Rick Porter

Rick Porter is an experienced design director currently leading the teams for Squadron 42 and Star Citizen at Cloud Imperium Games since September 2019. With a strong foundation in technical design, Rick has previously contributed as Squadron 42's Design Director and in roles such as Assistant Technical Design Director and Lead Technical Designer, focusing on building FPS gameplay. Rick's background includes serving as an adjunct faculty member at Southern New Hampshire University, teaching game design and development using Unreal Engine 4, as well as holding leadership positions at Starbreeze Studios and Gearbox Software, where significant projects included Overkill's The Walking Dead and Borderlands series. An owner and developer at Fourth Wall Interactive, Inc., Rick has also worked in various capacities in game and application development, earning a Master's degree in Interactive Technology in Digital Game Development from Southern Methodist University and a Bachelor's in Computer Information Systems from DeVry Institute of Technology.