Speakers
Jay Villanueva, Technical Product Design Director, Epic Games
Jay Villanueva is a Product Manager on Unreal Editor for Fortnite. With over 23 years in game development, he began as a game scripter and level designer before evolving into a technical game designer, often building tools and systems to empower their teams. That passion for empowering others led him to UEFN, where his focus is ensuring developers have the capabilities to make the games they imagine. Throughout his career, Jay has worked across genres and platforms, contributing to several AAA titles. At the core of his work is a belief that games are where art and mathematics collide to form one of the most powerful mediums of expression: the ability for anyone to create a virtual world for others to enjoy.