Samantha Ryan is passionate about games. She grew up a gamer playing on an Atari 2600 and Commodore 64. Today you can still find her not only playing the latest games, but she’s turned her passion into a career that has launched and steered the creative innovation of some of the great game franchises we enjoy. As Senior Vice President and Group General Manager, Samantha now oversees the BioWare, Full Circle, Maxis, and Motive Studios at Electronic Arts, where she and her teams are leading the charge on some of the most beloved game franchises including: The Sims, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Skate, and Star Wars: Squadrons. Samantha joined Electronic Arts after leading Warner Brothers Games. As Senior Vice President of Production and Development for Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, she oversaw a strong suite of franchises including: Injustice: Gods Among Us, Batman: Arkam City, as well as the award-winning Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor. Samantha previously served as President of Monolith Productions leading title hits, such as F.E.A.R., Tron 2.0, and No One Lives Forever, until the company's acquisition by Warner Bros.

As CPO of PTW, Kasturi Rangan is the in-house visionary, guiding the teams in future-leaning thinking and evangelizing for great product. Rangan is an industry veteran and has been with PTW for over a decade, significantly growing and leading operations across the Quality Assurance, Innovation, and Customer Experience lines of business. In his most recent role at PTW, Rangan was the Regional President over North American and India operations. He was also recently appointed as the CEO of PTW’s game development and art studio, 1518. In his role as CPO of PTW, Rangan oversees the product innovation and transformation arm for PTW globally.

Annelie Fors is the Operations Manager for the Respawn Outsourcing Department. Combining her background in Engineering and Business development with her years in the gaming industry she helps her studio build teams and partnerships that drive scale. Just as the Ancient Greeks, she shares the philosophy that the sum is greater than the sum of each part!

en Hernandez is the Director of Business Development at West Studio, a concept art and visual development studio based in Los Angeles. Combining over a decade of sales experience with a lifelong passion for games and storytelling, she bridges the worlds of contracts and creative to nurture new business relationships and strategize client solutions while guiding West Studio's overall marketing strategy and messaging. Her genuine excitement for games and entertainment haven't waned since joining the industry in 2016, as she seeks every opportunity to learn more about the intricacies of development to better understand and anticipate its ever-changing needs.