Video Game Development

E-Line Media

Alan Gershenfeld is Co-Founder/President of E-Line Media, a developer of commercial social impact video games. E-Line titles include the BAFTA and Peabody award winning Never Alone, Jackson-Wild winning Beyond Blue, Gamestar Mechanic and MinecraftEdu. Alan has worked on impact game projects with the Gates Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation, NSF, BBC, Outlaw Ocean, USAID, DARPA, White House OSTP, Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Google, MIT, ASU and many others.

Prior to E-Line, Alan was Chairman of the nonprofit Games for Change and SVP Activision Studios where he oversaw titles such as Civilization: Call to Power, Muppet Treasure Island, Spycraft, Pitfall, Zork and Tony Hawk Skateboarding. Before Activision, Alan spent nearly ten years in the film industry where he worked in development, production and post-production roles on numerous feature films and documentaries.

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Endless Global

Heather creates inclusive digital learning experiences that spark curiosity and build future-ready skills in communities worldwide. With over two decades in K-12+ education, She has designed game-based learning programs for underserved youth in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Europe, and across the United States. By leveraging game design, She helps learners develop digital fluency, creative confidence, and real-world skills. Her work thrives at the intersection of joy, equity, and possibility — because when learning is fun and intentional, learners flourish.

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Endless Access

Rob McQueen is an experienced engineering manager and company leader, and has been a user, developer and advocate for a Free and Open Source Linux desktop for nearly 20 years. He joined Endless in 2015 and became part of the Endless management team full-time in 2016 to achieve a wider impact on the world with his technical and commercial skills.

Rob founded the leading open-source consultancy firm Collabora in 2005 and as founder and CTO grew it to 100 people over 10 years, working with top-tier technology clients such as Intel, Google, ARM, HP and Nokia to help them build successful strategies for developing products based around Open Source software.

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