Stefan Mcninch Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas, United States

We envision an afterschool space that empowers students to design their own learning experiences. UnboxEd is our corner of that world. We are a non-profit team of educators and game designers who adapt tabletop games into engaging lessons that challenge students to become independent learners.Our 90-minute classes range from Entrepreneurship and STEM to Storytelling and Living History. Our games transform curriculum into applied knowledge, while allowing instructors to customize the lessons toward each student’s interests and learning style.

Consulting services for EdTech or General Ed educators and designers looking to incorporate game-based learning or gamification elements into their products or curriculum.Specialization in tactile, tabletop games and narrative RPGs; as well as a focus on the Social-Emotional Learning benefits of game-based learning.

• Founded ILL LUSORY Games• Lead Writer, Programmer and Level Designer on Crucible, an on-rails flyer made in Unity 3D• Lead UI Designer of Endgame, a social bluffing board game• Created a Dungeons & Dragons tutoring club, featured in Dragon+ Magazine• Fulton Prize Winner for short fiction• 3 novels, Television pilot, and feature-length screenplay

• Author textbooks, user guides, training manuals; maintain blogs; develop websites; design targeted content to align the end user’s experience with client’s vision/brand/product• Maintain a 92% success rate at beating internal deadlines• Write product documentation for SEC filings; Integrate management and client feedback with personal research to simplify technical content for software, finance and biopharma industries• Achieved Top Editor position for consistency and quality of copy• Led team effort to create and update a proprietary style guide to increase cohesion between newly trained and veteran editors

• Transformed lifeless curriculum into interactive and engaging lessons for students with a diverse set of needs and challenges; Created a How To Train Your Dragon breeding matrix adopted by the SpEd dept. to teach multiplication; Popularized a Wii controller experiment to introduce wavelengths• Collaborated with grade-level teams and administration to create long-term strategies for each student’s learning style• Coached the Cunningham Cobras volleyball team for 3 years• Founded the 3rd Grade Chess Club• Founded and ran the 5th Grade Dungeons and Dragons Club for 4 years; Voted “Best Dungeon Master Ever” three consecutive years ( hand-drawn certificate available upon request )

Austin, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio

 Manage web marketing, cold calling, client support; maintain CRM database of all clients and prospective leads  Guide clients through due diligence process, contracting, inspection and closing stages Create pro forma operational budgets, including taxes, loan payments, lease income, permitting, all materials and labor, contingency expenses and CMA of future sales price; Keep projects on schedule and adjust to setbacks  Guide agents and homeowners through loan modification or short sale process, resolving issues with probate, divorce, IRS and HOA liens, and title obstructions

Specialization In Game Design And Development

Game Design Theory Game Design Doc best practices Business of Game Development and Game Industry Manipulating and Scripting 2D and 3D.

Creative Writing, English

Act Structure Character Arc Dialogue Prose Screenwriting