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GDEX 2022 Speaker List
Marz
Best known for her popular Let’s Play videos and welcoming demeanor, Marz is a magnetic creator with a ferociously devoted community. As a long-t...
Adam Bankhurst
News/Features/Reviews @IGN. Co-host, @GamersAdvocate. Long time gamer and advocate of gaming. Supporter of Extra-Life.
Dan Barringer
Dan Barringer VRADII, SCA In 2020 Dan Barringer co-founded VRADII to combine his knowledge of architecture with his partners knowledge of game desi...
Henry Bawden
Henry has been working as an artist since 1999, and has been in the game industry since 2006. Since 2010, he has been in charge of the Video Game ...
Chris Bergman
Chris has been a serial entrepreneur for 20 years. He is currently the Founder and CEO of Gylee Games, as well as a General Partner at The Fund Mid...
Jonathan Blow
Jonathan Blow has been a designer and programmer in the game industry since 1996, and a hobbyist since he was 10 years old. He is the lead designer...
Paul Bryson
Paul Bryson is a life-long video game and history enthusiast. He completed a BA in History in 2006 from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. For ...
John Chapman
Having recently celebrated his 8th year of content creation, Droopy is a streaming veteran that has been part of the rise and seen the fall of many...
Jason Conaway
Jason Conaway is the CTO of Exultant Games, a video game development studio which he co-founded in 2018. Jason has been a Software Engineer and Tec...
DB Cooper
Professional Voice actor since the 1980’s. Directing in one medium or another for more than 30 years. Teaching people how to take bullets, howl i...
Carrie Drovdlic
Carrie is a professional, compelling voiceover artist who creates an emotional connection between the script and the listener. She has a versatile ...
Spencer Everhart
Spencer Everhart is a game developer operating out of Cleveland and an Adjunct Professor for Kent State University’s Animation Game Design progra...
Sonya Fung
Sonya Fung (CEO) is the creator and developer of CloudNovel, an online game engine that requires no coding. She started CloudNovel in winter 2014 i...
Paul Gestwicki
Paul Gestwicki is a Professor of Computer Science at Ball State University, where he is leading the department's new concentration in Game Design a...
Robert Gratton
Robert Gratton has studied medievel swordfighting for 30 years. 10 years of stage combat choregraphy and training piqued his interest in what compe...
Alyssa Herman
I’m a character concept artist currently working at Proletariat, Inc (Spellbreak) who is remotely working in her home state of Ohio. I specialize...
Ross Hersemann
Ross is the Founder of Loading Law, a Chicago-based law practice, and provides legal counsel to video game developers and entrepreneurs in the tech...
Tony Justo
Long-time game enthusiast Tony Justo, with a BS in Computer Science, has spent over a decade working for corporations of various sizes, honing his ...
Mirkamil Majid
Computer Science PhD student at the Ohio State University doing computer games and graphics research. Catch Mirkamil at his speaker event called En...
Max Mraz
Max Mraz is an indie video game developer best known for Ocean's Heart, an exploration-focused Action RPG about unraveling a pirate conspiracy, and...
Amanda O'Mara
Amanda O’Mara is the Ohio Regional Manager for the Microsoft TEALS Philanthropic Program, which seeks to build equitable, inclusive computer scie...
Riley Patrick
Riley Patrick is a Programmer, UX Designer, and Game Designer who has worked in the Game Design field in a variety of roles. She has been running t...
Zachary Prater
"The Zack Of All Trades". A comedian at heart, Zack has always enjoyed entertaining people through various mediums over the years. With 10 years ex...
Dan Rockwell
Dan Rockwell is co-founder of Big Kitty Labs in Columbus, Ohio and is an OG of the startup tech scene. He works with numerous startups in the regi...
Mike Sill
Mike Sill, a native of Rocky River, OH, is the Technical Art Director for Halon Entertainment. With a background in Game Art & Design and 18 ye...
Alex "MrM3lee" Stewart
I started MrM3lee89 as an outlet for my creative nerdiness and to share my experience with others. I also created the Columbus Gaming Community, an...
Sam Swicegood
Sam Swicegood is the Chief Executive Officer of GIB Games, a VR studio that specializes in VR content. Sam specializes in environmental design and ...
Trinity Vélez-Justo
Cristina “Trinity†Vélez-Justo (she/her/they/their) is a public speaker and educator, and an award-winning composer for film and media through...
Chris Volpe
Chris is the President of Multivarious, a leading Gaming and Creative Technology company in Ohio, as well as the Founder & President of the Ohi...
Jonathan White
Jonathan is a game designer who loves combat and monsters. He enjoys making games with varied styles of play and randomized gameplay, such as his r...
Kyle Yonut
Hey, I’m Kyle Yonut! I'm a Columbus native who currently works as an associate motion capture animator for rockstar games. I'm an alumni from Co...
Lucas Zellers
Lucas Zellers is a narrative designer working at the intersection of game design and natural history. He's the creator of the upcoming 5th edition ...