This page lists the staff and collaborators, both current and former, of WayForward.
Adam Tierney
Artist, animator, designer and director at WayForward Technologies since 2004. After graduating from the University of California, Riverside, in 2000, Tierney worked as a freelance artist before joining WayForward, where he was notably involved in the direction of Sigma Star Saga, LIT and Silent Hill: Book of Memories. |
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Austin Ivansmith
Artist, designer and director at WayForward Technologies since 2009. Ivansmith graduated from the Cogswell Polytechnical College in 2005, and worked as a designer for several companies before joining WayForward. He was a designer and director for several WayForward titles, including the Mighty! series or DuckTales: Remastered. |
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Chris Watson
Producer and occasional director and designer at WayForward Technologies since 2004. Watson graduated from the University of New Hampshire and started working as a producer in video gaming in 1996. He has executive produced many WayForward titles, including the later Shantae titles, the Mighty! series, DuckTales: Remastered, Contra 4 and A Boy and His Blob. |
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Jake Kaufman
Also known as Virt, video game music composer since the early 2000s, and lead audio guy at WayForward Technologies since 2010. Kaufman dropped out of high school and became a professional video game music composer in 2000. Kaufman has composed the music for almost every WayForward titles since 2002, including for the Shantae series, the Mighty series, Contra 4 or Silent Hill: Book of Memories. |
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James Montagna
Artist, designer and director. Montagna studied at the College of the Canyons in video game animation, but joined WayForward Technologies as a director in 2006 while also working simultaneously as a freelance artist. Montagna worked as an artist, designer and director (or assistant director) on several WayForward Technologies titles, including from the Mighty! and Shantae series, Contra 4, A Boy and His Blob or Silent Hill: Book of Memories. |
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John Beck
CEO/"Consigliere" of WayForward Technologies since 1995. Holder of degrees from the Universities of Ohio and Southern California, Beck became the CEO of WayForward in 1995 and has also worked as producer on several WayForward Technologies titles, including Shantae or Sigma Star Saga. |
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Matt Bozon
Director, artist and designer, and founding member of WayForward Technologies. Bozon holds several degrees in arts and animation from the Northwestern College in Minnesota and the California Institute of the Arts. He was the co-creator of the Shantae series (alongside his wife Erin Bozon) and is credited as the creative director of many WayForward titles, including the Shantae series, the Mighty Switch Force! subseries, Sigma Star Saga, DuckTales: Remastered and many others. |
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Voldi Way
Entrepreneur and founder of WayForward Technologies. Way first founded a software company in 1984, and later created WayForward in 1990 using the money he made from selling his parts to his former associates. Although he is credited as providing some programming and production to early WayForward titles, he is mostly a businessman and official "Tyrannical Overlord" of the company. |
Aaron Thornton
Former video game reviewer, and community manager at WayForward since 2010. |
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Adam Rademacher
Programmer at WayForward Technologies since 2012. |
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Arvind Kumar
Technical artist at WayForward Technologies since 2013. |
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Chris Anderson
Producer, artist and quality assurance tester at WayForward Technologies since 2007. |
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Chris Kerlegon
Animator at WayForward Technologies since 2004. |
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Chris Schroeder
Designer, quality assurance tester and project manager at WayForward Technologies since 2008. |
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Jeremy Pryer
Quality assurance tester and manager at WayForward Technologies since 2012. |
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Jesse Lopez
Artist, animator and designer at WayForward Technologies since 2009. |
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Jessie Seely
Artist, animation manager, designer and singer-songwriter at WayForward Technologies since around 2009. |
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Larry Holdaway
Programmer and occasional artist and designer at WayForward Technologies since 1999. |
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Michael Flores
Quality assurance tester at WayForward Technologies since 2009. |
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Paul Castillo
Illustrator and artist at WayForward Technologies since 2009. |
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Tim Curry
Technical artist at WayForward Technologies since 2012. |
Abby Goldsmith
Artist and animator at WayForward Technologies from 2000 to 2008. |
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Adam Kasper
Programmer at WayForward Technologies between 2009 and 2010. |
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Adam Lutz
Programmer at WayForward Technologies from 2009 to 2013. |
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Aric Dorschner
Programmer at WayForward Technologies from 2008 to 2011. |
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Armando Soto
Artist, designer and director at WayForward Technologies from 2001 to 2005, and then from 2011 to 2015. |
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Brandis Hulett
Customer relations specialist at WayForward Technologies between 2014 and 2015. |
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Chris Losorelli
Programmer at WayForward Technologies from 2005 to 2015. |
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Christopher Shanley
Project manager and producer at WayForward Technologies from 2013 to 2015. |
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Cole Phillips
Artist and designer at WayForward Technologies from 2000 to 2008. |
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David Pabers
Programmer at WayForward Technologies between 2013 and 2014. |
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Diego Paz
Artist and animator at WayForward Technologies from 2012 to 2014. |
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Eunhi Oh
Artist and animator at WayForward Technologies from 2005 to 2010. |
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Georgeina Schaller
Quality assurance tester at WayForward Technologies between 2014 and 2015. |
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James Chan
Director and programmer at WayForward Technologies from 2002 to 2015. |
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Jeff Luke
Level designer and director at WayForward Technologies from 2012 to 2014. |
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Jeff Pomegranate
Producer and manager at WayForward Technologies from 2002 to 2013. |
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Jimmy Huey
Programmer at WayForward Technologies from 1999 to 2006. |
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Jonathan Rucker
Programmer and software engineer at WayForward Technologies from 2005 to 2011, and between 2014 and 2015. |
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Kyle Bardiau
Level designer at WayForward Technologies from 2012 to 2014. |
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Marc Gomez
Director, designer, artist and animator at WayForward Technologies from 2002 to 2012. |
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Mark Bozon
On-off designer and quality assurance tester at WayForward Technologies from 1997 to 2011. |
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Mark McDole
Animator at WayForward Technologies from 2008 to 2014. |
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Matthew Hull
Sound designer and quality assurance tester at WayForward Technologies from 2011 to 2014. |
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Michael Clasgens
Programmer at WayForward Technologies from 2009 to 2012. |
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Michael Stragey
Programmer at WayForward Technologies from 2000 to 2006. |
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Nick Malouf
Quality assurance tester, artist and animator at WayForward Technologies from 2010 to 2014. |
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Nick Wozniak
Artist at WayForward Technologies from 2008 to 2013. |
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Paul Kite
Designer, quality assurance tester and programmer at WayForward Technologies from 2000 to 2004. |
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Ranko Prozo
Artist at WayForward Technologies from 2010 to 2015. |
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Rob Buchanan
Director, designer and animator at WayForward Technologies from 1993 to 2012. |
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Sean Velasco
Director and designer at WayForward Technologies from 2006 to 2013. |
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Shane Calimlim
Programmer at WayForward Technologies from 2007 to 2014. |
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Shannon Hatakeda
Production assistant and project manager at WayForward Technologies from 2009 to 2015. |
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Shereef Morse
Producer at WayForward Technologies in the early 2000s. |
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Stephane Hockenhull
Programmer at WayForward Technologies between 2011 and 2012. |
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Stephen Foot
Programmer and software engineer at WayForward Technologies from 2006 to 2010. |
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Steven Kitzes
Quality assurance tester and occasional programmer and level designer at WayForward Technologies from 2010 to 2013. |
Alex Ahad
Artist, designer and director. Illustrator on several WayForward Technologies titles. |
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Andrew Bado
Artist, quality assurance and programmer. Pixel artist and animator on several WayForward Technologies titles. |
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Brook Chalmers
Voice actor and production specialist. Tester on the first Shantae game. |
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Cristina Vee
Voice actress, singer and show host. Voice actress and singer for the Shantae series, notably as the official voice actress for Shantae. |
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Damon DuBois
Artist and animator, notably for WayForward Technologies on several titles. |
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Erin Bozon
Artist and animator who has worked on several WayForward Technologies titles. Original creator of Shantae. |
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Gigi D.G.
Artist. Concept artist on Shantae: Half-Genie Hero. |
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Gustav Kilman
Designer, artist and animator. Contributed to several WayForward Technologies, notably as a pixel and sprite artist. |
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Henk Nieborg
Artist and animator. Contributed to several WayForward Technologies, notably as a background artist. |
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Jason Robinson
Artist. Contributed to several WayForward Technologies titles. |
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Jeff Clark
Artist and animator. Story editor on the first Shantae game. |
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Jeremy Dower
Visual artist and musician. Contributed mostly background art to several WayForward Technologies titles. |
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Joakim Sandberg
Indie game developer. Animator on several WayForward Technologies titles. |
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Kristina Kaufman
Radio host. Provided unspecified contributions to Shantae: Risky's Revenge. |
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Kyle Sellers
Business specialist. Tester on the first Shantae game. |
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Makoto Yabe/KOU (矢部誠)
Artist and designer. Artworks provider for the Shantae series. |
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Mariel Cartwright
Artist, animator and director. Illustrator and animator on several WayForward Technologies titles. |
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Matthew Zitterman
Producer and quality assurance tester. Provided unspecified contributions to Shantae: Risky's Revenge. |
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Meagan Glaser
Voice actress. Provided Shantae's voice for Shantae: Risky's Revenge. |
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Nate Trost
Programmer. Provided ports for WayForward Technologies titles between platforms. |
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Paul Bragiel
Producer and business. Music producer on several WayForward Technologies titles. |
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Robb Alvey
Producer and roller coaster enthusiast. Producer on several WayForward Technologies titles. |
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Robbie Altschuler
Recording engineer and producer. Frequent collaborator of Jake Kaufman, including on his work for WayForward Technologies. |
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Sven Ruthner
Pixel artist. Provided background and pixel art on several WayForward Technologies titles. |