We're a small production company that operates on the "Hollywood" model--we assemble the right combination of personnel for each project, drawing first from our core team and then an established network of industry veterans.

 

 

Tony Walsh, Founding Director

Tony Walsh has been playing, modifying, and developing games for over 30 years. He has helped plan and execute story-driven interactive projects since the early 1990s, including four award-winning extended-TV games. A multi-disciplined creative, Walsh has become internationally-recognized for his work at the intersection of games and culture.

In 2008, Walsh founded Phantom Compass, a Toronto-based game production company. He leads the company in providing products and services to broadcasters and media producers in Canada, the US and UK.

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Russell Montgomery, Technical Director

For more than 15 years, Russell has been leading teams through the technical planning, development, and deployment of interactive digital media projects. He uses his extensive experience to deliver services that satisfy the needs of both the client and end-users by ensuring that the technical requirements are fulfilled and the business objectives are supported. In all aspects of his work, whether developing software, designing databases, or configuring servers, Russell is focused on providing solutions that are efficient, reliable, and maintainable.

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Diane Murenbeeld, Consulting Producer

A senior producer with 13 years in the industry, Diane offers consultation on the entire browser-based games development process from inception to final execution.

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Alanna Vopni, Production Coordinator, Interactive Screenwriter

Alanna has a dual administrative and creative role at Phantom Compass, managing workflow across the company's projects as Production Coordinator, and contributing valuable writing skills to the company's screen-based initiatives.

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Steven Davis, Security Partner via IT GlobalSecure

Steven Davis is the CEO of IT GlobalSecure and provides security services to Phantom Compass (read the press release here). A world leader in game security solutions, Mr. Davis has been featured speaker, session leader, or instructor at: Online GDC 2007 in Seattle, Korean Game Conference 06, GDC 2006, numerous private corporate sessions in 2008, Texas Independent Game Developer's Conference, Austin Game Conference, and Digital Expo in Raleigh NC. He is also regularly seen at the E3 Game Conferences in California. Featured author in Game Developer's Quarterly and other professional publications. Mr. Davis writes the internationally popular PlayNoEvil Game Blog.

 

 

Lindsay Mills, Alternate Reality Game Designer / Writer

Since discovering Alternate Reality Games (ARGs) back in 2003, Lindsay has immersed herself behind the scenes as a “Puppetmaster,” helping to create several successful grassroots games.

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