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Amitt Mahajan

Founded MyMiniLife.com and sold it to Zynga in '09. Currently developing FarmVille, a top Facebook app.

Headline: Entrepreneur
Work status: Employed Full-Time
Website: http://www.myminilife.com
Industries: Computing, Entertainment, Gaming, Information Technology, Internet, Media
Skills: Business, Computer Engineering, Design, English, Entrepreneurship, Product design, Web design
Next step: Developing and growing games at Zynga.
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Visas: US
Interested in: Brainstorming, Creating a group, Finding business partners, Finding engineers, Finding experts, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Getting press, Growing my group, Helping members of my groups, Meeting new people, Partnering with other groups, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Recruiting, Recruiting for my startup, Sharing my projects
Schools: University of Illinois System - Urbana-Champaign

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: Zynga
Position: Developer
Time period: May 2009 - Present
Description: Part of the core team that develops FarmVille

Employer: MyMiniLife, Inc.
Position: Cofounder
Time period: October 2007 - May 2009

Employer: Epic Games
Position: Programmer
Time period: January 2006 - October 2007
Description: Programmed/Partially Designed UI for Unreal Engine 3, Gears of War, and Unreal Tournament 3.

EDUCATION

University: University of Illinois System - Urbana-Champaign
Time period: 2002 - 2005
Degree: Computer Science, BSc

Amitt's Startups (1)

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  • MyMiniLife

    MyMiniLife allows users to express their physical life on the web by creating virtual homes. Acquired in June 2009 by Zynga Game Networks, Inc.

Amitt's Contacts (5)

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  • Joel Poloney

    21, on leave of absence from University of Illinois, studied in Japan at Yokohama National University, founded MyMiniLife.com.

  • Sizhao Yang

    co-created Farmville from MyMiniLife technology. Co-founder of MyMiniLife (acquired by Zynga Game Networks, Inc.). Graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.

  • Michael Powers

    Product Manager at YouTube, early employee of Slide, founder of Ping (desktop widgets) and Flatland (3DML).