Asi Burak

Asi Burak is a veteran of the videogame and tech industries. In 2011, Burak was named one of the “Digital 25: Leaders in Emerging Entertainment” by the Producers Guild of America (PGA) and Variety Magazine for his work on games for impact.

In 2017, Burak became the Senior Vice President of Tilting Point, a new generation games partner for top independent development studios, with a focus on the rapidly growing mobile and tablet markets.

Burak is also the Chairman of the influential industry organization Games for Change (G4C), which produces the annual Games for Change Festival. He served as the company's President from 2010 to 2015. In this role, he led the development of programs to raise the quality and reach of social impact games and co-produced the Annual Games for Change Festival, the largest gaming event in New York. For his work at G4C, Burak was named one of the “Digital 25: Leaders in Emerging Entertainment” by the Producers Guild of America (PGA) and Variety Magazine.

He has served as a strategic advisor to organizations like EON Productions (producer of the James Bond films), Tribeca Enterprises, Newsweek, and McCann Erickson, helping guide the strategic use of games and digital experiences to further brand engagement.

Prior to serving as G4C’s President from 2010 to 2015, Asi co-founded and led Impact Games, the creators of PeaceMaker and Play the News (acquired by Hybrid Learning Systems in 2010).

He is often interviewed by international and national media, and has been invited to speak at conferences and institutions including TED Talks, Harvard Kennedy School, the Clinton Global Initiative, Sundance, the Skoll World Forum, CES, SXSW, GDC, and the US Army War College.

He is also a faculty member at the School of Visual Arts MFA in Design for Social Innovation and holds a Master of Entertainment Technology from Carnegie Mellon University.

Before Games for Change, Burak co-founded and led Impact Games, the creators of the acclaimed “PeaceMaker” and “Play the News” gaming platforms (acquired 2010). He is often interviewed by international media, and has been invited to speak at conferences and institutions including TEDTalks, Harvard Kennedy School, Sundance, Skoll Forum, CES, SXSW, and the US Army War College. He is a faculty member at the School of Visual Arts’ MFA in Design for Social Innovation, and holds a Master of Entertainment Technology from Carnegie Mellon University.