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Patrick Klaus is Vice President and General Manager for Electronic Arts’ Motive Studio and has over 20 years of experience in the games industry In 2019, Patrick returned to Electronic Arts after seven years at Ubisoft Quebec, where he led the stud......

Leah Hoyer is the GM and Vice President of Creative for Wizards of the Coast’s New IP Studio She has developed and produced television series, video games, and interactive experiences for some of the world’s most beloved entertainment companies (......

Joe Nickolls is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Timbre Games Studio, bringing with him over 22 years of experience in AAA Video Game development Along with a passion for diversity of people and thought, Joe brings a sense of humour and community ......

Shiew Yeu Loh joined Amber Studio in May this year as their Art Executive Producer to help with Blockchain Game and NFT Art Production She will be providing mentorship to the art team as well as coaching them about process, tools and pipeline A game ......

Phil started his career over 30 years ago building 8-bit games at Realtime Associates  The day an Intel 486 showed up on his desk was a revelation  He’s been the Project Art Director at Zipper Interactive (Sony), managed the Art Department at Are......

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......

After 9 years at EA, first as a Development Manager and then as a Manager on EA’s XDI (External Development Intelligence team), Caroline recently joined Riot as a Senior Producer on the XDev Workforce team She is focused on longterm initiatives and......

Colby Acree is a former XDS Advisory member that has been working in Games and Entertainment for over twenty years, in and around his hometown of Salt Lake City, Utah Colby’s focus over the last ten-plus years has been on External Development, with......