Fiona Cherbak is an accomplished marketing and recruiting professional in the interactive entertainment industry. Fiona has developed global marketing strategies and spearheaded numerous high-profile marketing campaigns for games industry organizations and companies. As a business development director and senior account manager in recruitment, she has created lasting client relationships and expertly filled key positions for leading games, mobile and Internet companies in a variety of departments and at all levels, including executive roles.

Fiona is a member of the National Game Advisory Board for the Career Education Corporation, as well as a member of the Game Industry Advisory Board for DeVry University-Austin. Fiona is on the advisory board of Women in Games International, formerly Strategic Alliances, Development and Public Relations Chairs and a founding member. She’s an advisory board member and speaker for the SXSW Screenburn/SXSW Interactive conferences in 2007 and 2008, as well as a regular speaker at CMP Game Group’s Game Career Seminars. Additionally, Fiona has participated as a speaker at the Game Developers Conference, Game Developers Expo, VGXPO, Women in Games International conferences and University of Southern California, as well as other college campuses.

Fiona is an editorialist on hiring practices and diversity issues in the games industry, writing columns for publications such as Gamasutra.com and Next Generation News. Fiona is frequently interviewed by mainstream media on games career-related topics, including as an interview subject in a Fast Company article focused on recruiting in the games industry and a guest spot on Spike TV’s Game Head, talking about breaking into the games business.