Creative And Technical Director
CurrentAs Creative and Technical Director at Somatone, he collaborates with technical sound designers, composers and VO artists and architects and integrates audio solutions including WWISE, FMOD and Elias with Unity and Unreal Engine. Somatone is the #1 provider of audio services and technical integration in gaming and interactive media. Launched in 2003, the team has produced content on hundreds of game titles, across the mobile, PC, Console, and VR platforms. The unique combination of one stop creative leadership coupled with water-tight project management is one of the many reasons Somatone has become the go-to audio vendor for a long list of Tier-1 publishers.Dale has helmed full development cycles and shipped multiple top grossing titles such as Harry Potter Wizard’s Unite, Harry Potter Hogwart’s Mystery, Game of Thrones, Conquest, War Dragons, NFL Clash, Toy Blast and many others!Dale's day to day includes managing and collaborating with a team of 15 technical sound designers, composers and VO artists while integrating audio solutions including WWISE, FMOD and Elias with Unity and Unreal Engine.Somatone’s clients include JamCity, WB Games, Niantic, Dolby, Pocket Gems, GSN, The Pokemon Company International, and many others. Somatone has become a world leader in providing 3D positional audio for VR, MR and AR for home, mobile and location based entertainment.Dale has directed VO sessions with top video game actors for such games as League of Legends, VainGlory, and Game of Thrones, Conquest. His favorite session was with Sylvester Stallone for the game Battle Strike Force.Dale is a frequent panel and keynote speaker at GDC, XDS, E3, Game Sound Con, and Casual Connect and he has appeared on CNN Headline News discussing video games.