Don Geyer
Don Geyer is CEO and founder of ThreeGates a game development company based on the island of Gotland, Sweden.
www.threegates.se
ThreeGates is currently developing the game Aethereus. In his role Don oversees all aspects of studio operations, business development, and acts as creative producer for the Aethereus Game project including hands on management of the team of over 30 professional game developers.
www.aethereusgame.com
As Chairman of the Industry Advisory Board for The International School of Game Design Uppsala, Sweden, Don has developed close ties between the academic entities and the game industry in Scandinavia. Don also conducts game design research in the area of Game localization, Game Monetization as well as game mechanics and formats.
Don is also CEO for Digital UFO Suzhou, China: Digital UFO is currently working on several projects focused on the Chinese and Asian Market.
Don Geyer was Program Director for the University of Gotland Game Department from 2005 Ð 2010 which included three separate educational programs and over 500 students.
Don was the founder and Project Leader for the JADE project which helped support female game students to create their own game companies and provides extra support for them to enter into game educations.
Don has been working as a Game Producer on several large scale game projects including: Simulation Sweden, a society simulation game project funded by the Swedish Government, P18 Swedish Mobile Infantry Simulation. Don was Creator and Event Producer for the Gotland Game Awards from 2007 - 2010 a game contest focusing on student and independent games with alternative success criteria.
www.gotlandgameawards.se/gga10
