Joey Willard

Joey Willard is an experienced professional in the field of quality assurance and testing. Joey started their career in 2006 as a QA tester at Crave Entertainment, where they were responsible for testing, checklist tests, and stress testing network gameplay.

In 2008, Joey joined Rockstar Games as a Dev QA, where they tested builds, assisted the multiplayer design team, and conducted stress testing for multiplayer online scenarios.

From 2010 to 2011, Joey worked as a QA Lead at Crave Games, where they developed test plans, assigned tasks to the test team, and assisted developers with bug information via email or phone.

Joey then joined SuperBot Entertainment, Inc. in 2011 as a Senior QA, where they worked on the game Playstation All-Stars Battle Royal. Their responsibilities included bug tracking, providing feedback for character balancing, and creating test case scenarios for multiplayer functionality.

In 2013, Joey joined Appy Entertainment, Inc. as an Associate Producer/Lead QA/Level Designer/Jr Artist. Joey worked on task schedules, communicated with 3rd party studios, and created levels for the company's games.

In 2014, Joey had two roles simultaneously. Joey worked as a Senior Quality Assurance at High Moon Studios for a brief period, before joining WD, a Western Digital company as a Final Test Operator. In this role, they supported production assembly and test processes, assisted systems engineers with firmware development, and prepared components and assemblies for testing.

Most recently, since 2017, Joey has been working at MobilityWare as a Senior Quality Assurance Analyst.

Joey Willard obtained a BS in Science with a focus on Multimedia and Animation from The Art Institutes, where they studied from 2003 to 2006.