# Phillip Hyun

> Phillip Hyun is the CEO of Gamevice, the Simi Valley hardware company (formerly Wikipad) that builds clip-on game controllers for phones and tablets, and the co-founder and vice chairman of the esports organization Gen.G. He has spent a decade running an eight-person hardware shop that has repeatedly taken Nintendo to court over the Switch's detachable controllers, a David-and-Goliath patent fight that reached the Federal Circuit in 2026. A UC Berkeley cognitive science graduate, Hyun has built and sold companies (Enterprise Technology Group to Nexstar Broadcasting), helped launch a top-tier global esports brand, and more recently turned investor in the Italian football club Venezia FC.

- **Role:** CEO at Gamevice
- **Organizations:** Gamevice (formerly Wikipad), Gen.G Esports, Nexad Systems Inc., Venezia FC, Energy Systems Group, PacificWest, Enterprise Technology Group (ETG) / LAKANA
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BA, Cognitive Science, University of California, Berkeley
- **Known for:** Leads Gamevice, whose attachable controllers reached roughly 490 Apple retail stores worldwide with nearly 1,000 compatible iOS games, Closed a $12.5M Series A for Gamevice in 2017, co-led by TransLink Capital and California Technology Ventures, Co-founded Gen.G Esports, one of the world's leading global esports organizations

## Career timeline

- **2002** — Becomes President & CEO of Nexad Systems Inc., focused on management and board advisory work in technology
- **2006** — Co-founds PacificWest and serves as an executive board member (through 2024)
- **2015** — Joins the board of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund
- **2014** — Serves as President of LAKANA, the digital division formed after Enterprise Technology Group's sale to Nexstar Broadcasting
- **2017** — Becomes CEO of Gamevice (formerly Wikipad); company closes a $12.5M Series A co-led by TransLink Capital and California Technology Ventures
- **2017** — Co-founds Gen.G Esports with Kevin Chou, Kent Wakeford and others; serves as Vice Chairman and board member
- **2017** — Gamevice files its first patent suit against Nintendo over the Switch's detachable controllers, then voluntarily dismisses it
- **2018** — Gamevice files a second action against Nintendo, including a complaint at the U.S. International Trade Commission
- **2024** — Joins the board of Energy Systems Group and becomes an investor and operations committee member at Italian football club Venezia FC
- **2026** — Federal Circuit affirms summary judgment that the Nintendo Switch does not infringe Gamevice's patents; Gamevice weighs a Supreme Court cert petition

## Achievements

- Leads Gamevice, whose attachable controllers reached roughly 490 Apple retail stores worldwide with nearly 1,000 compatible iOS games
- Closed a $12.5M Series A for Gamevice in 2017, co-led by TransLink Capital and California Technology Ventures
- Co-founded Gen.G Esports, one of the world's leading global esports organizations
- Founded and grew Enterprise Technology Group (ETG), which was sold to Nexstar Broadcasting to form LAKANA
- Sustained a multi-year patent fight against Nintendo that reached the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Federal Circuit affirmed the California district court's summary judgment that the Nintendo Switch does not infringe Gamevice's patent claims
- **2026-04** — Gamevice filed a response to Nintendo's motion to vacate parts of the judgment and signaled it may petition the U.S. Supreme Court

## Links

- Website: https://gamevice.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/philhyun
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Gamevice
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/gamevice/

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Last updated: 2026-06-08