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Virtuos's team is composed of digital entertainment production specialists from more than 15 countries, bringing experience from many of the industry's leading developers.

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Virtuos employs over 1000 staff and is growing rapidly. Being the largest independent studio in China, we are uniquely positioned to deliver the full benefits of China’s production strength.

In China, gaming is not only part of the ancient culture, it has also become a way of life for a whole generation of young adults who are forming one of the world’s largest markets for electronic entertainment. From artists to programmers, no other country has such a strong proportion of gamers among University graduates.

Our management team is composed of individuals who have already played a key role in taking the China gaming industry into a new era:

	Gilles Langourieux, CEO Gilles founded the Company in October 2004. He was previously Worldwide Managing Director of ubi.com, Ubisoft’s online division, responsible for the group’s online strategy and businesses. Ubisoft built its success on a strategy of internal industrial high-quality / low-cost production studios. (more…)

	Pan Feng, Managing Director, Games Before joining Virtuos, Pan was the Manager of the New Services Department at Linktone (Nasdaq LTON). He was responsible for managing development and launching over 60 mobile games in China (more…)



	Andrey Supryaga, Senior Art Director Andrey is a talented 3D art expert coming from a hands-on game development background with extensive experience. From 2003 to 2006, Andrey worked as Graphics Director at Nival – Russia’s premier game developer in Russia. (more…)

	Wu Wei, Art Director Wu Wei joined Virtuos in 2005 and today leads a large team of artists. He has overseen hundreds of high-profile art projects for clients such as EA, Guerilla, Industrial Light & Magic and Naughty Dog. (more…)

	Jurgen Kluft, Technical Director Jurgen has extensive knowledge on the ins and outs of game engines, middleware and tools. He drives himself and the Virtuos engineering team to continually improve and deliver the most out of what is possible on each project. (more…)

	Helen Xie– Operations Director, Shanghai Helen is responsible for Operations at Virtuos Shanghai. Before Joining Virtuos, Helen held positions as Program Manager with both Infosys and IBM. She has more than 15 years of software development experience. (more…)

	Vivian Tian, General Manager, Chengdu Production Center Vivian is General Manager of Virtuos Chengdu Production Center. Prior to joining Virtuos, Vivian worked with Tieto China, Lucent (Bell Labs) and Ericsson China, in Beijing and Chengdu. (more…)

	Christophe Gandon, General Manager, Europe Before joining Virtuos and releasing Asphalt 2 PSP/DS (Gameloft) and Street Riders-PSP (Ubisoft), Christophe Gandon was the Producing Director (1999-2005) of Babylon Software, a French studio specialized in console games (more…)