Sam J has a long history of managing teams, growing businesses and teaching technology. For more than 10 years Sam J worked within the video game industry as Game Designer, Producer, Creative Director, and Executive Producer, creating games for console, mobile, PC and Facebook. He founded an Indie game studio, Inspirado Games, which was acquired in 2012 by Electronic Arts / Pop Cap. He has worked on cool IPs such as Mario, Transformers, Captain America and Mortal Kombat and created successful new IPs from scratch (such as "Garden Mind" which was nominated for Canadian Game of the Year in the social / mobile category).As a qualified Career Coach, Sam J has helped thousands of people achieve their dream of making games for a living - both as Indie Game Developers and as valuable game industry employees.Sam J lives in Chicago with his wife and 1 daughters. He likes to tell Dad jokes. You've been warned!