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Posey, Rebecca (Co-Founder, Addo Games)<br />
Rebecca Posey is co-founder of the Atlanta-based independent studio Addo Games. Rebecca and her husband Burton<br />
raised nearly $19,000 on Kickstarter over 33 days in 2011 to successfully fund Addo Games’ first independent title,<br />
Robots Love Ice Cream for the iPad. Robots Love Ice Cream has been featured by Indie Games Channel, Wired<br />
Magazine, IGN.com, Boing Boing, Destructoid, and Scoutmob. It is expected to release in time for the 2012 holiday<br />
season. Rebecca holds Master of Science in Public Policy and Master of Business Administration degrees from the<br />
Georgia Institute of Technology. In addition to participating in the development of Robots Love Ice Cream, Rebecca<br />
serves as state director for the Not For Sale campaign to end human trafficking and as the chair of<br />
ATLANTA+acumen, a volunteer-organized chapter of the Acumen Fund. Professionally, Rebecca consults<br />
independently for policy and humanitarian organizations.<br />
Powell, Kevin (3D Artist/Level Designer, Hi-Rez Studios)<br />
Kevin is a 3D Artist/Level Designer at Hi-Rez Studios in Alpharetta GA. He is currently responsible for designing<br />
levels for Tribes Ascend. He was hired in 2010 to work on Global Agenda: Sandstorm expansion. Since then, he has<br />
worked on Tribes and SMITE. He holds a BFA in Interactive Design and Game Development from the Savannah<br />
College of Art and Design. Kevin's interests include Competitive Gaming, Basketball, Soccer, Drinking, and Digital<br />
Sculpting/Painting.<br />
Preston, Jon<br />
Dr. Preston is the coordinator for the Center of Applied Gaming and Media Arts (CAGMA) and coordinator of the<br />
Computer Game Design and Development degree and Associate Professor, School of Computing and Software<br />
Engineering at Southern Polytechnic State University. In the past four years, Dr. Preston has hosted seven game jam<br />
weekends (three of which were part of the Global Game Jam) totaling over 100 games developed by more than 700<br />
participants. Dr. Preston also serves on the Academic Committee of the Georgia Game Developers Association and is<br />
currently the College Fair Coordinator for the 2012 Southeastern Interactive Entertainment and Games Expo. Dr.<br />
Preston’s industry experience includes system development for a mobile platform and media company and 3D game<br />
development tutorials.<br />
Rickwood, Chris (Composer, Rickwood Music)<br />
Chris Rickwood is an award winning composer known for creating dramatic musical scores for video games, film, and<br />
television. Rickwood’s work can be heard worldwide on a variety of mediums for clients such as Activision, THQ,<br />
Microsoft, Cartoon Network, Capcom, and Nintendo. He began his career by composing intense orchestral cues for<br />
several game titles including Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom, Evil Dead: Hail to the King, BloodRayne, and<br />
Maximo: Ghosts to Glory. Since then, Rickwood has composed over 20 scores for Cartoon Network New Media,<br />
contributed music and sound for several PC games including Age of Empires Online, Tribes: Ascend, and Orcs<br />
Must Die!, and experimented with other gaming mediums such as mobile phones and video poker machines. In 2006,<br />
Rickwood was invited to the team of composers hired to produce the new Monday Night Football theme for ESPN<br />
and later composed the theme for EA Sports Madden NFL 12. More of his music was released on Associated<br />
Production Music’s Endgame music library and has been placed in television broadcasts for ABC Family, G4TV,<br />
Comedy Central, and Fox. Currently, Rickwood is working on several projects including Hi-Rez Studio’s Smite and<br />
other next generation games.<br />
Rogers, Gordon (Entrepreneur)<br />
Gordon is an economist, entrepreneur and angel investor. After working as a financial analyst, in 1988 he established a<br />
business (Meliora Systems, Inc.) that created one of the pioneering products in the corporate e-learning & talent<br />
management field (Ingenium). He guided the growth of the company from a start-up to IPO through a merger in 1998<br />
with Paul Allen's company, Asymetrix Learning Systems (ASYM). This exit event yielded a 12X return for initial<br />
investors in the business. See http://bit.ly/gi9hQ. After leaving ASYM/CLKS/SUMT in 2000, he spent the next several<br />
years investing in and serving on the advisory boards of various tech startups in the e-learning and online coaching<br />
sectors. He now focuses primarily on helping early stage ventures in the the digital media and edutainment sectors raise<br />
capital and create strategic partnerships. He is President of Atlanta Technology Angels (www.angelatlanta.com), and a<br />
member of Angel Lounge (http://www.startuplounge.com/tag/angellounge/), the MIT Enterprise Forum, and the<br />
Atlanta CEO Council. He is also Managing Director of Vernon Bridge Ventures, an early stage capital/advisory firm.<br />
He serves on the boards of Rapid LD and Good Egg Studios. He has extensive experience serving on boards of nonprofit<br />
organizations (YMCA of Greater Atlanta, Interfaith Outreach Home, Teacher Support Network, The Lionheart<br />
School). He recently completed his first triathlon to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
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