Randy Shaffer

Randy Shaffer is the West Coast director of U.S. Xbox LIVE Advertising Sales where he is focused on connecting brands with highly-engaged audiences across Xbox 360, Xbox LIVE, Windows 8, Windows phone, Xbox.com, MSN Games, Microsoft Game Studios, and Games for Windows.

In his role at Microsoft, Shaffer has served some of the biggest brands in the auto, entertainment and game publishing industries including Toyota, Disney and Electronic Arts (EA). To promote Disney’s TRON movie, Shaffer helped Disney develop the world’s first Kinect-enabled advertisement. His work also includes campaigns for such prominent brands as Lexus, Honda, KIA, Nissan, Hyundai, Nike, Ubisoft, Sega, T-Mobile, Microsoft, Sony Pictures, Fox, Paramount, Lionsgate, and Procter & Gamble.

Prior to Microsoft, Shaffer worked for advertising agencies Foote Cone Belding, RPA, Starcom Media Vest Group (SMG) / Play, a Denuo Company.

In addition to his passion for work, Shaffer is a gaming enthusiast with more than 45,000 Xbox achievements. In 2011, he was honored as one of thirty elite members of the Global Microsoft Next, a group selected by the president of Microsoft International as the next generation of Microsoft innovators.

A native of southern California, Shaffer holds a BA in Advertising Account Management from Chapman University in Orange County. When he is not working, Shaffer enjoys spending time with his wife and their newborn son.