Speaker Announcement 2019: Phil Profitt

This year we’re incredibly psyched to have Phil Profitt, an Xbox Account Manager with Microsoft and Kentucky Native, to speak at Vector 2019!

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Phil Profitt is currently a developer account manager for Xbox at Microsoft, and has been working in the games industry for 10 years now. He grew up in the middle of nowhere in Bourbon County, KY. After graduating from University of Kentucky as an electrical engineering major he made his way to Tokyo, Japan to work in the games industry as a software engineer.

Recently becoming a father, in his ample free time Phil loves playing anything developed by FROM Software, and enjoys all the amazing Pacific Northwestern outdoor activities. In his profile picture you can see him spending time on his childhood friend’s farm in the Seattle area.

Again, we’re super excited to have Phil attend this years event! Be sure to check out our ticket page and pick up your tickets for this years event! Vector 2019 is April 26-27!

Speaker Announcement 2018: Chris Charla

Chris Charla, standing in front of a whiteboar with a cup head shirt on, faces off camera to the left. We are super excited to welcome this years keynote speaker, Chris Charla! Chris will join our already amazing line up of speakers for Vector 2018 and were incredibly glad that he can come to see us.

Chris Charla is senior director for ID@Xbox at Microsoft. ID@Xbox enables independent developers to self-publish their games on Xbox One and Windows 10 with Xbox Live. He launched the program after working with developers for several years as portfolio director for Xbox Live Arcade on Xbox 360 at Microsoft Studios. Prior to joining Microsoft, Chris worked at an independent developer doing everything from design and production, to helping create, pitch and produce original IPs. A million years ago, he was the launch editor of IGN.com, and the editor-in-chief of Next Generation magazine. He also edits the fanzines Incredibly Strange Games and Wallingford Skate Report.

We are incredibly pleased that Chris will be joining us for this event!

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Vector 2018 is coming April 20-21, 2018! Our first day is a student day focused on education and learning for new developers, and our second day is focused on more learned developers. Tickets are available for purchase at Eventbrite now so be sure to get yours.

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