talked to Patty Toledo, Leader of Games at Breda University of Applied Sciences. She speaks about about how her international experiences, personal values, and commitment to authenticity, resilience, and empowerment shape her creative leadership and her efforts to inspire others to thrive confidently in fast-changing industries. Read more about Patty here:
Sam González Morote – Womenize! – Inspiring Stories
Womenize! - Inspiring Stories is our weekly series featuring inspirational individuals from games and tech. For this edition we talked to Sam González Morote, Video Game Producer & Project Manager at Remulla Games. They speak about their journey into game production, emphasizing the importance of trying different creative roles, leading teams with empathy and trust, and balancing artistic vision with commercial realities in indie game development. Read more about Sam here:
Abbie Howard – Womenize! – Inspiring Stories
Womenize! - Inspiring Stories is our weekly series featuring inspirational individuals from games and tech. For this edition we talked to Abbie Howard, Audio Designer at Rebellion. She speaks how her background in music composition shapes her emotionally driven approach to game sound design, blending creativity and technical skill to craft immersive, accessible, and deeply personal audio experiences that guide players and bring game worlds to life. Read more about Abbie here:
Charmaine Duff – Womenize! – Inspiring Stories
Womenize! - Inspiring Stories is our weekly series featuring inspirational individuals from games and tech. For this edition, we talked to Charmaine Duff, Founder & Director of Women-led Games. She speaks about her journey founding Women-Led Games to uplift and give visibility to women in the gaming industry after facing gender inequality and setbacks, sharing how perseverance, community support, and balance have shaped her career and outlook on game development. Read more about Char here:
Inés Alcolea Llopis – Womenize! – Inspiring Stories
Womenize! - Inspiring Stories is our weekly series featuring inspirational individuals from games and tech. For this edition, we talked to Inés Alcolea Llopis, Writer & Narrative Designer. She speaks about how her background in literature, languages, and diverse experiences shapes her work as a game narrative designer to create inclusive, authentic stories that reflect marginalized perspectives, while balancing creativity with industry realities and mentoring others to tell their genuine, unique stories. Read more about Inés:
Madhura Pathare – Womenize! – Inspiring Stories
Womenize! - Inspiring Stories is our weekly series featuring inspirational individuals from games and tech. For this edition, we talked to Madhura Pathare, Founder & Game Designer at Cerize Studios. She speaks about about her journey from graphic design and advertising to founding her own game studio, describing how her curiosity for interactive creativity, educational experiences, and professional lessons in visual storytelling led her to merge art, technology, and purpose to create meaningful, impact-driven games like Fashion EcOver. Read more about Madhura here:
Jenny Holmstrøm – Womenize! – Inspiring Stories
Womenize! - Inspiring Stories is our weekly series featuring inspirational individuals from games and tech. For this edition we talked to Jenny Holmstrøm, CEO of InsaneoBerry. She speaks about transforming personal hardship and constraint into a creative, loving approach to leadership and game development that celebrates finding beauty and meaning in everyday life. Read more about Jenny here:
Linnea Sebastian Ejersbo – Womenize! – Inspiring Stories
Womenize! - Inspiring Stories is our weekly series featuring inspirational individuals from games and tech. For this edition we talked to Linnea Sebastian Ejersbo, Game Developer at Betula Games. They speak about how their love for interdisciplinary, emotionally rich storytelling led them from visual arts to founding Betula Games, where they create diverse, feminist narratives like Dødsbo; they stress that meaningful industry change comes through collective effort and urge aspiring developers to stay authentic, inclusive, and balanced while pursuing values-driven careers. Read more about Linnea here:
Karina Ziminaite – Womenize! – Inspiring Stories
Womenize! - Inspiring Stories is our weekly series featuring inspirational individuals from games and tech. For this edition, we collaborated with ESBD - eSport-Bund Deutschland e.V. and talked to Karina Ziminaite, Head of Content Production at Esport World Cup Foundation. She speaks about her journey from journalism to esports, emphasizing how storytelling, adaptability, and people-centered leadership have shaped her approach to guiding creative teams and amplifying authentic human stories on a global stage. Read more about Karina here:
Estelle Bailly – Womenize! – Inspiring Stories
Womenize! - Inspiring Stories is our weekly series featuring inspirational individuals from games and tech. For this edition, we talked to Estelle Bailly, Localization & Globalization Expert and Life & Career Confidence Coach. She speaks about her 25+ years in gaming localization, sharing how pivotal experiences with leadership, burnout, mentoring, and imposter syndrome shaped her people-centered approach and inspired her transition into coaching to help others grow with confidence. Read more about Estelle:
Sofiia Voinycha – Womenize! – Inspiring Stories
Womenize! - Inspiring Stories is our weekly series featuring inspirational individuals from games and tech. For this edition we talked to Sofiia Voinycha, Co-Founder & Creative Director at Robin Entertainment. She speaks about her shift from M&A lawyer to game studio founder, how resilience and intuition guide her leadership through the challenges of war, and how with Polystrike she’s working to challenge industry norms and open new possibilities for women in gaming and esports. Read more about Sofiia here:
Becca Henry – Womenize! – Inspiring Stories
Womenize! - Inspiring Stories is our weekly series featuring inspirational individuals from games and tech. For this edition, we collaborated with ESBD - eSport-Bund Deutschland e.V. and talked to Becca Henry, Head of Brand & Communications at G2 Esports. She speaks about how her passion for music and gaming shaped her authentic, creative approach to esports communications, emphasizing honesty, education, inclusivity, and mentorship while inspiring the next generation in the industry. Read more about Becca here:
