Tobi Saulnier

As Founder and CEO of 1st Playable Productions, Tobi Saulnier leads the studio in the creation of unique, ground breaking, and awesome games. A technophile at heart, she started her career in R&D in embedded and distributed systems at General Electric Research and Development, where she also led initiatives in new product development, software quality, business strategy, and outsourcing. An upstate NY native, she earned her BS, MS, and PhD in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She's passionate about social entrepreneurship and the challenges of creating a community-centric local small business that can be sustainable in an aggressive global market. Also, she has goats.