After earning B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Tobi spent five years overseeing product development at respected game developer Vicarious Visions before founding 1st Playable Productions. At VV, she delivered over 60 game titles ranging from Blues Clues GBC to Doom III Xbox, establishing a track record of being able to build and train diverse teams to deliver high quality games on time. She led a product development team that grew over five years to 90 artists, engineers, designers, and project managers, as well as a number of established subcontractors. Tobi is active in the game industry, a frequent speaker at industry conferences, and has delivered seminars on topics ranging from kid testing, to IP rights, to the application of new software processes to improve industry quality of life through structured planning and development processes. Before joining the game industry, Tobi managed R&D in embedded and distributed systems at General Electric Research and Development, where she earned 16 patents, and

led initiatives in new product development, software quality, business strategy, and outsourcing. She has written articles appearing in over 25 professional publications.