Sean Kauppinen is an American video game executive, with particular experience as a marketer, publicist and speaker[1] on the industry worldwide.
He has worked for, a number of companies including bleem!, Sony Online Entertainment, Ubisoft, and 3dfx Interactive, among others.
Kauppinen was the marketing and public relations person for bleem!,[2] a company that helped define the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Kauppinen has performed marketing and PR to launch more than 570 video games over the last 20 years,[6] including EverQuest 2, Lord of the Rings Online, Star Wars Galaxies, Warhammer Online, Age of Conan[7] and The Sims 2.
In 2009 he was named to the GDC Europe Advisory Board along with Bob Bates, Don Daglow, Bob Wallace, Tom Putzki, Harald Riegler and Frank Sliwka,[8] as well as the South by Southwest (SXSW) Advisory Board.