Adam Sessler is a respected veteran of the gaming industry and the Editor-In-Chief of Games Content for the G4 Network, as well as the talented Host of G4’s “X-Play,” the most watched videogame series on television.

Amos Marvel, PHR, is the Co-Founder and COO of Hidden Variable Studios.

Anthony Jacobson is the Vice President of Business Development at videogame developer Atari.

Brandon Beck is the co-founder and CEO of Riot Games. As a lifelong competitive and online gamer, he co-founded Riot with a passion for creating player-centric online experiences for hardcore gamers around the world.

Brenda Brathwaite is a game designer, artist, writer and game developer who entered the video game industry in 1981 at the age of 15. She is presently co-founder, COO and a game designer at Loot Drop.

Carrie Dieterle, SPHR, is the Chief People Officer of Insomniac Games, Inc. – an independent game developer based in Burbank, California.

Chuck is the Studio Production Director at Schell Games and has managed projects and relationships with clients such as Disney, Microsoft, SeaWorld, and Electronic Arts among others.

Dan Offner is one of the leading lawyers in the interactive entertainment industry, in addition to working extensively in the traditional media, digital content and IT industries.

Co-founder of independent game studio, Eat, Sleep Play.

David Walker is IGDA Member #1 and Dean of Game & Simulation Programming at DeVry University

Feargus is the CEO of Obsidian Entertainment.

Gordon has served as the Executive Director of the International Game Developers Association since November 2010.

In 2008, Jason co-founded The Amazing Society, now a studio of Gazillion Entertainment.

Jay has been active in the game industry since 1991 in both management and creative sides of the business.

Jeremy Mayes is the VP of Design at Arkadium where he leads a large team of artists and game designers in New York City and Simferopol, Ukraine.

Jesse Janosov brings over 13 years of industry experience to Rivet Games.

Prior to starting Schell Games in 2004, Jesse was the Creative Director of the Disney Imagineering Virtual Reality Studio.

Jim founded denovoPRO Consulting to focus on helping software development teams to transition to Agile development and to grow their Agile expertise.

John Romero is a game designer, programmer, artist and sequential artist whose work spans over 130 games, 97 of which have been published commercially, including the iconic works Wolfenstein 3D, Doom and Quake.

Joshua Howard has been building, growing, and leading great game development teams for many years. He is currently a GPM/Executive Producer at Microsoft.

Karen Clark is Director of Studio Operations for Loot Drop, Inc., a social game company based in Northern California.

Keith Fuller is a production consultant with 14 years of industry experience as a developer.

Kevin Dent is the founder and CEO of the video games consultancy practice Tiswaz Entertainment.

Kraig Kujawa is the SVP of VGMarket. An industry veteran for over 15 years, Kraig is served in a variety of positions in the game industry including creative director positions at Microsoft, Capcom, and Midway in addition to serving as Editor in Chief of the Official PlayStation Magazine.

Kyu Lee is Vice President of GAMEVIL Inc. and Head of GAMEVIL USA Inc.

Lynn Eaton is currently the Director of Human Resources and Operations for Heavy Iron Studios, Inc. with sole responsibility for directing and executing on human resources initiatives and practices as well as managing the strategic and daily operations.

Game Programmer / Technical Producer gone Recruiter, Marc Mencher has been in the industry for over 25 years. In addition to representing the game industry’s hottest talent, he is founder and CEO of Game Recruiter.

Marc Merrill is the co-founder and president of Riot Games, the game studio and publisher behind worldwide sensation League of Legends.

Matt Hooper is a game designer who has been creating games professionally since 1996. He is currently id Software’s Design Director on RAGE.

Michael Gluck is the President of VGMarket, a market research firm specializing in the video game industry. Prior to starting VG Market, Michael was a producer at Electronic Arts.

Michael has worked at companies big and small including EA, Microsoft, Presto Studios, Volition, Riot Games and his own creation Mercury Games.

Pamela Sampel, SPHR, Head of Global Human Resources, PopCap Games (now a division of Electronic Arts)

Executive Director, HR and Admin Operations at Nexon America in LA, Paula is responsible for HR, Recruiting, and Admin Operations for Nexon America.

Richard Iwaniuk is the Senior Director of Business Planning and Development for BioWare.

Scott joined Intel in 2005 as an Engineering Manager focused on video game developers.

Seth Spaulding is an 15 year veteran of the games industry and is currently Art Manager at Blizzard Entertainment.

Shannon Studstill is a 17 year industry veteran that has worked on a variety of top selling franchises including the God of War, Twisted Metal and Warhawk series.

Author of the book, “Gender Inclusive Game Design-Expanding the Market” and is currently serving as Executive Chair for Women in Games International.

Ted Price is CEO and founder of Insomniac Games, Inc. – an independent game developer with offices in Burbank, CA and Durham, NC.

Interactive Entertainment Industry Entrepreneur and 13 year veteran of EA, founding General Manager of EA Partners in 1997. Co-Founded Androbot, Accolade and Three-Sixty as CEO between 1982 – 1997, when he joined EA.

Throughout his career, Zampella has specialized in realistic, first person-perspective military action games with real-world settings, blockbuster action sequences resembling those of big budget movies, and multiplayer experiences that are among the most popular in the world.