Biography
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Thomas Bidaux
ICO Partners
Thomas Bidaux's career started at France Telecom, within the GOA team where in 1999, he was recruited to manage their online games. He grew the activity from a one-man team in charge of the first French MMORPG, to the European organisation in charge of the most successful MMORPG at the time on the market, Dark Age of Camelot. In 2004, he left to set up the European subsiduary of the Online Game giant NCsoft. Acting as the Director development for the company, he managed the team who brought many online games to the European market, including Guild Wars and City of Heroes. In late 2008, he created the consulting agency ICO Partners, focusing his efforts in taking independent developers further and help them reach their full potential across the globe. He has also been an active participant in many industry-related events, sharing his expertise as often as possible and working on democratizing the development of online games in Europe.
