Software Evolution: from Gamer to Developer

Jeannette Jarvis

Jeannette Jarvis is the Security Systems Product Manager in Infrastructure Protection Systems.  She provides architectural direction on Boeing's anti-virus, encryption and desktop firewall technologies.  Jeannette co-founded AVIEN (Anti-virus Information Exchange Network) an international organization of anti-malware (malicious software) specialists that share information about security issues, threats, countermeasures and system and product design.   She also co-founded an international malware early warning system (AVIEWS) a forum to share information about new security threats. Additional associations are the Anti-Phishing Working Group, Wildlist, several virus research programs, and a board member of security forums. Jeannette is a recognized international speaker on security protection, corporate architecture and concerns, having spoken at many prominent security and anti-virus industry conferences (RSA, Gartner IT Security Summit, Eicar, AVAR, etc.)   You can also find her published in Virus Bulletin, the international periodical on Virus Prevention. Her published and presented papers represent a wide range of security issues encountered in the global corporate environment. Jeannette is also on the board of directors for Page Ahead, a children’s literacy program.

Mike Sandige

Mike is a game industry veteran with over 15 years of experience developing games and game technology. Mike is Chief Architect at WildTangent, where he is responsible for tools and technology used in game development and distribution. Mike has been developing game technology for past few years, but has credits in a number of games, including the “Space Cadet” pinball game that ships with Windows XP.

Robin Walker

Robin Walker co-wrote the hugely popular Quake mod Team Fortress, before being assimilated when Valve acquired Team Fortress Software. Since that time, he has been responsible for design, code, and management on various Valve products. Most recently, he led the Half-Life 2: Episode 1 team in delivering the company's first episodic title.

Michelle Wallig

Michelle Wallig joined the Xbox Platform Services team as Group Manager in December 2004. She manages four teams who are responsible for delivering services to support the game development life cycle for Xbox, Xbox 360, and Games for Windows, including XDK websites, development kits, and game submission and certification applications. She appears in the July/August 2006 issue of Working Mother magazine (circulation 700,000) sharing personal stories about her career, the future of casual games, and her use of Media Center PC at home! She has been an IT professional for 23 years and is an expert in data warehouse and business intelligence technology. She was hired at Microsoft in November 1999 to manage the Tax Data Warehouse project, a system used to file 2,000 tax returns in 75 countries. After the Tax project, she managed the team to roll out a worldwide HR recruiting solution in 28 countries. Her current passion is encouraging young girls and women to pursue high tech careers, especially in the games industry. She is involved in several programs sponsored by Microsoft including Future Potential in IT, DigiGirlz, and IGNITE to pursue this passion.

Dr. Bill Iverson

Moderator

Dr. Iverson is currently chairman of the computer science (CS) transfer program and for business technology systems (BTS) here at BCC. During summers and between terms, he works with engineering companies doing software development, construction management, and data acquisition for environmental projects. He maintains registration as a professional engineer (PE) in both Washington and Wyoming. Prior to BCC, Dr. Iverson worked in the petroleum industry from Wyoming to Texas, primarily in natural gas production and geophysical well logging. His education spans from Mercer Island to Pullman, and holds degrees in Math, Physics, and PhD in Geophysics. His first job out of college was writing software for engineers at Standard Oil in Dallas, and he continues to develop software for engineers today.