past Featured Speakers

Dustin was raised in rural Utah, where his imagination was his most constant companion. A reader, artist, and gamer from an early age, Dustin was encouraged to mine his talents, follow his passions, and find the fun in everyday life. Dustin studied art in college and entered the exciting world of video game development in 1994. His career has taken him and his family from coast to coast, but he always considered the small town he grew up in, Ephraim, Utah, his true home. After spending two decades with AAA publishers like EA, Sony, and Hasbro, Dustin, his wife, and four kids moved back to Ephraim, where he lives today in the shadows of a fine mountain, writes books about video games and dinosaurs, and takes long walks with his dog, Rusty. Dustin is currently working as a game director for Amber Studio, one of the most exciting international games service companies on the planet. Dustin's creative bounds are put to the test daily as he leads the new projects pitch team in over one hundred game concepts a year...and counting. Oh, and he loves the Utah Jazz, but that's another story altogether.