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Amir Satvat is a leading voice in games, known for helping over 4,000 gamers find jobs through free, transparent resources A passionate community builder, he does this alongside his role as Business Development Director at Tencent Games in North Amer......

Leanne has been making video games for over 20 years Starting in Indie development in the UK working on titles such as Scrabble, Risk and Magic the Gathering After that she worked at a 3rd party publishing division in Japan for a couple of years, the......

Carla is a video games industry veteran with over 20 years of experience, specializing in External Development for more than a decade She has held key roles at Xbox (The Coalition, Lionhead), EA (XDI), and Behaviour Interactive Her passion for proce......

Chris is 20-year veteran of the videogame industry, beginning his tenure with Electronic Arts developing Sports and Action titles, and contributed to building the central external development group for the organization As former Chair to the Advisory......

Joe is the co-founder and CEO of Timbre Games Studio based in Vancouver With over 2 decades of experience Joe has spent time leading teams at EA Sports, Microsoft, Capcom, and prior to Timbre Games was the VP of Maxis Studios / Electronic Arts overse......

External Development veteran and XDS Advisory Committee member who started in the games industry as an artist Began working with external teams at Sumo Digital in 2007, before becoming Outsource Manager; successfully guiding Sumo’s fledgling India ......

Isabelle Bismuth has been with Ubisoft for over 20 years, where she has consistently championed collaboration across teams and studios with passion and purposeAfter several years as a Co-Development and Outsourcing Project Manager for Ubisoft’s......

Caroline has spent the past 13 years in the games industry, working in production and external development at companies like EA and Riot Games Today, she partners with developers/publishers and service providers to build thoughtful, effective approac......

Guillaume began his video game industry career early at Ubisoft where he worked on several famous AAA titles In 2009, with his knowledge in marketing and business development, Guillaume joined and later became the COO of Glass Egg Digital Media - one......

With over 15 years of production experience in the games industry Toby serves as the VP of Global Production for the up-and-coming studio That’s No Moon EntertainmentHe is responsible for the identification, contracting, onboarding, relationshi......

David Lam is a seasoned games industry veteran with over two decades of experience, showcasing a remarkable trajectory from character artist to senior leadership roles After establishing his career at Electronic Arts on major franchises like SSX, NBA......

After 15 years of project management and systems work in Energy, JC found his calling at BioWare in 2005 Ever since, he has been expanding and enhancing the studio group’s ability to create the best story-based games in the world through global par......