Director of Talent & Culture, Certain Affinity
Director of Talent & Culture for Certain Affinity, one of the largest independent game development studios in Austin, Texas - She brings over 20 years experience working in diverse environments. Her specialized focus and contributions in team building, positive change leadership and facilitation have helped challenge organizations and leaders to foster strong, healthy working environments. Coming to SXSW Gaming for the first time, fresh from...
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UI/UX Designer, Electronic Arts
Alison Carrier is the current UI/UX Designer for Red Crow Austin, a mobile game studio created by Electronic Arts. Known for her passion to deliver world-class user experiences, she has worked in EA’s mobile sphere for several projects, including her most recent work, The Simpsons: Tapped Out.
Gameplay Engineer, Arkane Studios
Maitland Lederer is currently a software engineer at Arkane studios with over a decade of software engineering experience. After graduating from MIT she spent her first few years outside gaming, but since has worked at top studios including, Harmonix, Edge of Reality and Bioware.
Sr Environment Artist, Certain Affinity
Lorraine Zawada is currently a Senior Environment artist at Certain Affinity. She's been in the video game industry since 2001 and has worked on games such as Halo, COD, Saints Row, Red Faction, plus many others.
