Ray Sharma
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Ray Sharma is the founder and CEO of XMG Studio
, a mobile games studio located in Toronto, Canada. Ray is also the Chairman of Xtreme Labs, a co-founder of Extreme Venture Partners and sits on the boards for Wellpoint Health Services Corporation and the Ontario Judicial Council , the body that investigates complaints made by the public against provincially-appointed judges and masters in Ontario.
Ray is a frequent speaker at mobile industry events such as: CTIA – The Wireless Association , the Mobile Games Forum and Interactive Ontario's iP3 Forum. Ray also moderated Don Carmody
's Game ON Finance Fire Side Chat.
Ray believes that Toronto is ideally situated to be a global digital media hub as a result of the convergence of three factors. "Number one, you've got a new generation of startup thats very low cost. Number two, you've got availability of universities that are world class... and the third thing is that there are government funding programs that are unique to Canada, government funding programs that allow companies to execute very rapidly into this space..." Ray has been quoted and published in many publications including: the Globe and Mail, the Financial Post
, the Toronto Star
, and the Wall Street Journal.
Ray is also often a guest author for Pocket Gamer
industry for over 10 years, where he was a top-ranked analyst based on Greenwich and Brendan Woods International surveys of fund managers for five of eight eligible years.
Inc. in 2009. At XMG, Ray has been a strong proponent of hackathon
s, and was responsible for the Great Canadian Appathon, the largest competitive hackathon in Canadian history with 100 teams and $45,000 in prize money.
XMG Studio
XMG Studio Inc. is based in Toronto, Canada and was founded by Ray Sharma in 2009. XMG is a mobile device gaming company developing video games and interactive content for multiple platforms including Apple iOS and Google Android. XMG Studio currently sells mobile applications in the Apple iTunes...
, a mobile games studio located in Toronto, Canada. Ray is also the Chairman of Xtreme Labs, a co-founder of Extreme Venture Partners and sits on the boards for Wellpoint Health Services Corporation and the Ontario Judicial Council , the body that investigates complaints made by the public against provincially-appointed judges and masters in Ontario.
Ray is a frequent speaker at mobile industry events such as: CTIA – The Wireless Association , the Mobile Games Forum and Interactive Ontario's iP3 Forum. Ray also moderated Don Carmody
Don Carmody
Don Carmody has been producing films for nearly 40 years. He was vice-president of production for Canada’s Cinepix , where he co-produced David Cronenberg’s early shockers THEY CAME FROM WITHIN and RABID as well as the popular comedy MEATBALLS.Starting his own production company in 1980, Carmody...
's Game ON Finance Fire Side Chat.
Ray believes that Toronto is ideally situated to be a global digital media hub as a result of the convergence of three factors. "Number one, you've got a new generation of startup thats very low cost. Number two, you've got availability of universities that are world class... and the third thing is that there are government funding programs that are unique to Canada, government funding programs that allow companies to execute very rapidly into this space..." Ray has been quoted and published in many publications including: the Globe and Mail, the Financial Post
Financial Post
The Financial Post was an English Canadian business newspaper, which published from 1907 to 1998. In 1998, the publication was folded into the new National Post, although the name Financial Post has been retained as the banner for that paper's business section and also lives on in the Post’s...
, the Toronto Star
Toronto Star
The Toronto Star is Canada's highest-circulation newspaper, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its print edition is distributed almost entirely within the province of Ontario...
, and the Wall Street Journal.
Ray is also often a guest author for Pocket Gamer
Pocket Gamer
Pocket Gamer is a website and video game magazine that focuses on handheld video games. It was launched in 2005 and is published by Steel Media. The publication covers all major portable and mobile gaming formats, including iPhone, Android, PSP and the various versions of the Nintendo DS and was...
Early Career
Ray Sharma's career started out in the investment bankingInvestment banking
An investment bank is a financial institution that assists individuals, corporations and governments in raising capital by underwriting and/or acting as the client's agent in the issuance of securities...
industry for over 10 years, where he was a top-ranked analyst based on Greenwich and Brendan Woods International surveys of fund managers for five of eight eligible years.
XMG Studio
Ray founded XMG StudioXMG Studio
XMG Studio Inc. is based in Toronto, Canada and was founded by Ray Sharma in 2009. XMG is a mobile device gaming company developing video games and interactive content for multiple platforms including Apple iOS and Google Android. XMG Studio currently sells mobile applications in the Apple iTunes...
Inc. in 2009. At XMG, Ray has been a strong proponent of hackathon
Hackathon
A hackathon, a hacker neologism, is an event when programmers meet to do collaborative computer programming. The spirit of a hackathon is to collaboratively build programs and applications. Hackathons are typically between several days and a week in length...
s, and was responsible for the Great Canadian Appathon, the largest competitive hackathon in Canadian history with 100 teams and $45,000 in prize money.