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Wednesday

Jason McGuigan - 2023 ECGC speaker

Jason McGuigan

Head of Virtual Reality, Lenovo

Jason McGuigan is the Head of Virtual Reality at Lenovo where he is responsible for the business strategy of VR including solutions, hardware, software, and partnerships. His focus is on driving enterprises to scale adoption of VR in training, collaboration, and the enterprise metaverse. For over 20 years, Jason has designed, directed, and produced award-winning …

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Thursday

Keisha-Howard - 2023 ECGC speaker

Keisha Howard

CEO & Founder, Sugar Gamers

Keisha Howard is a highly regarded expert in the fields of video games and technology. With over a decade of experience in the gaming and tech industries, Keisha has a wealth of knowledge and a unique perspective on the future of these fields. Her contributions to the gaming and tech communities have made her a sought-after expert, particularly in the realm of …

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Speakers

Joshua Hilton - 2023 ECGC speaker

Joshua Hilton

Cofounder,
Coachify

Joshua Hilton is the founder and operator of multiple gaming startups over the years, including League Coaching, Gamer Sensei, TrackingThePros, and Coachify.gg. Currently he’s building tools for esport coaches to manage …

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Ian Russell - 2023 ECGC speaker

Ian Russell

Videogame Actor/Casting, The British Voice LLC

Over the last 9 years, Ian has gone from complete unknown to established, award-winning, Voice Actor. Including Best Gaming performance at One Voice 2021. He has been featured in well over 100 games creating …

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Josh Ether - 2023 ECGC speaker

Josh Ether

Principal & Coach, Leadership Rules

I am a Humancentric, Versatile Agilist, Coach and Consultant with over a decade of experience developing people, systems & product. I engage through mutual partnerships with individuals, teams, and organizations.

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David Morris - 2023 ECGC speaker

David Morris

Experiential Consultant, NYCAP3D

A seasoned visionary, David produces and strategizes for brands and businesses all over the world. In the last 10 years David’s work has been focused on sports entertainment, immersive retail, and brand licensing. With years …

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Heather Cole - 2023 ECGC speaker

Heather Cole

Founder/Director, MonRiverGames

I am the Founder and Director of MonRiverGames, a non profit 501 (c) (3), whose mission is to provide affordable, professional experiences in Game Design. We service the Morgantown, WV area and surrounding locations.

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Randy Nash - 2023 ECGC speaker

Randy Nash

Principal Technical Designer, Arkane Austin

Randy has been in the game industry for 20 years covering a variety of Design roles but found his calling in Technical Design more than 10 years ago due to his love of solving technical problems and helping others. Getting …

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Amber Johnson - 2023 ECGC speaker

Amber Johnson

Art Lead, Cygnus Entertainment

She has worked as a level designer and environment artist since 2007 with a focus on efficient art that can run on any platform. She is also an Associate Professor at Wake Tech Community college where she teaches classes in …

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Stefan Hall - 2023 ECGC speaker

Stefan Hall

Chair, Game Design, High Point University

Stefan Hall is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Game Design at High Point University. Recognized in 2017 and again in 2022 as a Top 50 Game Design Program by The Princeton Review, Dr. Hall …

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Rachel Presser - 2023 ECGC speaker

Rachel Presser

Principal, Sonic Toad Media LLC

Rachel Presser is a game developer, writer, consultant, business educator, and speaker from The Bronx, now headquartered in Los Angeles. Former CFO and Executive Producer of Himalaya Studios …

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Branden Moore - 2023 ECGC speaker

Branden Moore

Attorney, Frascogna Law Group

Branden is an attorney at Frascogna Law Group, an Entertainment law firm. His years of experience working with trademarks, copyrights, artist portfolio management, and royalty accountings has given …

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Caleb Smith - 2023 ECGC speaker

Caleb Smith

Founder & Owner, Triangle Esports Academy

Caleb Smith is a Triangle native who after graduating high school, decided to head overseas to play soccer in Germany. After a few years he returned to the United States and opened up the Triangle Esports Academy in Cary …

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Paxton Galvanek - 2023 ECGC speaker

Paxton Galvanek

CEO & Co-Founder, Studio Hermitage

Paxton Galvanek is the CEO & Co-Founder of the newly formed Amplifier/Embracer Group company called Studio Hermitage. Studio Hermitage is an NC-based transmedia company working on original IP for production across …

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Eli Harris - 2023 ECGC speaker

Eli Harris

CEO, Eli Harris - The Image Maker

Eli is an award-winning actor, voice artist, and director in the film industry. He is the current voice of LFA / UFC Fight Pass, and has voiced several games ranging from Elder Scrolls: Skyrim to the highly anticipated ARPG …

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Ryan Hoss - 2023 ECGC speaker

Ryan Hoss

VFX Artist,
Volition

Ryan Hoss joined the game industry in 2011 and is currently a Senior VFX Artist at Volition, where he has shipped titles such as Saints Row (2022) and Agents of Mayhem. Prior to Volition, Ryan worked for Vicious Cycle …

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Jeff Rodgers - 2023 ECGC speaker

Jeff Rodgers

Game Design Teacher, Atkins High School

Jeff Rodgers has never been known to sit idle. Professionally, he has worked in marketing and team development for over 20 years, managing and consulting with multi-million dollar companies to build successful …

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Hunter Nance - 2023 ECGC speaker

Hunter Nance

AR Unity Developer,
Lenovo

I am a Unity AR developer who works for Lenovo on the interface for their ThinkReality A3 glasses. I’ve been in this position for nearly 5 years, but in 2021 outside of work I also started working on a game project online with a …

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Jay Powell - 2023 ECGC speaker

Jay Powell

CEO
The Powell Group

Jay has successfully negotiated and closed countless deals for licensing, development and distribution over the past 20 years. His consulting firm, The Powell Group, focuses on building positive relationships between …

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Seth Hudson - 2023 ECGC speaker

Seth Hudson

Associate Professor of Game Writing, GMU

Seth Hudson is Associate Professor of Game Writing in the Computer Game Design program at George Mason University, where he teaches Story Design for Computer Games, Research Methods and Criticism, the …

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Jesse O'Brien - 2023 ECGC speaker

Jesse O’Brien

Assistant Professor, School of Film & Animation - RIT

Jesse O’Brien is an Assistant Professor in the School of Film and Animation (SOFA) at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Before joining SOFA he was a Senior Lecturer in the School of Interactive Games and Media …

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Stephen Weese - 2023 ECGC speaker

Stephen Weese

Actor/director/producer,
Marvelous Spiral Studios

Stephen Weese got his start in the Hellsing Ultimate anime, and has been in several video games since then including the playable leader Dietrich in Shadowverse and Chundoon in the Blade & Soul MMO. Recently he has been in …

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Jesse Scoble - 2023 ECGC speaker

Jesse Scoble

Chief Narrative Designer,
Lightspeed (Tencent)

Jesse Scoble is a Chief Narrative Designer at Tencent for Lightspeed Studios, and has been working in video games for 15 years, and games overall for more than 20 years. Previously, he was lead writer on Hyper Scape …

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Glen Swan - 2023 ECGC speaker

Glen Swan

Owner,
Bad Machines

Glen has almost 9 years of experience working in data with a focus on analytics, cloud architecture, data architecture, data science, and visualization. He also has almost 7 years of video game industry experience …

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Justin Achilli - 2023 ECGC speaker

Justin Achilli

Chief Creative Officer, Studio Hermitage

Justin Achilli is a games-industry veteran, with more than 25 years making commercial games. His resume includes stints at a number of studios and developers, including Ubisoft, Funcom, White Wolf, CCP …

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David Klingler - 2023 ECGC speaker

David Klingler

Founder/President,
Solanimus Games

Hi, I’m David and I don’t write about myself in third-person. I’m a Believer, musician, game thinker, soul-searcher, and full-time friend. I founded Solanimus in 2011, founded NonZeroSoul in 2019, co-founded Integrity Metric …

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Ben Prunty - 2023 ECGC speaker

Ben Prunty

Composer,
Ben Prunty Music

I’m a game musician and I made the soundtracks for FTL: Faster Than Light, Into the Breach, Subnautica: Below Zero, The Darkside Detective, and many others. I’ve been making game soundtracks for a little over …

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Michael Schmitt - 2023 ECGC speaker

Michael Schmitt

Indie Developer,
Too Much Tomato

Michael is an indie game developer and community organizer based in Durham, NC. He is currently working on the upcoming 3D Exploration + Card Battler game FORKLIFT FLOWERPOT. He also …

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Dylan Ascencio - 2023 ECGC speaker

Dylan Ascencio

Junior Serious Games Programmer, Virtual Heroes

I grew up in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, and graduated from Sun Prairie High School in 2015. I attended the University of Wisconsin-Stout thereafter, majoring in Computer Science with a Concentration in …

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Justin Hellstrom - 2023 ECGC speaker

Justin Hellstrom

Narrative Designer,
Crytek

Justin has 12 years’ experience in multimedia storytelling across games, novels, and audio fiction. He’s currently a Narrative Designer at Crytek on Hunt: Showdown. If you see him riding a dinosaur, you should …

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Saritdikhun Somasa - 2023 ECGC speaker

Saritdikhun Somasa

Assistant Professor, East Tennessee State University

Saritdikhun Somasa (Sarit) has three degrees in Art Education, a BFA In Visual Design, and an MFA in Multimedia Design. Currently, he teaches 3D modeling, 3D design and prototype, 3D animation, and 3D rigging …

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Patrick Messenger - 2023 ECGC speaker

Patrick Messenger

Attorney, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Patrick Messenger is an associate in the technology transactions practice in Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s Palo Alto office. He advises public and private companies, investors, entrepreneurs, and other …

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Mary O'Brien - 2023 ECGC speaker

Mary O’Brien

Attorney, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Mary O’Brien is an associate in the technology transactions practice in Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s Palo Alto office. She focuses her practice on intellectual property, licensing, and commercial transactions. …

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Gary Greenstein - 2023 ECGC speaker

Gary Greenstein

Attorney, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Gary Greenstein is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where his practice focuses on intellectual property, licensing, and commercial transactions, with specialized expertise in the …

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Matt Dondelinger - 2023 ECGC speaker

Matt Dondelinger

Senior Developer Advocate, Unity

Matt is a senior developer advocate focusing on monetization and player engagement. Prior to joining Unity, Matt spent nearly 15 years in the video games industry working as a designer for …

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Jedidjah Noomen - 2023 ECGC speaker

Jedidjah Noomen

Game Director,
Tactile

Jedidjah Julia Noomen is a game director, lead writer and narrative designer who has worked on multiple indie, mobile and AA+ games, as well as on immersive and multidisciplinary theatre and hybrid interactive projects.

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Mostafa Haque - 2023 ECGC speaker

Mostafa Haque

Game Designer, Sony San Diego Studios

New York based narrative designer originally from Bangladesh. Formerly mobile developer. Currently working on MLB:The Show for Playstation.
 
 

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Max Litvinov - 2023 ECGC speaker

Max Litvinov

Senior Gameplay Engineer, Red Storm | Ubisoft

Max Litvinov is a gameplay engineer. He has previously worked on a wide range of gameplay systems and mechanics for the following games: Cookie Jam Blast, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Assassin’s Creed …

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Michelle Clough - 2023 ECGC speaker

Michelle Clough

Writer/Narrative Designer,
Talespinners

Michelle Clough is a freelance game writer, editor, and narrative designer, and a partner in the game narrative co-op Talespinners. Her work includes Destruction All-Stars, Purrfect Date, Choices, Albert Wilde …

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Barret Vasilchik - 2023 ECGC speaker

Barret Vasilchik

Developer/Designer/Owner, Seedful Games

Barret Vasilchik is a Full Sail University Game Design graduate with extensive games industry experience in design, QA, and game engine support. He has a passion for video games, technology, and board games, …

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Joshua Perry - 2023 ECGC speaker

Joshua Peery

Instructional Technology Lead, ECU

Joshua Peery is a 18 year video games industry veteran with several game titles launched, including the AAA and indie titles: WildStar, Fallen Earth, Imagine Town, and Knee Deep. Lead Game Designer at East Carolina …

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Garrett Swanson - 2023 ECGC speaker

Garrett Swanson

Co-Founder & CEO, World to Build

Garrett Swanson leads the World to Build team as an engineer and as the CEO. Swanson has been working with various game engines and creating quality games since before the age of 13 starting on Roblox and …

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Bonnie Mauldin - 2023 ECGC speaker

Bonnie Mauldin

Investor/Entrepreneur/Producer, The Mauldin Group

Bonnie Mauldin is indeed a prodigy. She is a successful author, professional speaker, and top marketing consultant. Today, Bonnie provides clients with marketing, coaching, and speaking services. Her book, “Harmonic …

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Heather Albano - 2023 ECGC speaker

Heather Albano

Senior Narrative Designer, Volition

Heather Albano likes telling stories. In her 13 years in the industry, she has created interactive novels with Choice of Games, interactive radio dramas with EarPlay, pen-and-paper tabletop games with Pelgrane …

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Allen Oliver - 2023 ECGC speaker

Allen Oliver

Lead Engineer-Porting, Cygnus Entertainment

I am a multi-disciplined developer from Kingsport, Tn. My last position was at Cygnus Entertainment as a Lead Engineer focusing on console porting. I did ports of Colossal Cave for Nintendo Switch, Xbox One …

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Chris Alvarez-Russell - ECGC speaker

Chris Alvarez-Russell

Senior Engineer,
NVIDIA

Chris is a software engineer with 16+ years of experience in software development and prototyping related to 2D/3D interactive media (videogames, streaming and augmented reality) and GPU-accelerated machine …

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Ken Hubbell - 2023 ECGC speaker

Kenneth Hubbell

CPO,
Soffos Inc.

I am a pragmatic futurist. I design for today and build for tomorrow. I have a Bachelors degree in Industrial Design, video production, and game design with a Masters in educational technology and innovation. …

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Suzanne Peterson-Warr - 2023 ECGC speaker

Suzanne Peterson-Warr

Narrative/Author,
Contract

Suzanne Peterson-Warr is an author, narrative designer, and up and coming game designer, as well as developmental editor. As an author she primarily writes middle-grade fantasy, but she’s also published a dozen …

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Jesse Henning - 2023 ECGC speaker

Jesse Henning

Senior VFX Artist, Atomic Arcade

Being an avid gamer his whole life, Jesse originally picked up his first 3D program, Blender, in 2010 to make video games, but found another passion as well – filmmaking. Through his filmmaking endeavors he …

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Austin Caskie - 2023 ECGC speaker

Austin Caskie

Graduate Student, NCSU College of Design

Austin Caskie is a graduating Master’s student from North Carolina State University College of Design focusing on technical and 3D environment art. For his thesis, he programmed an interactive-knot tying simulation …

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Arthur Protasio - 2023 ECGC speaker

Arthur Protasio

Senior Narrative Designer, Archiact

Arthur Protasio is an award-winning, Emmy-nominated writer-director with over nine years of experience in the digital entertainment and interactive industries. Senior narrative designer at veteran VR dev …

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Katie Stokes - 2023 ECGC speaker

Katie Stokes

Advanced Fellow - Clinical Simulation, Durham VA

Katie Stokes is currently an Interprofessional Advanced Fellow in Clinical Simulation at the Durham, North Carolina Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care System in Durham, NC, led by fellowship co-directors Mary Holtschneider …

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Mary Holtschneider - 2023 ECGC speaker

Mary Holtschneider

Co-Director - Clinical Simulation, Durham VA

As a Registered Nurse and Health Professions Educator, Mary works with clinicians and others in the healthcare environment to maximize communication and teamwork using simulation techniques. She currently …

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Adam Flores - 2023 ECGC speaker

Adam Flores

Lead Environment Artist, Zapper Games

I’ve been working in production for the last twenty years. For the last twelve, I’ve been in games. I have been an environment art lead, a team lead, a lighting artist, and an environment artist. I’ve also done enough tech art in …

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Steph Briles - 2023 ECGC speaker

Steph Briles

Owner, Oak City Indie Games

Steph Briles owns and helps operate Oak City Indie Games, a local indie game showcase event based in Raleigh. Steph has been in the games industry for 12 years working in QA, Customer Service, Community Management and …

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Lydia Myers - 2023 ECGC speaker

Lydia Meyers

Student, East Tennessee State University

I am a Digital Media student at East Tennessee State University, specializing in digital sculpting, particularly figurative work. I have been chosen to represent ETSU along with two other students and our professor, Saritdikun …

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Lane Howell - 2023 ECGC speaker

Lane Howell

Student, East Tennessee State University

Lane Howell is a digital sculptor for concept art and enjoys creating models for toy design, she aspires to model toys for the top toy companies. She will graduate from East Tennessee State University in May 2023 …

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Jane Anderson - 2023 ECGC speaker

Jane Anderson

Student, East Tennessee State University

I am a current senior at ETSU and am studying as a visual developer specializing primarily in game art. I do a broad range of art and design in both 2D and 3D. I am a big idea person and I love coming up with interesting concepts and …

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Nick Cooper - 2023 ECGC speaker

Nick Cooper

Co-Founder/Game Director, Drastic Games

Nick is a lifelong gamer who grew up on 8 and 16-bit classics, and inevitably ended up making games as well. He spent over a decade working in the AAA space, most of which was at Epic Games as a gameplay programmer on …

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Tara Powell - 2023 ECGC speaker

Tara Powell

CTE Teacher, Seventy First Classical Middle School

Mrs. Tara Powell-Blackwell is from Fayetteville, North Carolina. CTE teacher at Seventy First Classical Middle School teaching Coding in Minecraft to 6th and 7th grade students.
 

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Katherine Manuel - 2023 ECGC speaker

Katherine Manuel

Chief Operations Officer, House of Blueberry

Katherine Manuel is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of experience leading innovation and transformation initiatives. Her specialty is bridging the language gap between technologists and the C-suite. She currently is …

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Dean Takahashi - 2023 ECGC speaker

Dean Takahashi

Lead Writer,
VentureBeat

Dean Takahashi is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He has been at VentureBeat since 2008. Prior to that, he wrote for the San …

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Derald Wise - 2023 ECGC speaker

Derald Wise

Customer Practice Manager - Games, Amazon

Derald is a Customer Practice Manager for Games at AWS Professional Services with over 15 years working in the games and simulations industry. He has lead immersive game studios and built training programs around …

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Gabriel Aufort - 2023 ECGC speaker

Gabriel Aufort

Senior Systems Programmer, Funcom NC

After my early years in medical research in France, I crossed the pond and kept growing as a programmer within the game development world in North America. I was fortunate enough to ride a few waves in the …

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Toiya Kristen Finley - 2023 ECGC speaker

Toiya Kristen Finley

Designer/Writer/Editor, Schnoodle Media

Nashville native Toiya Kristen Finley, Ph.D., has been a freelancing writer and editor her entire adult life. She earned a doctorate in literature and creative writing from Binghamton University. In video games, she …

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Matthew Weise - 2023 ECGC speaker

Matthew Weise

Narrative Designer / Writer, Fiction Control

Matthew Weise is a narrative designer and writer whose work bridges the worlds of games and traditional entertainment. He spearheaded the story development of Disney’s Fantasia: Music Evolved for Harmonix …

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Gregory Marlowe - 2023 ECGC speaker

Gregory Marlow

Assistant Professor, East Tennessee State University

Gregory Marlow has worked in the animation and video game industry for over fourteen years. He spent nearly five years at Firaxis Games (2K) in Baltimore, MD, working as a Character Animator and Artist for the …

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Jakub Kasztalski - 2023 ECGC speaker

Jakub Kasztalski

Founder / Creative Director, Unbound Creations

I am Polish guy and a traveler. I lived all over the place working on games, freelance writing, and even cinematography at one point. I studied humanities and have a masters in international politics, all of which inspire my creative …

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Garrett Williams - 2023 ECGC speaker

Garrett Williams

VR Research Engineer, Rowan University

Garrett is a VR Research Engineer at Rowan University, creating XR projects for organizations such as Cooper Hospital and the US Army. He spent 3 years working at Rowan’s VR lab as an undergraduate and was a …

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Justin Johnson - 2023 ECGC speaker

Justin Johnson

Assistant Professor Media Arts & Design, NCSU

Justin is Assistant Professor of Media Arts, Design, and Technology and Doctor of Design practitioner at North Carolina State University, as well as a game developer. He has over 13 years of experience in the game industry …

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Matt Schembari - 2023 ECGC speaker

Matt Schembari

CEO
Lightforge Games

Matt Schembari is the CEO and a co-founder of Lightforge Games. Prior to that, he spent several years at Epic where he was the Director of UI on Fortnite, running an international team of over 60 people tasked with everything …

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Gary Reif - 2023 ECGC speaker

Gary Reif

Gameplay Programmer, Zapper Games

Gary Reif, Gameplay Programmer at Zapper Games, previously Systems and Gameplay Programming at Puny Human and Donkey Whisper Productions. 5+ years working with Unreal Engine in C++ and Blueprints. Spent …

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Zach Bush - 2023 ECGC speaker

Zach Bush

Narrative Director, Firaxis Games

Zach Bush is a Narrative Director at Firaxis Games, where he worked on Marvel’s Midnight Suns, XCOM: Chimera Squad, XCOM 2: War of the Chosen, and Civilization 6. Previously he wrote for Elder Scrolls Online and Star …

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Oliver Carson - 2023 ECGC speaker

Oliver Carson

Developer Advocate, PubNub

Oliver has a passion for assisting others and an empathetic understanding of developer needs, stemming from his previous experience as a software engineer. He is presently a developer advocate at PubNub …

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Nick Klingensmith - 2023 ECGC speaker

Nick Klingensmith

Senior Staff Engineer, Qualcomm

Nick Klingensmith specializes in creating developer tools, and working with graphics, XR, and OpenXR! With over 100 published games, he’s worked on small arcade games, mobile GPU pushing titles, all the way to …

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Samya Potlapalli - 2023 ECGC speaker

Samya Potlapalli

Client Outreach Ambassador, ZROverse

Samya Potlapalli is a talented and driven Computer Science major at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is also pursuing a minor in Entrepreneurship, which reflects her passion for innovation and her desire to explore the …

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Augustus Wendell - 2023 ECGC speaker

Augustus Wendell

Assistant Professor of Art & Visual Studies, Duke

Augustus Wendell is an educator, technologist and designer. Augustus has an MFA in Computer Art from The School of Visual Arts and an undergraduate degree from Northeastern University. He researches the intersection of …

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Farhad Javidi - 2023 ECGC speaker

Dr. Farhad Javidi

Program Chair/Professor, Central Piedmont

Dr. Javidi is the founder/CEO of Simbryo Corporation, a North Carolina-based game development company with more than 200 published video games and development tools to its credit. He serves as chair of …

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Evy Kollstrand - 2023 ECGC speaker

Evy Kollstrand

Faculty,
Central Piedmont

Evy Kollstrand is a faculty member of Game Development program at Central Piedmont, focusing on Virtual Environments, 3D Modeling, Mobile Programming, and Game Design. Her role as an executive content developer …

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David Braz - 2023 ECGC speaker

David Braz

Technical Writer,
Adobe

Software engineer, environment artist, and now technical writer, I’ve done a little bit of everything – some of it I’ve even done well! I currently write documentation for Adobe Substance 3D Modeler and some of the other Substance …

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Shaun Peoples - 2023 ECGC speaker

Shaun Peoples

Senior Software Development, Unity

Shaun is a Senior Software Development Consultant at Unity. Before joining Unity, Shaun was an engineer working on graphics, systems, performance, platforms, and other fun stuff at companies such as Zynga, Ndemic …

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David Smith - 2023 ECGC speaker

David Smith

CTO,
Croquet Corporation

David wrote “The Colony”, the first real time 3D adventure shooter game in 1987. This game led to Jim Cameron asking him to build the first realtime 3D set for the movie “The Abyss” which led to the creation of Virtus Walkthrough …

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Tobe Sexton - 2023 ECGC speaker

Tobe Sexton

Director Of Business Development, GameScribes

As the Business Development Associate for Games Scribes (one of the worlds top localization & testing companies), Tobe Sexton has the privilege of witnessing the next evolutionary advances in entertainment technology.

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Megan Hughes - 2023 ECGC speaker

Megan Hughes

Producer,
Funcom

Megan Hughes is a herder of cats, kids, and nerds, in no particular order. She is currently a producer at Funcom, where she has been working with the Dune: Awakening team for nearly two years. Prior to that she was a producer for …

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Ashley Hopkins - 2023 ECGC speaker

Ashley Hopkins

Chief Creative Officer, House of Blueberry

Ashely is a digital clothing creator with 15 years of experience founding digital fashion brands herself. She joined House of Blueberry in 2021 as a Platform Lead for Second Life and was promoted to Chief Creative …

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