Game Development

  • Nathaniel Bell
    Senior Environment Artist; Insomniac Games
  • Jennifer Canada
    Designer; Insomniac Games
  • Rafael Chandler
    Freelance Writer
  • Marie Croall
    Game Designer; Fallen Earth, LLC
  • Rett Crocker
    Creative Lead; Republic of Fun
  • Justin Drust
    Audio Lead/Sound Designer; Red Storm Entertainment/ Ubisoft
  • Chris Hazard
    President; Hazardous Software
  • Michael Lee
    Founder; Ludoko Studios.
  • Shaun McGabe
    Production Director; Insomniac Games
  • Jeff McGann
    Creative Director; Red Storm Entertainment
  • Mike McManus
    Gameplay Programmer; Insomniac Games
  • Patrick Sebring
    Lead Technical Designer; Atomic
  • Jason Schklar
    Game & User Experience Consultant; Initial Experience
  • Gary Stelmack
    Game Designer; Red Storm Entertainment
  • Jim Van Verth
    Software Engineer; Insomniac Games

Games and Media

  • Karen Albritton
    President, Capstrat
  • Wendy Beasley
    Account Manager; TriplePoint PR
  • Adam Blumentahl
    CEO; Curious Sense
  • Steve Butts
    Executive Editor; IGN
  • Sue Bohle
    President; Bohle Company
  • Daniel Crowder
    Managing Partner; Monumental
  • John Gaudiosi
    Freelance Writer
  • Giovanni Gallucci
    Consultant, Author, Speaker
  • Newton Grant
    Vice President Business Development and Marketing; Themis Media, A Division of Themis Group
  • Alex Macris
    Co-Founder, President, and CEO; Themis Group
  • Dave Murray
    President; Clear Image
  • Dr. Lewis Pulsipher
    Instructor; Fayetteville Technical Community College
  • Robert Rice
    CEO; Neogence Enterprises
  • Cord Silverstein
    Director of Interactive Communications; Capstrat

Engines and Middleware

  • Dan Amerson
    Technical Director; Emergent Game Technologies
  • David Bruner
    Vice President of Technology Development; [TC]2
  • Stephen Cooney
    Lead Programmer; Digital Roar Studios
  • Stephanie O'Malley Deming
    Co-Founder, President; XLOC
  • John Farnsworth
    Director of Shared Development; Epic Games
  • Wayne Harvey
    Vice President, CTO; Vicious Cycle Software, Inc.
  • Zachariah Inks
    Creative Director; Digital Roar Studios
  • Shaun Kime
    Technical Director; Emergent Game Technologies
  • Jeff Kramer
    VP of Technology; Hosted Solutions
  • Jobe Makar
    Founder and Chief Game and Virtual World Architect; Electrotank, Inc
  • Luke O`Reilly
    Sales Engineer; Havok
  • Paul Robbins
    Animator; Insomniac Games
  • Dr. Paul Salvini
    Chief Technology Officer; Side Effects Software
  • Markus Schneider
    Executive Vice President; Xaitment GmbH, Germany
  • Jeff Spalding
    Executive Vice President, Market Operations; Peak10, Inc.
  • Brad Swearingen
    Teacher of Game Development; Wake Tech University
  • Rob Terrell
    Founder; TouchCentric LLC
  • Jeremiah Washburn
    Creative Director; Emergent Game Technologies
  • Alan Willard
    Senior Level Designer/Senior Technical Artist; Epic Games

Immersive Learning

  • Jason Allaire
    Associate Professor, Psychology; NC State University
  • Juan Benito
    Co-Founder and Creative Director; Joystick Labs
  • Phaedra Boinodiris
    Serious Games Program Manager; IBM
  • Ty Christopher
    Senior Software Developer; Lockheed Martin
  • Margaret Collins
    Director, Creative Enterprises & Arts; Piedmont Triad Partnership
  • Jerry Heneghan
    Managing Director; Virtual Heroes, A Division of ARA, Inc.
  • Ken Hubbell
    Sr. Manager, Learning Technology; Ingersoll Rand University
  • Richard Kristoff
    President and CEO; American Research Institute
  • Tony Makin
    Guilfod Tech Community College
  • Tony O'Driscoll
    Professor of the Practice; Fuqua School of Business and Duke University
  • Amar Patel
    Manager; Medical Simulation Center, Wake Med Health and Hospitals
  • Michael Rowe
    Strategist; IBM
  • Carmen Russoniello
    Associate Professor and Director of the Psychophysiology Lab and Biofeedback Clinic; East Carolina University
  • Dr. Graham Snyder
    Medical Director; Medical Simulation Center, Wake Med Health and Hospitals
  • Ann Thai
    Assistant Director, Joan Ganz Cooney Center; Sesame Workshop
  • Thomas Tucker
    Winston Salem State University
  • Andrew Young
    Game Designer and Project Manager;

Business of Games

  • John Austin
    Vice President; Emergent Game Technologies
  • Zach Bishop
    Attorney; Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton, LLP
  • S. Gregory Boyd
    Attorney; Davis & Gilbert
  • Glen Caplan
    Joystick Labs
  • Steve Chang
    Shareholder; Banner & Witcoff, Ltd
  • Ross Dannenberg
    Attorney and Partner; Banner & Witcoff Ltd.
  • Heather Dean
    Attorney; Hughes Pittman Gupton
  • Jason Della Rocca
    Senior Consultant/Founder; Perimeter Partners
  • Sandy Dockter
    Human Resources Manager; Atomic Games
  • John Eder
    AutismSphere
  • Keith Friedly
    Designer; Insomniac Games
  • Christopher Gregorio
    Owner; XDragonX10 Productions
  • Joe Gregorio
    Developer Advocate; Google
  • Shawn Gorman
    Shareholder; Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
  • Tim Johnson
    Recruiting Manager; Epic Games
  • Justin Kasierski
    Joystick Labs
  • John Lyons
    CEO; Digital Roar Studios
  • Paul McLaurin
    Senior Animation Engineer; Red Storm Entertainment
  • Suzanne Meiler
    Director of Design and Gaming; Vaco, LLC
  • Loyd Melnick
    Chief Customer Officer; Merscom, LLC
  • Bob Pickens
    Director of Entrepreneurship; CED
  • Jay Powell
    Founder; Digi Ronin Games
  • Coe Ramsey
    Attorney; Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey, & Leonard, LLP
  • Mike Rasmussen
    El Presidente; Republic of Fun
  • Charles Shook
    Trestle Capital Partners
  • John Stewart
    Member (Partner); Dixon Hughes PLLC
  • Ryan Strandling
    Senior Development Director; Electronic Arts
  • Steve Vanderwoude