Asi is a veteran game-maker, tech executive and social entrepreneur. As Co-President of Games for Change, he leads on the curation, development and execution of programs to raise the quality and influence of games for social change. He serves as the spokesperson for the organization and the sector. Major funders and partners include: The McArthur Foundation, USAID, the World Bank and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.
Asi is the award-winning Executive Producer who co-founded Impact Games, the creators of the internationally acclaimed “PeaceMaker” and “Play the News” gaming platforms (acquired 2010). He also served as a consultant to organizations such as Newsweek and McCann Erickson, around the strategic use of games to further brand engagement.
He is often interviewed by international and national media, and has been invited to speak at conferences and institutions including TEDxGotham, Harvard Kennedy School, the Sundance Film Festival, the Skoll World Forum, SXSW, GDC, and the US Army War College. A native of Israel, Asi was VP of Marketing and Product at Axis Mobile (acquired 2008), where he introduced pioneering mobile apps and games to a worldwide market.
He holds a Masters of Entertainment Technology from Carnegie Mellon University and a BA in Design from the Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem.
