Wade Tinney
Founding Partner, CEO, Executive Producer
Wade founded Large Animal Games with Josh Welber in January of 2001, but has been designing and developing games since 1996. He holds an MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons School of Design. An active member of the International Game Developers Association, Wade was a charter steering committee member for the Casual Games Special Interest Group and the founding editor of the Casual Games Quarterly. He currently leads the New York City Chapter of the IGDA. Wade has also taught undergraduate and graduate courses in game design at Parsons School of Design and New York University, and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences around the world.
Founding Partner, CEO, Executive Producer
Wade founded Large Animal Games with Josh Welber in January of 2001, but has been designing and developing games since 1996. He holds an MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons School of Design. An active member of the International Game Developers Association, Wade was a charter steering committee member for the Casual Games Special Interest Group and the founding editor of the Casual Games Quarterly. He currently leads the New York City Chapter of the IGDA. Wade has also taught undergraduate and graduate courses in game design at Parsons School of Design and New York University, and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences around the world.
Josh Welber
Founding Partner, CTO
Josh has worked as a programmer and game developer since 1997. In January of 2001, he founded Large Animal Games with partner Wade Tinney. Since then, Large Animal has developed over 90 games for a variety of platforms. Josh is the principal architect of Large Animal's proprietary Toga™ platform which enables the deployment of social games across multiple networks and devices, provides rich analytics for optimizing social games, and a full ecommerce toolset for active management of e-tail and in-game economies.
Founding Partner, CTO
Josh has worked as a programmer and game developer since 1997. In January of 2001, he founded Large Animal Games with partner Wade Tinney. Since then, Large Animal has developed over 90 games for a variety of platforms. Josh is the principal architect of Large Animal's proprietary Toga™ platform which enables the deployment of social games across multiple networks and devices, provides rich analytics for optimizing social games, and a full ecommerce toolset for active management of e-tail and in-game economies.
Brad MacDonald
Art Director
Brad was Large Animal's first full time hire, and has been working with the company since 2001. In addition to developing many client games, he has led the look and feel for Large Animal's award winning original games. Brad is a frequent speaker on art and interaction, speaking at conferences such as GDC China and Games Expo. He has been illustrating and animating since 1989 for such organizations as MTV Networks, Sci-Fi Channel, Tommy Hilfiger, NFL, Nascar, The Gap, Sony Records, RCA Records, Epitaph Records, CNBC, The Ethiopian Commentator, MaMaMedia, The LA Galaxy (pro soccer team) and Nickelodeon.
Art Director
Brad was Large Animal's first full time hire, and has been working with the company since 2001. In addition to developing many client games, he has led the look and feel for Large Animal's award winning original games. Brad is a frequent speaker on art and interaction, speaking at conferences such as GDC China and Games Expo. He has been illustrating and animating since 1989 for such organizations as MTV Networks, Sci-Fi Channel, Tommy Hilfiger, NFL, Nascar, The Gap, Sony Records, RCA Records, Epitaph Records, CNBC, The Ethiopian Commentator, MaMaMedia, The LA Galaxy (pro soccer team) and Nickelodeon.
Douglas Yellin
Director of Product
With nearly 20 years of software experience and skillsets in Strategy, Optimization, Development, Content, Design and Marketing, Douglas is a visionary in Innovation and Digital Transformation. His expertise includes hands-on experience in the key technologies reshaping the way business is done—both platforms-- web, mobile, iTV, tablets, game consoles, social platforms, etc. and emerging trends and technologies-- touch-screen interfaces, personalized content, social media, blogs, user-generated (and viral) content, rich-media (HD) experiences, AI and interactive entertainment. Doug's creativity and insight have profited the world's top brands and companies, from Disney to Citigroup, South Park to Universal Studios, Warner Brothers, American Express, Six Flags, South Park, Mary-Kate & Ashley, Echostar and more. He is a graduate of Princeton University and is the latest addition to Large Animal’s Management Team.
Director of Product
With nearly 20 years of software experience and skillsets in Strategy, Optimization, Development, Content, Design and Marketing, Douglas is a visionary in Innovation and Digital Transformation. His expertise includes hands-on experience in the key technologies reshaping the way business is done—both platforms-- web, mobile, iTV, tablets, game consoles, social platforms, etc. and emerging trends and technologies-- touch-screen interfaces, personalized content, social media, blogs, user-generated (and viral) content, rich-media (HD) experiences, AI and interactive entertainment. Doug's creativity and insight have profited the world's top brands and companies, from Disney to Citigroup, South Park to Universal Studios, Warner Brothers, American Express, Six Flags, South Park, Mary-Kate & Ashley, Echostar and more. He is a graduate of Princeton University and is the latest addition to Large Animal’s Management Team.