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March 9-13, 2026
Moscone CenterSan Francisco, CA

Speakers

Serge KnystautasSoftware and Game EntrepreneurStealth Gaming Company

Serge Knystautas is a game-tech and engineering leader based in Los Angeles, best known for building and scaling engineering organizations for online/live-service game teams. He served as Head of Engineering at Gardens Interactive, where his mandate included rebuilding the engineering org, resetting how the team works, and hiring. Previously, his background includes senior engineering leadership (including Director of Software Engineering at Riot Games) and Head of Engineering at Singularity 6, where he cites scaling culture/team and helping launch an MMO with over 1M monthly active users. He also speaks publicly on rapid multiplayer iteration and backend/platform approaches (e.g., an Unreal Fest talk), and on game-dev process trends and AI.

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