Advisory Group

S. Gregory Boyd
Associate Attorney, Davis & Gilbert LLP

S. Gregory Boyd is Associate Attorney at Davis & Gilbert LLP, the leading marketing and advertising law firm in the United States. He has been cited by CNN, Forbes, and Fortune on intellectual property issues. Mr. Boyd is also Adjunct Professor at New York Law School. Mr. Boyd graduated with honors from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with professional degrees in Law and Medicine.

David Cole
Founder and President/CEO, DFC Intelligence, Inc.

David Cole is Founder and Chief Executive Officer at DFC Intelligence, Inc., a leading interactive entertainment market research firm. Mr. Cole and his analysts are regularly cited by Forbes, Time, The Wall Street Journal, and other major publications. Mr. Cole graduated from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a professional degree in Law and a degree in Labor Economics and Industrial Relations.

Steve Crane
Cofounder and President/CEO, LightSail Energy, Inc.

Steve Crane is Cofounder, President and Chief Executive Officer at LightSail Energy, Inc. Previously, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Creative Officer at Midway Games, Inc. Mr. Crane graduated from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography with a doctorate in Geophysics and was a postdoctoral fellow at Caltech. He is an Emmy Award winner.

Alexander Macris
Founder and President/CEO, Themis Group, Inc.

Alexander Macris is Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer at Themis Group, Inc., where he publishes the award-winning magazine The Escapist and produces the Escapist Film Festival. He is also Cofounder and President at Triangle Game Initiative, which holds the annual Triangle Game Conference. Mr. Macris graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School with a professional degree in Corporate Law.

Adam McClard
Founder and President/CEO, ORiGO Games Ltd.

Adam McClard is Founder and Chief Executive Officer at ORiGO Games Ltd., an independent developer of video games for next-generation platforms. Mr. McClard is also the first expatriate member of the Shanghai Online Games Committee and a member of the Shanghai Interactive Entertainment Committee where he assists with the regulation and growth of the interactive entertainment sector in mainland China.

Terri Perkins
Media Strategy Director, Funcom, Inc.

Terri Perkins is Media Strategy Director at Funcom, Inc., where she led the world’s first dynamic in-game advertising program and the company’s digital distribution partnerships. Ms. Perkins also cofounded Plutolife AS in the United States. Previously, she created and taught behavior-modification courses for disadvantaged and troubled youth. Ms. Perkins graduated from Kaplan University with a MBA degree.

Brandon Sheffield
Editor-in-Chief of Game Developer Magazine, Think Services, Inc.

Brandon Sheffield is Editor-in-Chief of Game Developer Magazine and Senior Editor of Gamasutra at Think Services, Inc., a division of United Business Media. Mr. Sheffield graduated from University of Southern California with a dual degree in Cinema-Television Critical Studies and Japanese Language and Culture.

Christian Svensson
Officer & VP Strategic Planning & Business Development, Capcom Entertainment, Inc.

Christian Svensson is Corporate Officer and Vice President of Strategic Planning and Business Development at Capcom Entertainment, Inc. Previously, Mr. Svensson was Vice President of Entertainment Publishing at Midway Games, Inc., and Chief Executive Officer and Editor-in-Chief at MCV USA, Inc., a subsidiary of Computec Media AG. Mr. Svensson graduated from Bucknell University with a degree in Civil Engineering.

Geoffrey Zatkin
Cofounder and President/COO, Electronic Entertainment Design and Research, Inc.

Geoffrey Zatkin is Cofounder, President and Chief Operations Officer at Electronic Entertainment Design and Research, Inc., the leading provider of business intelligence services for the video-game industry. Previously, he was Lead Game Designer at Monolith Productions, Inc., and Senior Designer at Sony Online Entertainment LLC. Mr. Zatkin graduated from Trinity College-Hartford with a degree in Psychology.