Josh is a game developer, teacher, event coordinator, and public speaker with +5 years of experience in project management. He pursued the game industry after his high school created a game design program after Josh.As a game developer Josh has worked on various award winning indie games and moved to Pasadena to greenlight Battlefield Mobile at Electronic Arts (EA). During his time at EA, Josh produced every weapon, vehicle, destructible, map, and sound effect for the new game. Josh also helped the studio grow into 125 developers within two years and created its studio culture which received GameIndustryBiz’s 2022 Health & Wellness Award. Currently Josh is running his own game studio, Unexpected Accessories LLC, on an unannounced project.As an event coordinator Josh has organized numerous game festivals, workshops, and conferences like the Bit Bash Chicago, MAGFest, and the Game Developers Conference (GDC). Josh recently served as a Board Member of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA), but now helps with GDC as a jury member for Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA).As a teacher Josh has created numerous high school and college game design curriculums for thousands of students across the globe. Using his expertise, he created the National Student Leadership Conference (NSLC)'s multimillion dollar game program, founded the educational hackathon Rose Valley Jam in partnership with the City of Pasadena, and built local game design programs across the City of Chicago. He has mentored hundreds of students in his career and has helped dozens of individuals break into the game industry. Currently Josh serves as an Advisor for NSLC and College of DuPage.Josh speaks regularly about the game industry at dozens of schools such as ArtCenter, Tufts University, Cal Poly Pomona, UCLA, DePaul University, and countless others. His most recent industry talks were at GDC's Experimental Gameplay Workshop alongside Extra Credit's Game Jam. Be on the lookout for his future panels!Specialties:• Technical Skills: Jira, Confluence, Miro, Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, Photoshop, Lightroom,Illustrator, Animate, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Maya, Unity, Game Maker Studio 2, Unreal Engine 4• Leadership Skills: Strategic Thinker, Maximizer, Includer, Positivity, & Adaptability