Jarik R. Sikat

Jarik R. Sikat is a Tokyo-based employee who once worked for Koei Tecmo America as a sales and marketing manager until 2010. He attended the University of Illinois at Chicago with a degree in computer engineering and moved to Japan. There, he further expanded his portfolio in marketing and has recently joined WonderPlanet as a global studio planner.

During his time as an employee of Koei, Sikat took charge of the marketing budget used for over 60 games and helped pave the way for some of those titles to be released on PC through digital distribution services. He also managed the American branch's advertisements, helping cut down the costs and secured video game product placements for Warner Bros. produced shows. As a publicist, he wrote articles about Koei's products and presented them in gaming events like E3.