Thomas Allen

Thomas Allen is a video producer, director, editor, and writer with 20 years of experience covering video games. He has also produced panels at Dreamhack, SIGGRAPH, PAX East, PAX South, CES, LA Cosplay Con, and E3 venues such as 1010 and Hotel Figueroa. Since 2001 he has directed the awards program for NAVGTR as its executive director. In 2006, he co-founded Avatoy, Inc. for various event and media productions, receiving funding from Smart Market Fund, Inc. Recently, he served as the former chair of the IGDA Developer Credit SIG to encourage the adoption of proposed credit standards.