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McMain, Michael
Grand Architect, Project Humanity (Chief Executive Officer) Michael brings extensive management experience in IT
and gaming companies to Xaviant. He began his career in gaming in 2001 at RealTime Gaming, a leading platform for
online casino games. After just two years, Michael rose from software engineer to CEO. In this position he not only
helped the company turn a significant corner in market position; he was instrumental in building an organization in
Costa Rica to handle the software development tasks for the platform. In 2008, with the Costa Rica operation up and
running, Michael turned his attention to his passion for video games, and formed Xaviant.
Menard, Michelle
Michelle Menard is a game designer currently at Zynga, as well as author of "Game Development with Unity".
Previously she has worked at Firaxis and as an editor and associate producer, and then for a brief stint as a UI
programmer. When not attempting to finish her book on the Unity Engine, she procrastinates by breaking various body
parts on her spinning wheel, or by making Pokémon catch-rate charts in Excel. She has not, yet, caught them all.
Michelle holds an MFA in Game Design and Development from the Savannah College of Art and Design, and a double
BA from Brown University in Applied Mathematics and Music. On the side, she has worked as an art contractor and
masters-level course developer for SCAD, and will accept an event Regigigas or Darkai in payment for any future
contracts.
Menhorn, Jack (Composer & Sound Designer)
Jack Menhorn is a sound designer, implementer and composer that has been making music and sounds for games for
over 7 years. He has worked on a wide variety of indie games, including The Haunted: Hell's-Reach which won Epic
Game's Make Something Unreal Contest as well as inMomentum and Hack Slash Loot which are all available on
Steam. Jack is also the Editor in Chief of DesigningSound.org which is a well-known resource for film and game sound
designers, field recordists and he is also QA Lead at Villain LLC, an iOS developer in North Carolina. Jack most
recently worked on Offworld, a Unity3D iOS game in which he did all of the SFX and audio implementation as well as
additional music.
Merritt, Brad
As Lead Game Designer for Cartoon Network’s Games Studio, Brad Merritt has designed and directed dozens of
games for CartoonNetwork.com and AdultSwim.com. While working in the web design industry, Brad started creating
Flash games in 1999. He lives with his wife in Atlanta, where he is the organizer of the Atlanta Game Developer
Meetup and has served as a guest instructor at the Art Institute of Atlanta.
Mihill, Thomas
Mr. Mihill’s practice encompasses a wide range of complex business disputes, with an emphasis on intellectual
property. Mr. Mihill has represented individuals and corporations in both bringing and defending against trademark and
copyright infringement claims, trade secret violations, and cybersquatting actions. In the area of video games and
virtual worlds, Mr. Mihill has counseled and represented game developers and publishers in intellectual property and
business matters.
Mr. Mihill has tried cases and represented clients at the state and federal level, in Georgia and nationwide. 

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Mihill is a member of the IGDA and GGDA, as well as the American Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, the
State Bar of Georgia, the Atlanta Bar Association, and the Cobb County Bar Association.
Morales, Hugo (Cinematic Animator, CCP)
In 1995, I started my career as a traditional animator. By 2002 I had transitioned to 3D working at a start up game
company in Quebec, Canada. Although my background is film animation, I would always return to game studios such
as EA and Microids to work on in-game and cinematic animations. After a few years working in the unstable film
industry, I decided to go back to video games as a cinematic animator at Bioware Corp. I came to CCP in 2010.