Kellee Santiago

Kellee Santiago is a games industry veteran, currently serving as an advisor at Akupara Games. Kellee has over a decade of experience in the games industry, with a particular focus on production and management.

Santiago got their start in the industry as a co-founder and CEO of Night Light Interactive, a studio they ran for over seven years. During that time, they oversaw the development of several successful mobile games, including the popular puzzle game Unblock Me.

In 2012, Santiago took on the role of producer at Puuba, an indie games studio. Kellee helped finance and produce the rhythm-combat game The Metronomicon, which was released to critical acclaim in 2016. Kellee also produced websites, social media campaigns, and banner ads for major entertainment companies such as Paramount, Universal, Dreamworks, Sony, and Hulu.

Most recently, Santiago served as executive producer at Tonk Tonk Games, where they managed the production of the upcoming mobile fighting game uFighter.

Kellee Santiago graduated with a BS in Applied Computer Graphics with a focus in Communications from California State University, Chico.