William Volk
CCO
PlayScreen
As CCO, William brings over 25 years of leadership experience from the video game industry to PlayScreen. Volk began his career in 1979, on the launch team of the computer game division of Avalon Hill, now a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc.
Volk served as the Vice President of Technology at Activision, Inc. where he was instrumental in creating products that secured Activision’s successes, including the highly acclaimed Return to ZorkTM. At Lightspan, Inc as chief technologist of gaming technology, Volk’s team produced more than 110 titles for the Sony PlayStation.
Volk was co-founder and CTO of Save.com where he and his team developed the first bar coded grocery coupons available on the Internet. He founded ZipProof in 2000, a soft proofing and collaborative software firm used by Print Shops from Colorado to Chile.
Prior to co-founding PlayScreen, Volk served as CEO of Bonus Mobile Entertainment and co-designed the social mobile game The Dozens inspired by the Wayans Brothers card game. He also created the ringtone brand “Rude Tones”.
