Virginie is a business development and business management executive with extensive experience in the consumer products, video games & technology industry. During her 12+ years tenure at Microsoft, she was a Chief of Staff for the gaming partnership team and led business development & M&A efforts behind the launch of new products, platforms and distribution channels for the Xbox organization. Prior to Microsoft, she worked for 5+ years at Vivendi Games/Activision Blizzard on turnaround strategy, the creation of the mobile games division, M&A initiatives and integration with Activision. She started her professional career at The Walt Disney Company working 9 years in Paris and Los Angeles, in Finance, Strategic Planning and Consumer Research. She holds an MBA from The Anderson School at UCLA and a BSBA from Northeastern University.

She is a current student of Gage Academy of Art focusing on figure sculpting and painting skills. She started her figure drawing practice at The UCLA Extension under Joe Blaustein in 2000.