Jesse Schell

American video game designer (born 1970) Jesse SchellSchell, 2010Born (1970-06-13) June 13, 1970 (age 56)EducationRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteCarnegie Mellon UniversityKnown for Toontown Online The Art of Game Design SpouseNyra SchellAwardsTop 10 Young Innovators Scientific careerFieldsComputer scienceEntertainment TechnologyWorkplacesCarnegie Mellon UniversitySchell Games Jesse N. Schell (born June 13, 1970) is an American video game designer and author, as well as the CEO of Schell Games, and a distinguished professor of the practice of entertainment technology at CMU's Entertainment Technology Center (ETC), a joint master's program between the College of Fine Arts and School of Computer Science in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Schell earned a bachelor's degree in computer science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and subsequently, earned a master's degree in Information Networking from Carnegie Mellon University. His early career consisted of his work as a Software Engineer for IBM and Bell Communications Research. He then moved to Los Angeles to work with Disney Imagineering. He has also worked as a writer, director, performer, juggler, comedian, and circus artist for