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Jacobson, Jesse (Lead Technologist, Games That Work)
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Jesse Jacobson has worked in the game industry since 1998. He has been worked on a variety of titles from the
children's game "I See Sue" (the first CD-ROM distributed game to be written in Flash), to the "Vanilla Coke Mystery
Game" (web-delivered flash content), to military simulations in a proprietary 3D engine. Along the way he has
developed a natural language scripting format (ConvX), systems for using swarm intelligence to emulate creativity, and
"soul-vision" AI. He co-authored "Flash and XML: A Developer's Guide" and has presented a ConvX implementation
at conferences. He is currently Lead Technologist at GamesThatWork.
Johnson, Timothy (Lead Developer, No, You Shut Up Games)
Founder of Atlanta based game studio No, You Shut Up Games. Has launched dozens of PC and mobile titles for both
independent studios as well as large AA firms.
Knaack, Nathan (Level Designer, CCP)
Since joining CCP Games in 2009, Nathan Knaack has held a variety of roles, including content writing, level design,
and live events for EVE Online and level design for Dust 514 and World of Darkness Online. Before that, he was a
writer and level designer for Global Agenda, the debut title from Hi-Rez Studios. Originally from Detroit, he currently
lives in Atlanta and works out of CCP’s new studio in Decatur. He spends his free time playing games, riding his
motorcycle, and writing short autobiographical summaries.
Konsynski, Benn R.
Benn R. Konsynski is the George S. Craft Professor of Business Administration for Decision & Information Analysis.
He arrived at the Goizueta Business School in 1993 following seven years on the faculty at the Harvard Business
School where he taught in the MBA program and several executive programs. Prior to arriving at the Harvard Business
School, he was a professor at the University of Arizona, where he was co-founder of the university's multi-million
dollar group decision support laboratory. He was named Hewlett Fellow at the Carter Center in 1995. He holds a Ph.D.
in Computer Science from Purdue University. Professor Konsynski specializes in issues of digital commerce and
information technology in relationships across organizations.
Kopelman, Mitchell (Partner In Charge, Habif, Arogeti, & Wynne)
Mitchell is the partner in charge of Habif, Arogeti & Wynne, LLP’s tax practice as well as the technology and life
sciences group, leading 80 full-time professionals. He has been a partner since 1990 with HA&W, which is the largest
Georgia-based tax, accounting and consulting firm. Mitchell works with the majority of Georgia’s gaming companies
as well as companies in the software, clean tech, financial technology (FinTech), health care IT (HCIT), processing,
life sciences (biotech and medical device), and manufacturing industries. Mitchell is regarded as one of the preeminent
thought leaders on R&D, Jobs, and Retraining tax credits and incentives at the Federal and State level. In addition, he
has a particular expertise with the Gaming Tax Credit. He has worked with more than 100 companies this year alone to
enable their successful monetization of R&D tax credits. Within the technology and business community, he is
regularly called on to speak on the topic of monetizing tax credits and incentives.
Kunz, Adam (Co-founder/COO, Mowgli)
Adam graduated from the University of Georgia in 2002 with a degree in digital media and over the next several years
ran operations for two Atlanta-based companies. In 2008, Adam started his own company specializing in digital media
and social media integration. In 2010, Adam paired up with one of his current business partners, Marshall Seese, to
develop a business plan for Mowgli. Mowgli is a company based around a simple concept - connecting people through
social creation. Adam and Marshall then teamed up with Mike VanBeneden to put together an unparalleled team of
designers and developers. Since then, Mowgli has had two successful rounds of fundraising with Adam serving as the
company's Chief Operating Officer. This position has combined five of Adam's biggest passions - technology, music,
design, social media and video games.