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Tom Cadwell

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Chief Design Officer of R&D at Riot Games

Jing'an District, Shanghai, China

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About

Tom Cadwell is Chief Design Officer and Executive Vice President of Research and Development at Riot Games. His work centers on game design as a discipline of structured problem solving and team-based learning.

Experience

  1. Riot GamesChief Design Officer & EVP of Research and Developmentcurrent2022 — presentLos Angeles, California, United States
  2. Riot GamesSVP - Head of Research and Development, Head of Design Discipline2020 — 2022Los Angeles
  3. Riot GamesVice President; Head of Design, R&D Office and Incubation2018 — 2020
  4. Riot GamesVice President, Design2011 — 2018Los Angeles, California, USA
  5. Riot GamesGame Design Director2008 — 2011Culver City, California, USA
  6. Riot GamesAdviser2006 — 2008Santa Monica, California, USA
  7. Red 5 StudiosProducer2007 — 2008Irvine, California, USA
  8. Kellogg Business SchoolStudent2005 — 2007
  9. Blizzard EntertainmentGame Designer2002 — 2005
  10. Lifeharbor InvestmentsSoftware Engineer2001 — 2002

Skills & more

Management14Problem SolvingGeneral ManagementMMO37Video Games98Game Development71Product Management33Game Design99Multiplayer14Computer Games38Game Mechanics29Quantitative Analytics8
+6 moreGameplayOnline GamingOrganizational DesignBusiness StrategyInnovation ManagementInnovation Development

Languages English · Mandarin Chinese

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Andy Ho
EP, VALORANT at Riot Games
Anna Donlon
Studio Head, VALORANT at Riot Games
Brandon Beck
Co-Founder & Co-Chairman at Riot Games
Chengran Chai
EP, Riftbound at Riot Games
Chow Ching Ning
Managing Partner at Radiant Tech Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Tom Cadwell?
Tom Cadwell is Chief Design Officer and Executive Vice President of Research and Development at Riot Games. His work centers on game design as a discipline of structured problem solving and team-based learning.
Where does Tom Cadwell work?
Tom Cadwell is Chief Design Officer of R&D at Riot Games.
Where did Tom Cadwell go to school?
Tom Cadwell studied at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management (MBA, Management, Strategy, Marketing); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, Computer Science).

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