Austin is a technical game designer who focuses on prototyping games mechanics and systems in Unity. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Northeastern University, where he studied Game Design and minored in Computer Science. He was President of the IGDA Northeastern Chapter for two years and has been a Conference Associate at the Game Developer's Conference for the past three years (2023-2025). Before joining the ETC, he released a puzzle game called No Party In Paradise on the iOS App Store, and is currently working on releasing a bullet heaven game called Frogmageddon onto Steam. His goal is to create games that lead to meaningful connections and establish thriving communities.