5/4/22 Maria Ly, Skimble Season 3, Episode 5 Maria Ly, founder of Skimble, the company behind the mobile fitness app Workout Trainer. Not only do we chat about how Skimble began as a small startup but also their collaboration with Samsung Health and the Made for Samsung team. Topics Covered: • Skimble • Rock Health • Workout Trainer • Publishing on Galaxy Store • Marketing • Discoverability • Monetization • Generating Revenue • In-App Purchase (IAP) • Galaxy Badges • Best of Galaxy Store Awards • Diversity and Inclusion Samsung Developer ProgramVisit the Samsung Developer Program website at de ..read more

4/6/22 Chris Benjaminsen, FRVR Season 3, Episode 4 Chris Benjaminsen, founder of FRVR, the super successful game publisher with over 70 titles on Samsung services. Not only do we chat about monetization and game revenue strategies, but how the FRVR platform has allowed them to scale their global reach.  All music from today's show is from FRVR games, composed by Rasmus Hartvig. Topics Covered: • FRVR • Publishing on Galaxy Store • Marketing • Discoverability • Monetization • Generating Revenue • In-App Purchase (IAP) • In-App Advertising (IAA) • Interstitial Ads • Galaxy Badge • Best of G ..read more

4/6/22  Tobias Thorsen & Peter Holm, Biodome Games  Season 3, Episode 3 Tobias Thorsen & Peter Holm founders of Biodome Games, winners of the 2021 Best of Galaxy Store Award, for Best Instant Play Game. Not only do we chat about their award-winning mobile game Gold Digger FRVR, but how being acquired by a larger game publisher has allowed them to focus more on game development, while the publisher handles the marketing aspect of producing games.  Topics Covered: • Biodome Games • Studio Spelunca • FRVR • Best of Galaxy Store Awards • Publishing on Galaxy Store • Marketin ..read more

3/2/22  Eric Krause, Riot Games  Season 3, Episode 1 Eric Krause, Global Head of Marketing for the League of Legends Group at Riot Games  Not only do we talk about the beginnings of Riot Games and their award-winning mobile game, League of Legends, Wild Rift, but how Riot Games has grown to become more than just a gaming company. Topics Covered: • Riot Games Beginning • League of Legends Franchise • Best of Galaxy Store Awards • Wild Rift • Developing for Mobile • Publishing on Galaxy Store • Samsung Relationship • Game Development and Marketing • Wild Rift Music • eSports • Net ..read more

3/2/22  Eric Krause, Riot Games  Season 3, Episode 1 Eric Krause, Global Head of Marketing for the League of Legends Group at Riot Games  Not only do we talk about the beginnings of Riot Games and their award-winning mobile game, League of Legends, Wild Rift, but how Riot Games has grown to become more than just a gaming company. Topics Covered: • Riot Games Beginning • League of Legends Franchise • Best of Galaxy Store Awards • Wild Rift • Developing for Mobile • Publishing on Galaxy Store • Samsung Relationship • Game Development and Marketing • Wild Rift Music • eSports • Net ..read more

10/5/20 Charlotte Allen, Senior Developer Marketing Manager, Samsung Hyunah Kwon, Director of Product, Galaxy Store & Games, Samsung Season 1, Episode 14 In the season one finale, I interview Charlotte Allen and Hyunah Kwon. Charlotte is the driving force behind Samsung's annual Best of Galaxy Store Awards, and Hyunah is the Director of Product for Galaxy Store. Not only do we talk about the history of the awards, past highlights of previous awards, but we chat about exciting new changes to Galaxy Store, and our upcoming 2020 Best of Galaxy Store Awards show.  Topics Covered:• History ..read more

9/21/20 Swalé Nunez, Head of B2B Developer Relations for Samsung Season 1, Episode 13 In this episode, I interview Swalé Nunez, Head of B2B Developer Relations for Samsung. Swalé is part of the team that just launched AppStack, the cloud software marketplace for businesses. Not only do we talk about the benefits for small and medium business being able to manage their workplace apps, but the advantages for partners that are bringing their software solutions to AppStack. Topics Covered: What is AppStack SMB (Small and Medium Business) Benefits  SaaS Partners AppStack Industries COVID-19 I ..read more

9/8/20 Prasad Rayala, Product Manager for Samsung DeX Season 1, Episode 12 In this episode, I interview Prasad Rayala, Product Manager for DeX, the Samsung technology that allows users to extend their Galaxy mobile device into a desktop computing experience. Not only do we talk about the advantages for developers optimizing their apps for DeX, but how easy it is to get started. Topics Covered• What is DeX • Devices that run DeX • Compatible operating systems • Optimizing apps for DeX • DeX resources • DeX sample code • Security • DeX features • Getting started with DeX More about Samsung DeX&n ..read more

8/24/20 Diego Lizarazo, Samsung Developer Evangelist  Season 1, Episode 11 In this episode, I interview Diego Lizarazo, Senior Developer Evangelist at Samsung. Diego is a self-proclaimed tech geek and he is all about coding apps. Both Diego and I work together as part of the Samsung Developer Program and I have invited Diego to be a future guest host on the podcast. Where my specialty is design, Diego’s specialty is coding, and his tech geek personality shines as we chat about his path to Samsung and how he is helping the developer community. Topics Covered:· Journey to Samsung ·  De ..read more

11/2/21 POW! SDC21 – Samsung Developer Conference  Season 2, Episode 8 After taking a year off due to the pandemic, we recently held our annual developer conference, SDC21. This year’s conference was a virtual conference, with insightful highlight sessions and in-depth tech talks.  In this episode, I sit down with several Samsung insiders, to recap the many highlights from this year’s show. We'll chat about One UI 4, the Samsung Incubation Program, SmartThings, Bixby, our partnership with Google and the new watch ecosystem, Samsung Internet and our new podcast platform. Topics Covere ..read more