MATTHEW BELLOWS
General Manager, Floodgate Entertainment
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Matthew is responsible for the operations, sales and marketing of Floodgate Entertainment, a top mobile games developer based in Boston, Massachusetts. Before joining Floodgate, Matthew led Gamespot’s mobile entertainment initiatives, including the development of a mobile games distribution service called PlayNow. He arrived at Gamespot (a division of CNET Networks) through that company's acquisition of Wireless Gaming Review. Matthew was the co-founder, editor and publisher of WGR (WGamer.com), the leading publication for mobile entertainment consumers. While leading WGR, he grew revenues to $1.5 million, distributed content through Verizon, Sprint, AT&T and Ziff-Davis, and formed profitable relationships with industry leaders like Qualcomm, Nokia, JAMDAT and others. Before starting Wireless Gaming Review, Matthew managed the team responsible for 4,000 advertising contracts that drove $30 million in annual revenue for Engage, Inc. Bellows received his MBA with high honors from the Olin School of Management at Babson College.