Phil Adam, Chief Executive Officer

Phil has been involved with the computer and video game industry since 1981 and has served on several industry boards including chairman of the Software Publishing Association.  Phil was the founder & president of Spectrum HoloByte from 1983 – 1990. Starting from 1990 Phil was the VP of sales & marketing for Interplay Productions before becoming VP of business development from 1993 – 2002. In 2002, Phil became the president & COO of Interplay. Phil has been involved in bringing over 350 intellectual properties to market including the biggest selling video game of all time…Tetris (original license with the then Soviet Union) at Spectrum HoloByte.  Other recognizable accomplishments include bringing Silicon and Synapses’ (Blizzard Entertainment) first products to market.  Phil also signed the first products with Bioware (Baldur’s Gate Series) as well as Parallax (Descent Series).  He was also responsible for the AD&D and Star Trek license deals for Interplay. He was involved in the sale of Shiny Entertainment to Atari as well as the sale of significant assets to Universal/Vivendi. Phil also brought Naughty Dog to Universal, for their first products which included Crash Bandicoot.

Tommy Tallarico, Founder, President, Chief Creative Officer

A veritable video game industry icon whose 35-year career spans composing, sound design, television, and live entertainment. He created, produces, and hosts Video Games Live which has been touring worldwide since 2005. His television career includes co-creating, producing, and co-hosting three internationally award-winning shows about video games.

With more than 50 industry awards, Tommy has worked on over 325 games totaling more than 250 million units sold and $10 billion in revenue. His credits include Earthworm Jim, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, Disney’s Aladdin, Spider-Man, and Metroid Prime, alongside franchises such as Sonic the Hedgehog, Guitar Hero, Mortal Kombat, and Madden Football. His Advent Rising score has been noted as "one of the greatest musical scores of all time" by websites such as Yahoo, Gamespot and others. Tallarico and his studio created and owned the iconic Roblox “Oof” sound, a worldwide sensation that has amassed billions of views through memes and YouTube videos and is arguably the most famous pop culture sound of the 21st century.

His honors include seven Guinness World Records across four categories, a Lifetime Achievement Award presented during the 2012 Game Developers Conference, and induction into the International Video Game Hall of Fame in 2021. His contributions to the video game industry have also been featured at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

A cousin of Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, Tommy’s music opened the band’s 2002 “Girls of Summer” tour. In 2024, he won the Backgammon World Championship (Division II) in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

John Alvarado, Chief Technology Officer

John Alvarado has 37+ years in the video game industry as a developer, programmer, entrepreneur, and technology director. He entered the video game industry right out of high school in 1983, creating artwork and programming for the Atari 800 and Commodore 64 with popular arcade games like Centipede and Mario Bros. John was a Lead Programmer at Virgin Games where he helped develop the DigiCel technology used in the hit game Disney's Aladdin, and where he was the recipient of a game design award from 3DO for Demolition Man, the first game where Hollywood actors shot custom video footage to be used exclusively in the game. John went on to be the president and co-founder of Big Grub, developing PC and PlayStation games and working with Shiny Entertainment and Interplay. Those successful relationships led to John working for 13+ years as Technical Director under industry legend Brian Fargo at inXile Entertainment. John has 30+ published games, including high-profile games on the first generation home video game computers.

Jason Enos, VP of Business Development

Jason Enos brings 30+ years of experience encompassing different facets of the interactive entertainment and music industries and is considered one of the best video game producers/product managers/marketers in the industry having worked on such acclaimed award-winning top 10 industry franchises and multi-million selling brands as Metal Gear Solid, Castlevania, Contra, Dance Dance Revolution, PAC-MAN, Silent Hill, Tekken, Ace Combat, Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, Dark Souls, Monopoly, Karaoke Revolution and 100+ more across every major platform. With his robust and unique experience, he provides guidance across the entire spectrum of creative, design, production, marketing, and publishing.

Jason was formerly the Director, Brand & Latin America Marketing for Bandai Namco Entertainment, Inc. Since joining the company in 2010, he rose through the organization working across console, digital and mobile businesses while also driving efforts for the company’s strategic initiatives of anime, digital and Latin America expansion.

Jason was previously a Senior Product Manager for the casual games division at Electronic Arts, Inc. where he focused on leveraging mass appealing brands across multiple platforms for a broad demographic. Jason was also a Senior Product Manager for Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. where he successfully persuaded the company and was solely responsible for bringing Dance Dance Revolution to the console gaming market in North America, turning the franchise from zero to $250+ million in revenue and winning numerous awards, including an a MTV Video Music Award for Best Video Game Soundtrack. Jason has also worked for Psygnosis, Ltd., and Sega of America.

Bill Fisher, VP, Technology

William Fisher is president and founder of independent studio Quicksilver Software, Inc., developer of dozens of well-known games including Interplay’s Castles, Conquest of the New World, and Star Trek: Starfleet Command. He is one of the first generations of video game designers, having started with Mattel Electronics/Intellivision in 1981. Bill was instrumental in bringing the very first “voice” to a video game with his work on B-17 Bomber for the IntelliVoice. He also wrote two other Intellivision games and headed up Mattel’s Apple II and IBM PC teams. His interests range from strategy game development to simulation-based training and artificial intelligence design to usability and user interface design. He is currently responsible for guiding the development of the company’s cloud-related projects and for the security systems used in the console, cloud services, and physical media.

Outside of Intellivision, he is pioneering new robot technologies as CTO of robotics company Beyond Imagination, Inc., and is active in many IEEE-related activities, including chairing the GameSIG and the GameSIG Intercollegiate Game Showcase. He also served for several years on the Program Committee for the IEEE Games Innovation Conference and as a leader of the IEEE 2200 Standards Committee. He is also on the Curriculum Advisory Committee for the Chapman University School of Engineering.

Mike Dietz, Art Director

Mike Dietz is a 35+ year multi-disciplined award-winning developer/art director/animator with experience in a variety of media ranging from games to television to film, working in a wide array of animation techniques including CG, hand-drawn, stop motion, and mixed media. With key creative roles on 50+ game titles for studios such as Virgin Games, Shiny Entertainment, Disney/Pixar, The Collective, Heavy Iron Studios, and FoxNext, Dietz set the benchmark for animation quality on such highly successful video game titles as Disney’s Aladdin, Jungle Book, Earthworm Jim and the stop motion animated cult classic The Neverhood. Dietz served as a director on the award-winning animated sitcom The PJs, co-directed the short Squirly Town for Nickelodeon’s Random Cartoon Show, and was a lead animator on multiple stop motion TV episodes including Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob, The Legend of Boo-kini Bottom, It’s a SpongeBob Christmas! and Harvey Beaks, It’s Christmas You Dorks! Mike was also the key artist and developer for the groundbreaking interactive theme park attraction Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure at Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL.

Sumeet Aggarwal, Managing Director MENA & South Asia

Sumeet Aggarwal has been an avid gamer and an influential gaming specialist in the industry for over 20 years. He has worked with Microsoft-Xbox Gulf as part of the marketing team, aiding to launch the Xbox 360 along with the Kinect. He also hosted and produced the successful and heavily awarded gaming radio show, Game On, on Dubai Eye 103.8 for more than 10 years, where he had the only exclusive one-on-one radio interview with the acclaimed, Mr. Hideo Kojima, in the region. Sumeet brought to the region & hosted the award-winning show, Video Games Live, for the first time in 2012 and again in 2013. In 2019, Sumeet was appointed as the new Managing Director of Intellivision Entertainment for MENA & South Asia, focused on bringing family & friends back together in the living room with the launch of their upcoming console, the Intellivision Amico.