ECGC Core TEAM
APRIL 7TH – 9TH, 2020These seasoned industry professionals volunteer their time every year to help the East Coast Conference experience. They work hard to ensure that the quality of the content and the experience of the conference provided is high-level. Their dedication is critical to the success of the conference. Read below to find out about the extraordinary members of the ECGC Team.
Triangle Game Initiative Board Members
Walter Rotenberry
Co-Founder and Co-Chair, TGI
Co-President of the Triangle Game Initiative and Co-Chair at the East Coast Game ConferenceLong 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...
Troy Knight
Co-Founder and Co-Chair, TGI
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...
Tom Gross
Treasurer, TGI
Tom Gross serves on the Board of Directors of Triangle Game Initiative as its Treasurer, and helps coordinate the TGI’s East Coast Game Conference. He previously was the CEO of CDV Software Entertainment USA, Vice President of Sales for Atari...
Cindy Foster
Secretary, TGI
Cindy Foster is the director of the Simulation and Game Development program at Wake Technical Community College. With her team of industry experienced professionals, she leads the robust degree program that feeds many of the Triangle area...
Key Contributors
Jane Proctor
Event Coordinator
ECGC and its predecessor DGXpo never would happen without hundreds of hours of Jane's time. She wears many hats: volunteer coordinator, speaker information chaser, badge printer, website liaison, hotel block arranger and seemingly any other ...
Mary Holtschneider
VIP Lounge Host
Mary Holtschneider has served as VIP Host for ECGC for the past several years and is dedicated to optimizing the ECGC experience for all VIPs. She has also served as ...
Doug Foster
Webmaster & IT/Marketing Support
Doug Foster helps entrepreneurs explain and sell technology. Prior to starting Convinsys, Doug served in technical and managerial roles for sales, marketing, IT, engineering, and manufacturing companies ranging from startups to global high tech ...
Ken Turner
Career Lounge Coordinator
When not saving the world from alien hordes. Ken teaches at Wake Technical Community College in the Simulation and Game Development curriculum. Ken is a consummate game professional. With a career that spans almost 20 years ...
Richard Dansky
Narrative Lead
The Central Clancy Writer for Ubisoft Red Storm, Richard Dansky has contributed to over 40 titles in iconic franchises like Ghost Recon, Might & Magic, Splinter Cell, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six. His most recent credit was on Clancy’s The Division ...
John Sublette
Audio/Visual Coordinator
John most enjoys making technology work for other people. He has served on the A/V crew at his home church, helped ECGC, GalaxyCon/SuperCon Raleigh, Animazement, and ProductCampRTP over the years. As a technologist and a maker ...
