Mike Fahmie

Mike Fahmie has a long and varied career in the gaming industry. Mike began their career in 2005 as a Programmer at Santa Cruz Games. In 2006, they moved to Page 44 Studios as a Programmer. In 2008, they joined NVIDIA as an Embedded Graphics Engineer. In 2009, they moved to Crowdstar as a Lead Engineer. In 2011, they founded Fifth Column Games, where they shipped titles such as Top Shot, NBA2K17, Duck Dynasty, Ancient Aliens, War of Omens, and Mr. Robot Season_4.0_ARG. Mike also determined studio priorities and direction, and managed the art, design, production, and engineering teams. In 2022, they joined Google as an Engineering Manager for YouTube Gaming and Stadia.

Mike Fahmie attended the University of California, Santa Cruz from 2000 to 2004, where they studied Computer Engineering.