Carolina Ellis is an experienced and passionate leader with over 15 years of experience in games and technology. Carolina’s career has included roles in Human Resources, Operations, Business Development, business consulting and instructing.
Carolina started her career in HR in municipal government. From 2010-2011 she worked in HR at Capcom where she was part of the transition from the studio being an independent entity to being acquired by Capcom. From 2011-2016 she was a key member of Plenty of Fish, the online dating app, where she was part of instrument growth, cultural change and then an acquisition by Match.com. In 2018 Carolina co-founded Gasket Games and she was a part of Human Resources, Operations and Business Development. Carolina joined Interleave Inc in 2022-2023 where she was in charge of HR and Business Development. Since 2023, Carolina has been focusing on consulting with games studios in a variety of HR, business development and operational needs. In addition to being a term lecturer at CDM, Carolina is in the early days of starting her next game studio.
Carolina has a Bachelor's Degree in Arts majoring in Psychology from UBC and a diploma in Human Resource Management from BCIT.