Founder and CEO, Radiance Digital Entertainment (Shanghai)

The founder and CEO of Shanghai’s Radiance Digital Entertainment, Montgomery Singman is one of China’s most preeminent digital media professionals.

Monte founded Radiance Digital Entertainment in 2005, and it has since become synonymous with high quality online games.

In 2000 Monte founded Zona Inc, which was acquired by Shanda Entertainment in 2003 prior to Shanda’s IPO. Following this Monte was the Director of Shanda’s R&D Department, overseeing 300 – 400 staff.

A passionate advocate of the digital media industries, Monte is the Director of the Games Committee for the Shanghai Creative Industry Association – the organisation charged with developing Shanghai’s creative and digital media industries and professionals. He is the Main Co-ordinator of the Shanghai IGDA Chapter; and the Shanghai Chapter of the Global Entrepreneur Association.

Monte is the Chief Professor of the School of Creativity at the prestigious Shanghai Theatre Academy, which is renowned for its cross-disciplinary approach to training and practice. Monte’s books on Game Theory, Game Design, and Project Management are the standard texts for the Academy’s Digital Media Masterclass Program.

A veteran with over 20 years experience in both the US and China game industries, Monte has also worked Atari, Accolade, Capcom, Electronic Arts, Sony and others. The fruits of his work include Shanda’s The World of Legend, Magical Land and Three Kingdoms; Atari’s Looney Tunes Racing; EA’s John Madden Football, and many other titles.

Monte is a columnist for “Game Creativity” one of China’s leading games industry publications.