Game Education Summit North America

Josh has been deeply entrenched in the game industry for over 11 years. Josh has worked as a production artist and lead animator at Stainless Steel Studios in Boston as well as a freelance artist and animator. Currently Josh is developing the game-art curriculum and teaching as an Assistant Professor of Art and Animation at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont. Josh has designed, created and animated hundreds of characters, buildings and vehicles for award-winning, AAA-rated personal computer game titles and real-time gaming environments. Among the game titles he's worked on are Empire Earth, the winner of a Gamespy Award for PC Game of the Year, Empires: Dawn of the Modern World, one of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences' Top 5 Computer Strategy Games of the Year, Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War and Empire Earth III. Josh has produced art-work for games published by Sierra, Activision, Midway and Vivendi Universal Games. Josh is currently Assistant Professor of Game Art and Animation at Champlain College and Co-Founder and Creative Director at Hoozinga, Inc. He has a B.F.A. from the University of Rhode Island with a concentration in painting and an M.F.A. in Computer Art from The Savannah College of Art and Design.