Speakers
Find a full list of this year's GDC Festival of Gaming speakers here.
Toby Ragaini, Design Lead, Blizzard
Toby Ragaini is a design lead on the World of Warcraft development team at Blizzard Entertainment. As a specialist in the intersection of product management, game design, and development, Toby's abiding goal is to delight players and create an environment where other developers can thrive and realize their best work. On World of Warcraft, Toby is focused on player housing, where he leads the content design effort for the neighborhoods and the newly launched endeavors. Toby joined Blizzard Entertainment in 2022 for World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, and has worked on every WoW expansion since. A true pioneer in the MMO space, Toby directed the design efforts on the classic MMOs, Asheron's Call and The Matrix Online before co-founding his own game studio. Toby graduated with distinction from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Biotechnology. When not working on games, Toby enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter, reading One-Punch Man, and acquiring forgotten treasures.