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Kaci's experience in communications spans almost three decades, which she didn't realize was that long until sitting down to type this. Her work at Valve spans everything from Steam communications with players and developers, to press and public communications around hardware and game launches. Before joining Valve in 2019, Kaci worked in radio and television as a reporter and host. Live TV turned out to be a quick way to learn how to find creative and genuine ways to share stories with a wide variety of audiences and, fun fact, gave strangers a chance to tell her how ugly her outfit might be that day! Kaci also has a background in improv comedy, which won't be apparent much today but which her husband and two young daughters would confirm (with a roll of the eyes). When not convincing her family she's funny you can find her doing puzzles, skiing in the winter, and going to bed early.

A failed real‑world economist who read too many Yanis Varoufakis VALVeconomics posts and thought fake economics was way more fun. He worked at Scopley before moving onto Battlefield at DICE, then new projects at Amazon Game Studios. Phillip has been consulting at Game Economist Consulting for the past year and yelling into the void on the Deconstructor of Fun and Game Economist Cast podcasts.

Tom is on the Steam team at Valve. He spends most of his time talking to game developers and publishers about how to make the most of Steam’s tools and features. He has worked at Valve since 2012. 

Ichiro is CEO of Totally Human Media, where he is solving game discovery with the We Love Every Game initiative. He co-founded the studio that evolved into Sony Online Denver, and award-winning indie Dejobaan Games. While moonlighting at Valve, Ichiro helped establish Steam Labs, refining game discovery to bridge the gap between thousands of games and the millions of gamers who would love them.