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Thomas O'Connor 🔜 UE Fest

Executive at PlayEveryWare

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

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Thomas: together at University of Washington Professional & Continuing Education
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×5Thomas: together at Nintendo

About

Thomas O'Connor is the CEO, Studio Director, and co-founder of PlayEveryWare, a game co-development studio with teams in Seattle and Yokohama. A DigiPen graduate in Computer Science in Real-Time Interactive Simulation, he previously held engineering and developer support roles at Nintendo of America and Microsoft. Under his direction, the studio has shipped dozens of indie and AAA titles across major platforms.

Executive at PlayEveryWare

Experience

  1. PlayEveryWareCEO & Studio Directorcurrent2009 — presentSeattle, USA & Yokohama, Japaan
  2. Seattle IndiesBoard member, Treasurer2016 — 2021Seattle
  3. MicrosoftDesign Developer2015 — 2016Redmond
  4. NintendoSoftware Developer Support Engineer2013 — 2015Redmond, WA
  5. University of Washington Professional & Continuing EducationInstructor2013
  6. 5TH Cell MediaProgrammer2011 — 2012
  7. Fuelcell GamesProgrammer2010 — 2011
  8. FishBeatSoftware Developer2008 — 2009
  9. DigiPen Institute of TechnologyTechnical Director, Student Project "Froggle"2007 — 2008
  10. Duckets GamestationManager2002 — 2004

Skills & more

PrototypingC++5C1HTML51JavaScript2Subversion2Visual Studio5Git2Engineering1Xbox 36016Gameplay6Game Development33
+12 moreConsoleProgrammingVideo GamesComputer GamesGame ProgrammingMultiplayerGameplay ProgrammingMobile GamesLuaDirectXFMODPerforce
  • Unreal Engine Service Partner - Gold — Unreal Authorized Partners

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Who is Thomas O'Connor 🔜 UE Fest?
Thomas O'Connor is the CEO, Studio Director, and co-founder of PlayEveryWare, a game co-development studio with teams in Seattle and Yokohama. A DigiPen graduate in Computer Science in Real-Time Interactive Simulation, he previously held engineering and developer support roles at Nintendo of America and Microsoft. Under his direction, the studio has shipped dozens of indie and AAA titles across major platforms.
Where did Thomas O'Connor 🔜 UE Fest go to school?
Thomas O'Connor 🔜 UE Fest studied at DigiPen Institute of Technology (B.S. of CS in Real-Time Interactive Simulation, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science).

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Shared employers

Also worked at Microsoft2,000

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic

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Also worked at Nintendo5

Warren Shawn CarbonellManaging Partner at Brazen CapitalShravan KumaranFounder at supercontrastJoe FerenczFounder at GameFamJean-Baptiste FleuryFounder at SupercosiPatrick MeehanExecutive Officer, Director at Zipline Games

Also worked at DigiPen Institute of Technology4

Yiliang ZhaoDirector at Openspace VenturesEd FriesGeneral Partner at 1Up VenturesMuslih AlzahraniCo-founder & Creative Director at StarvaniaGary SchwartzGeneral Partner at Exit North Ventures