Fernando Rizo

About

Experienced games industry business development and marketing executive. Advisor to and investor in some very cool companies. Steam aficionado. BAFTA member. Former US Marine.

Experience

• Partner at Caboodle Games
  Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

  Boutique commercial advisors for self-published game developers. We help with every aspect of self-publishing: life cycle management, long-tail revenue growth, go-to-market planning, and more.

• Co-host at The Business of Video Games Podcast
  Aug 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

• Board Member, Investor at Torpor Games
  May 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

• Chief Sales and Business Development Officer at Raw Fury
  Oct 2022 - Jan 2024 · 1 yr 4 mos

  Led the six-person sales department to the highest back catalog revenue in Raw Fury's history and led the creation of go-to-market strategies for successful launches like Cassette Beasts and Moonstone Island, among others.

• Hooded Horse Inc. (1 yr 9 mos)
  • Board Member
    Apr 2021 - Dec 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos

    Publisher of computer strategy games, including Terra Invicta, Falling Frontier, and Alliance of the Sacred Suns.

  • President
    May 2022 - Oct 2022 · 6 mos

    Moved from Board to a full-time role during a high-intensity period of growth for the company to create a scaleable org & sustainable processes.