Jesse Schell

Jesse N. Schell (Born on June 13, 1970) is an American video game designer, author, CEO of Schell Games and a Distinguished Professor of the Practice of Entertainment Technology at Carnegie Mellon University's (CMU) Entertainment Technology Center (ETC), a joint master's program between the College of Fine Arts and School of Computer Science in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Jesse Schell earned a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and subsequently, earned a Master's Degree in Information Networking from Carnegie Mellon University. Jesse’s early career consisted of his work as a Software Engineer for IBM and Bell Communications Research, and he then moved to LA to work with Disney Imagineering.

In addition to his other achievements, Jesse has also been a writer, director, performer, juggler, comedian, and circus artist for both Freihofer's Mime Circus and the Juggler's Guild. Provided by Wikipedia