Gaming Entrepreneur to Speak in Kelowna

| November 23, 2014 in Local News

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The CEO and co-founder of Silicon Sisters Interactive will be in Kelowna for a special entrepreneurship discussion about her story.

Brenda Gershkovitch’s company is a female focused studio that brings games geared towards women and girls. Launched in 2011, the studio has successfully introduced a tween series called School26, an adult series called Everlove and is currently working on the project Romance.

Gershkovitch was previously the Managing Partner of Deep Fried Entertainment Inc., building sports and racing games for the Nintendo Wii, the Nintendo Dual Screen (DS) and the Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) with publishing partners Sega of American and Take Two Sports.

Gershkovitch frequently speaks at conferences on issues such as women in games, legal issues in video games and changing management. She is board member of DIGIBC, and sits on the Advisory Board of Women in Games International, in LA.

The lecture is free to attend at the Streaming Café in Kelowna and will take place on November 24th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. or watch the live stream at: http://new.livestream.com/streamingcafekelowna.

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