Georgia developed a keen interest in education while teaching English overseas before ultimately venturing into the field of educational games. She assists in testing various projects and values the joy and challenge in attempting to break things.

Jill specializes in background art but has been known to draw characters if you bribe her with various confections. Her hobbies are drinking coffee and glaring at passersby from second-story windows.

What does photosynthesis sound like? What music should accompany virtual reality robots? These are the kind of questions Josh creatively answers as Sound Designer and Music Composer. From 1920’s ragtime, to futuristic space, he provides all the acoustic color!

Shawn has never been content pursuing just one creative endeavor and has had experience designing in a number of industries. He is in constant pursuit of a well-thought-out and artistic interface.

Beauchesne is a game developer and engineer at Filament. They believe a good engineer works to empower the rest of the team and minimize technical constraints. To this end, they take a particular interest in systems and tools development.

Andy has been developing web and mobile applications professionally for over nine years. He specializes in database optimization and API design. Before Filament, he worked on a range of software including native iOS apps, lexical analysis software and social networks.

In the journey of an idea becoming a reality, every rule and relationship needs to be well-defined. Be prepared for questions that need answers.

Fighting evil by moonlight and designing games by daylight, Francesca loves plants, caffeinated tea, and her dog, Olive. She is also the founder of an indie game studio and teaches coding classes. 

Chen-ya draws round things, cute things, and dirt. Sometimes the dirt is cute and round.

A former west coast game engineer and dot-comer turned proud Midwest hockey dad — complete with a sweet Subaru station wagon! Gene is an accomplished classical pianist who sometimes wishes he’d learned to play the guitar instead.

Liam works with everyone from Partners to Developers, in order to create experiences on time. He gets excited about giving back to society using games, enjoys dismantling big problems as sustainably as possible, and believes in the four values of the Agile Manifesto.

Nick is passionate about games and the good they can do. He likes group bike rides, reading non-fiction, and rhythm games. Nick is a golf enthusiast but wishes the sport was more action-packed.

Brian has been doing software QA since 2007. He tested Epic’s CVIS for 5 years before making the switch to Filament in 2013. In his free time he enjoys biking, canoeing, travelling, reading, trying new beers, and relaxing with his wife, son, and dog.

Ian is a game engineer, passionate for the medium of games and how they evolve through time. He enjoys experimenting with procedural generation, and has a fascination with making wild predictions on the future of the gaming industry.

Rob is a Game Engineer and programmer. After several Unity development contract projects through Filament, the allure was too great and he had to continue working here full time.

Gigi manages the office’s steady streams of coffee, external inquiries, and paperwork (ranked in order of importance to the Filament staff). She moonlights as an artist working in textiles and printmaking.

Ever the competitor, Kenny doesn’t back down from a challenge. He enjoys learning from each project and sharing those lessons with new teams. You might even catch him occasionally wearing his varsity esports jersey while leading a standup.

Joe makes games.

Jennifer works with people from all over the globe who potentially want to work with Filament to make games, simulations, and VR and AR experiences that make an impact. She helps them understand what Filament can do and how we do it.

As a Game Designer, Luke works with clients and with Filament’s talented development team to find fun and effective ways to help players learn. Luke loves working on educational games because the wide range of subjects makes every game unique.

Roma is a graduate of Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, where she studied illustration and animation. She puts both of those skills to use at Filament, drawing various chickens and jungle plants. In her spare time, she watches cheesy 80’s films and draws clowns who are also cops.

He helps make games by thinking and typing.

A proud parent of two devilish rabbits. Wholly unabashed of all their interests, they like to dive into a wide range of disciplines and studies. Also an advocate of rotund, but more importantly, healthy animals.

Charlie produces clean and concise financial reports and budgets in an effort to create clarity in a rapidly changing business environment. He is a CPA and CMA who enjoys the professional challenges of working in the learning games and technology sectors.

Brandon works across all disciplines to create intuitive interfaces and experiences. From day to day you may find him designing wireframes, creating polished game art, documenting new feature behaviors, or animating bubbly characters.

Having turned his passion for video games into a career, James writes and edits content in support of Filament’s marketing efforts. An alumnus of the UW – Madison, James is best summarized as a fast food connoisseur, avid Nintendo fan, and future dog owner.

Terra is a self-taught programmer and development generalist with over 7 years of experience in Educational Games.

Shaina diligently manages the Production, Quality Assurance, and AV departments. Her primary responsibility is to make sure the studio is allocated properly and that projects are running smoothly from the sales process through development and maintenance.

With an 8 year tenure in the Ed Tech industry, Brandon leads the content marketing practice and helps to guide the overall business strategy at Filament Games. His role also includes outreach to local education programs and community organizations.

Jon is in Information Technology and loves working with people and computers. His strengths cover a variety of areas. His current focuses are on Linux servers and VMware.

Darrick likes to eat food, but can never finish it, much to their dismay.

A renaissance woman at heart, Tracey’s many passions magically assembled into a graphic design position at Filament. She loves problem-solving and longs to make pleasant experiences for users. She is also the self-appointed sheriff of using crisp web graphics.

Has been a front end web developer since before the term existed, back when websites were chiseled by hand from HTML (and sometimes Flash). He loves all things animated, from the lowliest GIF to the most advanced SVG transition.

Colin appreciates the unique power of games as tools for learning about systems. He enjoys studying real-life systems and devising game mechanics that illustrate their behavior. He also likes playing ultimate frisbee, kiteboarding, and cooking tasty Chinese food.

Austin is a UW-Stout graduate that comes to Filament from Activision Blizzard. As a quality assurance associate, Austin has the privilege to play games and type a lot!

When she’s not working as a producer, Sarah volunteers as a program coordinator for the IGDA Scholars program and helps with local game dev events. Sarah also writes on the side and enjoys pretending that she’s a brooding novelist with a caffeine addition.

Megan enjoys understanding people’s needs and helping those around her, whether it’s by creating fun and intuitive player experiences, or by collaborating with teammates on design, art, and the weird little technical bits in between.

Meg is a 3D environment artist who has worked on projects big and small. She grew up in Wisconsin, graduated from Champlain College in Vermont and came right back! She loves 3D modeling and texturing challenges and creating immersive spaces.

Katherine is an avid supporter of bringing games and VR experiences into the fine arts space and believes interactive media is an untapped well of literary value.

Coming from a background in graphic design, Alex developed UX skills at interactive-advertising agencies before coming to Filament. Now a team member for a number of years, Alex wields a demanding pickiness for aesthetics and a keen eye for detail.

Michael Yang is a game designer and engineer at Filament. He loves jamming on music or board games but enjoys anything that taps into a group of people’s creativity. When not jamming, he likes to be in the quiet cooking, reading, or whispering to his rats.