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Amir Satvat is an American business analyst known for his volunteer efforts in helping laid-off workers in the video game industry find new positions.[1] Professionally, Satvat has been a business development director at Tencent Games since 2023.[2][3]
His efforts in helping workers in the game industry began in November 2022 on his LinkedIn page, as a spreadsheet of video game job listings scraped from the web. This has since expanded to become what Satvat calls the Games Jobs Workbook, which he maintains with a small group of volunteers; they also operate a wider network of job-seeking resources, which include career listings, resume reviewers, and coaches from within the game industry.[1][2]
Personal life and education
editSatvat grew up in Farmington, Connecticut, where continues to live with his family and work remotely from.[4] He graduated from the Loomis Chaffee School in 2000 and went on to receive a bachelor's degree in finance from Boston University.[5] Satvat spent five years in graduate school to pursue three master's degrees;[6] a degree in biotechnology from the University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Business Administration in healthcare administration from the Wharton School, and a Master of Public Administration in health policy from New York University.[5]
Professional career
editHaving aspired to work on video games since the age of four, Satvat began applying for roles in the video game industry after graduating from college. While positions were available at the time, they were mostly based on the West Coast, and Satvat was not willing to leave his family and friends in the New England area, which he has described as the "only thing that trumped games".[6]
While continuing to seek a career in video games, Satvat spent 15 years working in other fields, including as an investment banking analyst at Goldman Sachs, along with various business development, strategy and operations roles at Dell EMC, VMware, and Veeam.[6] He joined Amazon Inc. in 2019 as a chief operating officer in their Amazon Web Services division. A year later, Satvat landed his first role in the game industry, after transferring into Prime Gaming as a business development lead. He later became a principal publishing producer with Amazon Games' Montreal studio.[2][6][7]
References
edit- ^ a b D'Anastasio, Cecilia (2024-09-12). "Data Cruncher Moonlights as Headhunter for Video-Game Workers". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
- ^ a b c Rousseau, Jeffrey (May 9, 2024). "Meet Amir Satvat, the man leading efforts to find laid-off developers new jobs". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
- ^ Escribano, Javier (2024-12-13). "Who is Amir Satvat, first Game Changer recipient at The Game Awards". Gamereactor UK. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
- ^ Takahashi, Dean (2023-08-18). "How one man found game jobs for at least 450 people in the downturn". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
- ^ a b Rugen, James S., ed. (2013-08-09). "Alumni News". Loomis Chaffee (Summer 2013 ed.). p. 57. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
- ^ a b c d "Q&A with Amir Satvat, publishing producer for Amazon Games". Amazon Games. 2022-06-23. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
- ^ Takahashi, Dean (2024-11-05). "For game job seekers, the search often leads outside of gaming". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
- People from Farmington, Connecticut
- Loomis Chaffee School alumni
- Boston University School of Management alumni
- Wharton School alumni
- University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences alumni
- New York University alumni
- Amazon (company) people
- Tencent people
- The Game Awards winners
- Goldman Sachs people