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Tara has over 12 years of industry experience as an artist, art director, account manager, and is currently Create Services Solutions Architect at Keywords Studios In her role, she represents 24 global Art and Game Dev studios within Keywor......

Philip Dennison is a Senior External Development Manager at Epic Games, facilitating partnerships to support content and co-dev across Epic’s first-party teams He has more than 20 years in the industry including roles in art and production, but the......

Guillaume brings an impressive 14-year tenure at Ubisoft He contributed to iconic titles such as Rayman, Beyond Good & Evil, Valiant Hearts, and Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope He also managed landmark franchise games including Assassin’s Creed IV:......

A seasoned game development leader with over two decades of experience across Art, Animation, Design, External Development, and Production ......

Christian is a 30-year game industry veteran behind best-selling titles like TONY HAWK’S PRO SKATER, CALL OF DUTY, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, and JAMES BOND A founding team member at Niantic, he helped create the groundbreaking location-based mobile g......

Paul Telner is the Head of Programming at Viral Nation, drawing on his diverse skills and vast experience to develop, create, and program original content featuring Viral Nation’s talent, as well as relevant pop culture celebrities This includes sc......

Jean-Sylvain Sormany is the Studio Head of Snowed In Studios Inc Graduated from the Polytechnic School of Montreal with a degree in Computer Engineering, Jean-Sylvain was team lead at Ubisoft and Director of Technology for Fuel Industries b......

Stephanie is a Senior External Development Manager at Epic Games and is thrilled to attend XDS for her 7th consecutive year, this time as a speaker! She plays a pivotal role in matchmaking Epic's game development teams with top talent and partners wo......

Christopher MacDonald, a creative leader at Electronic Arts, has over 25 years of experience across console, mobile, and online platforms He excels in collaboration and building equitable cross-industry partnerships Passionate about interactive enter......

I believe strong relationships are the foundation of great games With over 20 years in the industry, I’ve led external development for Legends of Runeterra at Riot Games and shaped global outsourcing strategies at Electronic Arts, among other compa......

I have been in the game industry for 22 years now and I still love it! I've seen the industry change and adapt as well as mature by becoming more responsible and inclusive every day I have extensive experience in technical art, teaching, an......

I am currently a Principal Strategic Advisor for Riot Games defining and visualizing metrics that create teams' business strategy I worked in the games industry for over 10 years and have almost 20 years of analytics experience I am a gamer......