IGDA Seattle & Diversity Collective+ on BECOMING: Engineering Leadership

IGDA Seattle is partnering with the Diversity Collective+ to bring you an online talk series called “Becoming”, where games industry professionals reflect on their career path and retrace their journeys through the industry in their respective fields.

This month, we are featuring an excellent panel of people in Engineering Leadership roles in the industry.

Join us on https://twitch.tv/igdaseattle for this talk by some high level producers in the games industry as they talk about their journey to becoming who they are today and hopefully inspire you to follow in their footsteps.

Moderated by Sarah Belhumeur

This month’s panelists have nominated the following organizations to receive a $500 donation from our sponsors Premack Rogers P.C. and Seattle Indies:

• Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP)
• Save the Children
• America Needs You
• Equal Justice Initiative

Each panelist is listed below by their photo followed by their name and title.

Luis Angel Mex (@angelmexluis) – Software Engineering Lead at Turn 10 Studios

Ayo Orimoloye – Lead Graphics Software Engineer at Magic Leap

Evie Powell, Ph.D (@ParasiteEvie) – Lead UX Engineer at Proprio

Abdullah Hamed (@indiesaudi) – Senior Program Manager for .NET Game Development Communities at Microsoft

IGDA Seattle

IGDA Seattle is a local chapter of the International Game Developers Association, a 501(c)(6) non-profit professional association and a global network of individuals from all fields of game development – from programmers and producers to writers, artists, QA and localization.

For more information, visit IGDASeattle.org or find us on Twitter (@IGDASeattle)

Diversity Collective +

Diversity Collective + is an inclusive community in Seattle with a mission to support diversity and discuss issues and solutions for minority figures in gaming and VR/AR/XR. We host quarterly events with different formats at each event, such as panels, round-table discussions, mentoring, portfolio reviews, Q&A sessions, interview practice, and mixers.

For more information, you can find them on Twitter (@_dcseattle_).