Pranas Pauliukonis

Pranas Pauliukonis is a seasoned technology director with extensive experience in the gaming industry, currently serving in this role at Sparkypants Studios, LLC since January 2013. Prior to this, Pranas held the position of architect at Zynga, where involvement included leading programming for CityVille 2. At Big Huge Games (38 Studios) and Big Huge Games (THQ), Pranas worked as a senior architect, contributing to the programming of gameplay systems, animation systems, and AI for projects including Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, as well as gameplay and animation systems for Rise of Nations and Rise of Legends. Earlier experience includes programming at EA Tiburon, with a focus on AI and animation for Madden Football. Pranas Pauliukonis earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from Virginia Tech, completing studies in 1999.