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Cunningham, Delminquoe (Professor, Art Institute of Atlanta; Owner, Phoenix Inceptions Media)
Delminquoe Cunningham is a professional freelance artist with international and continental ties as a media artist and
animator. While attending The Art Institute of Atlanta for his B.F.A, Delminquoe not only excelled as a student but
also learned that he had a passion for teaching. He pressed forward as he created and molded his own company
Phoenix Inceptions Media and later returned to The Art Institute of Atlanta – Decatur to continue his teaching
endeavors as a professor in multiple areas of media and design. Teaching is and learning continue to be a focus for
Delminquoe As he continues his Phd in international business . Delminquoe’s love for technology motivated him to
work in broadcasting in which he held the esteemed position of general manager for two internet radio stations: Radio
Sandy Springs and WGSR Atlanta. His talents have flowed throughout the city of Atlanta and neighboring local
communities in the culinary world as he partnered into local restaurants Lamplighter Café and Sweet Lowdown by
establishing himself as the lead marketing consultant and designer for both restaurants. In addition to Delminquoe’s
growing list of passions which include photography, audio and video production, and animation, Delminquoe has also
offered his talents and keen eye to the motion picture and gaming worlds by working as a freelance artist for various
entertainment and gaming organizations such as Acclaim Entertainment, Crater and NBC Universal.
Dangerfield, Scarlett (Human Resources, CCP Games)
Mrs. Dangerfield joined CCP in 2010, and is responsible for supporting the achievement of business goals, through
partnering with managers to translate the HR and business strategies into tactical, practical and applied HR operational
activities. She brings to CCP 9 years of human resources and recruiting experience from Science and Technology
giants such as SAIC, Booz Allen & Hamilton, and Comtech.
DeLeon, Chris (Game Designer)
Chris has completed an average of 4 freeware games every year since 1998, served as a professional game designer for
both Electronic Arts and Will Wright's Stupid Fun Club, and served as an establishing member of a game company
later sold to PopCap. Additional background includes 219 daily experimental gameplay prototypes, teaching game
creation, and developing roughly a dozen iOS applications including Topple, #2 Top Paid app in late 2008, and
feelforit, an IndieCade 2010 finalist. He has been a speaker at GDC, IndieCade, UC Berkeley, SF Academy of Art,
Carnegie Mellon MOSAIC, IGDA/GGDA events, SIEGE, and also presented his work at the Hammer Museum in Los
Angeles as part of the UCLA Game Art Festival. In January 2012 Chris was featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for
Entertainment.
Dolce, Nick
Nick Dolce is a Technical Artist at Blue Mammoth Games. Currently he is working on the recently launched fantasy
browser MMO, Dungeon Blitz. Before his time at Blue Mammoth, Nick worked as a game designer and system
developer at Applause Marketing. In earlier times Nick spent his days painting and skateboarding to pay the bills never
knowing he would one day find his calling in the gaming industry.
Evans, Eric (Sr. Technical Artist, Hi-Rez Studios)
A considerable number of moons ago, Eric landed his first "real" job in the industry as a Character Artist/Jack-of-All-
Trades at Kaneva LLC (an Atlanta-based, virtual world/social networking company). A few years into this gig, Eric
seized upon an internal opportunity, making the fateful decision to pursue a career as a technical artist. Never looking
back, Eric has since assisted in the design of asset pipelines, provided technical support for art teams and often
managed to make himself useful using various white magicks such as MAXScript, Lua, Python and AHK scripting. At
present, Eric serves as a Sr. Technical Artist for Hi-Rez Studios, rigging characters, wrangling assets and generally
harnessing the power of technology for good.