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Faculty that will be available throughout the day:

• Production Director, Rick Hall, is a 15-year veteran of the gaming industry with experience as a producer, studio head, programmer, and game designer at companies: Paragon Software, Take 2, EA's Origin studio working on Ultima and Madden Football handheld products. During his time in games, he has worked on RPGs, adventure games, RTS games, flight sims, fighting games, sports sims, and even a fishing simulation. He has worked on PC, PlayStation, N64, PS2, Sony PSP, Nintendo DS, and online platforms.  For full bio, please visit: http://www.fiea.ucf.edu/curriculum/faculty-and-staff/rick-hall.
• Technical Production Director, Ron Weaver, has been a game programmer and designer since 2001 when he started working on Toontown Online for Walt Disney Imagineering. He has helped develop games, theme park attractions, web sites, interactive television systems, military simulations, mixed reality projects, DVD’s, museum exhibits, and even the choreography for games. Highlights of his project experience include working with Electronic Arts, Walt Disney World, n-Space, Orlando Science Center and more. For full bio, please visit: http://www.fiea.ucf.edu/curriculum/faculty-and-staff/ron-weaver.

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