A game industry veteran, Dave is a graduate of MICA and began his career at Microprose Software in 1995, becoming Art Director at Big Huge Games in 2000. There, he led a 26-person art team on titles like Rise of Nations and Rise of Legends, the latter earning Gamespy’s Special Achievement in Art Direction Award. In 2010, he joined Zynga as Art Director, working on FrontierVille and CityVille 2. Since 2014, he has taught concept art at MICA and has spoken at GDC and SCAD’s Game Developer eXchange. In 2018, he became Founder and President of UX is Fine, helping fellow game makers improve their UI and UX development.