Michelle Menard

Lead Designer at Oxide Games

Michelle Menard is a published author (Game Development with Unity), board game designer (Gateway: Uprising), and veteran video game developer. Michelle previously worked with the other Oxide founders and senior management at Firaxis on titles such as Civilization V, Civilization: Revolution, and XCOM: Enemy Unknown. In addition to being a former college professor teaching game history and theory at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Michelle has also spoken at the White House as a guest speaker on game design.

Timeline

  • Lead Designer

    Current role