From the 2005 DGxpo held on Wake Tech Community College campus to today's East Coast Game Conference, behind the scenes is a core team of industry professionals volunteering their time to provide quality speakers, exhibits and sponsors. Their goal is to create a conference with an atmosphere where attendees return annually and anticipate a great opportunity to network, meet new people and reconnect with friends.
TRIANGLE GAME INITIATIVE BOARD MEMBERS
Walter Rotenberry
Co-Founder and Co-Chair
Long time facilitator and innovator, Walter began making video games with his Commodore 64 back in the early 1980’s. After one of his programming students wanted to know why he would have to go all the way to Florida to learn how to make video games …
Troy Knight
Co-Founder and Co-Chair
Troy has 20 years of experience in the gaming, learning and design industries and is an entrepreneur at heart. He has worked as an animator, lead application engineer, head of project management, and director of global production. His experience began in the …
Jane Proctor
Treasurer and Event Coordinator
ECGC and its predecessor DGXpo never would happen without hundreds of hours of Jane’s time. She wears many hats: treasurer, volunteer coordinator, speaker information chaser, badge printer, website liaison, hotel block arranger and seemingly any other …
Cindy Foster
Secretary
Cindy Foster retired as the director of the Simulation and Game Development program at Wake Technical Community College in August. With her team of industry experienced professionals, she led the National Science Award winning program …
KEY CONTRIBUTORS
Ken Turner
Career Lounge Coordinator
When not saving the world from alien hordes, Ken manages Wake Tech’s award winning Simulation and Game Development program. Ken is a consummate game professional. With a career that spans more than 20 years, he has worked on over a dozen AAA titles and has credits in many titles and simulations. …
Richard Dansky
TGI Narrative Lead; Narrative Director, Red Storm/Ubisoft
Richard Dansky is a 22 year veteran of the video game industry. He has written for franchises including Rainbow Six, Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon …
Doug Foster
Web, IT, & Marketing
Doug Foster helps entrepreneurs explain and sell technology. Prior to founding Convinsys, Doug served in technical and managerial roles for sales, marketing, IT, engineering, and manufacturing companies ranging from startups to global high tech …
Justin Johnson
TGI Education Lead; Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator of Art + Design, NCSU
Justin is an Assistant Professor of Art + Design and Doctor of Design practitioner at North Carolina State University. With over 13 years of experience in the game industry in a variety of roles including: level designer, environment artist, lead environment artist, character artist, and UI designer …
Brad Swearingen
Professor, Simulation and Game Development - WTCC
Brad Swearingen has been instructing students in 3d and game related topics for over 20 years. He is currently a Professor in Wake Tech Community College’s Simulation and Game Development …
Kenly Simmons
Digital Marketing Intern, Wake Tech
New to the ECGC team this year is student intern Kenly Simmons. Already a master of multitasking, Kenly is an elementary PE teacher for Wake County Public Schools and an Advertising and Graphic Design …
Core Team