I am a Creative Developer and Game Designer with 15+ years of experience experience in a wide range of digital award-winning projects. From popular browser games, to physical installations involving full-body motion; from virtual reality experiences to playful educational ebooks.
I am currently based in Sydney, Australia as the CTO of Sound Scouts since 2015, where I thrive by being in the intersection of art, technology and social impact.
Awards
Sound Scouts has received numerous awards, including:
- Winner, Digital Health, Impact Pediatric Health Competition, SXSW Austin, Texas 2019
- Semi-Finalist, Australian Technologies Competition 2018
- Data Innovation, Award Winner Best Startup 2017
Other Projects:
- Amberial Dreams: Honourable Mention at Freeplay 2019, and featured at AVCON 2018.
- Amberial: Winner of several flash game contest in the late 2000’s.
- SimuSurg: winner of the Australasian Serious Game Challenge, 2018,
- Depict: Finalist at the 2009 Independent Game Festival’s “Next Great Mobile Game” category
- 30 under 30 - Profile Honourable Mention by Develop Pacific
Talks and Presentations
Fringe Game Craft: An Exploration of Fantasy Consoles and Exotic Tools
2024. DiGRA Guadalajara
Serenade: Celebrating games from the Fringes
2024. Freeplay Angles. Melbourne, Australia.
Domains in Play: Game Design meets DDD
2024. Domain-Driven Design Australia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-umuCXS3LI&t=1s
The Use and Potential of Games in learning processes
2022. Online Presentation. University of Guadalajara
Applied Gaming: An Interactive Tour of the Uses and Potential of Games in Learning.
2022. Full-day workshop. University of Guadalajara. XXIX Distance Learning Conference.
Sound Scouts - Testing the Range of Serious Games
2021. Online Presentation. Games for Change Asia-Pacific
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXQhnpksUiE
A Digital Future with Meaning; the Sound Scouts Story’
2020. Panel Discussion. Australian Computer Society
https://www.acs.org.au/cpd-education/event-detail.html?eventId=7010o000001jQHt
Innovations in Sound
2019. Society of Motion Picture Television Engineers
The Poetics of Space in Digital Environments
2016. Presentation. Sydney Interactive Arts Meetup.
Whats next in tech?, Gaming technological innovations
2015. Panel Discussion. Game ON, Vivid Sydney
Sound Scouts: The Hearing Game
2012. Games for Change Australia & New Zealand Festival
Depict. A mobile game experiment
2009. Sense of Wonder Night. Tokyo Game Show
Publications
Hearing tests are just child’s play: the sound scouts game for children entering school. Dillon, H., Mee, C., Moreno, J. C., & Seymour, J. (2018). International Journal of Audiology, 57(7), 529–537. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2018.1463464
Education
Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology
Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
Advanced Diploma in Informatics
Centro de Enseñanza Técnica Industrial, Guadalajara México
Diploma in Digital Media
Techincal and Further Education (TAFE), Sydney Australia
Certificate IV in Digital Media
Techincal and Further Education (TAFE), Sydney Australia