Speakers
Jacob Schwitzer, Game Producer, Nebraska Public Media
Jacob Schwitzer is a member of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin with a background in storytelling and game development. Raised on the Menominee Reservation, Jacob's family fostered his love for storytelling and games by reading to him at a young age and gifting him a Nintendo DS at the age of ten. Those loves propelled him to the University of Wisconsin - Stout, where he earned his B.S. in Computer Science with a concentration in Game Design and Development. There, he gained hands-on experience with developing games and used that knowledge to create VR apps for the College of Menominee Nation and Penn State University. Jacob now works at Nebraska Public Media as a Software Developer and Game Producer, where he works with a diverse team to create games in their Emerging Media department.