Team
Thom Och
Producer
Thom is a Pittsburgh native with a background in theatre and production. Game design and production is a newly found passion for Thom and it is something that he has dived into wholeheartedly. His interests in many different forms of media (e.g. games, film, books, comics, theatre) have led to a life of experiences that he can draw on when designing and producing games.
Jake Jeffrey
Programmer
Originally from Rome, NY, Jake developed a love of gaming and computers at an early age. His love of computers and hardware grew larger as he began to get involved in his family’s remote control car company. As he grew up he began studying what it takes to make games while working heavily with computers and various forms of gadgets in his goal of becoming a technical designer.
Wai Kay Kong
Technical Artist
He is an aspiring Technical Artist who wants to break into the world of making video games. Born and raised in New York, Wai Kay has had a dual passion for science and art from the moment his imagination started working, whenever that was. He now sits at his desk, solving problems for lunch and and more problems for dinner. If not problems then he arts things instead. Sometimes pasta or pizza for dinner too, since he wants to stay alive after all.
Jitesh Muchandani
Programmer
After getting a diploma and bachelors degree in Computer Science, Jitesh decided to get into the entertainment industry due to one sole reason: World Of Warcraft! His passion for games and love for technology lead him to ETC where he his currently pursuing a Masters degree. His other interests include food, meditation, yoga and soccer.
Haewon Nam
2D artist
Haewon was born in Seoul, South Korea and has a love for drawing, animations, and computers. She specialized in traditional art mediums, composition, and conceptual thinking in her BFA in Korean Painting at Ewha Womans University in Seoul. After graduation, she got experience texturing, mapping, and modeling through working on 3D stereoscopic animations during her Master’s degree in Korea. Now she studies at CMU ETC and aspires to make something fun to play and share with others
Rajadurai Balasubramanian
Programmer
Raj was born and raised in India. He has been an Artist and Gamer from childhood.He was with Aricent-Alcatel Lucent Bell labs and Bank of America as programer.To build a game based Virtual Reality Education Environment has been his dream for so long. While he was looking for opportunity to fusion his Artistic skills,Passion for Games with programming experience, he decided to do his masters in Entertainment technology at ETC.