Sonic Mania/Staff

This article pertains to the staff members behind of Sonic Mania.

Developed by

 * Christian Whitehead
 * Headcannon
 * PagodaWest Games

Lead Developer

 * Christian Whitehead

Project Manager

 * Hunter Bridges

Business Dev

 * Greg Dawson

Lead Programmer

 * Christian Whitehead

Programmer

 * Simon "Stealth" Thomley
 * Hunter Bridges

Lead Designer

 * Jared Kasl

Designer

 * Brad Flick
 * Taryn Costello
 * Michael Balm

Art Director

 * Tom Fry

Artist

 * Paul Veer
 * Kieran Gates
 * Lucas "Midio" Carvalho

Composer

 * Tee Lopes

Mastering

 * Falk Au Yeong

Sound Design

 * Hunter Bridges
 * Jameson Sutton

Announcer

 * Takenobu Mitsuyoshi

Audio Engineer

 * Jun Senoue

VP of Product Development and Creative Services

 * Takashi Iizuka

Director of Creative Services

 * Kazuyuki Hoshino

Director of Product Development

 * Austin Keys

Producer

 * Lola Shiraishi

CEO

 * Tom Crago

Producer

 * Joss Ellis

Switch Lead

 * David Lally

Programmer

 * Sean O'Sullivan
 * Derek Johnson

QA Lead

 * David Doe
 * Sheylla Tupia

Composed by

 * Masato Nakamura

Director, Lead Animator

 * Tyson Hesse

Music

 * "Friends" By Hyper Potions

Animation Supervisor

 * Takashi Iizuka
 * Kazuyuki Hoshino

Animation Producer

 * Aaron Webber

Animation Assistance

 * Studio Yotta
 * Mariel Cartwright

BG Illustration

 * Hans Tseng

Compositing, Motion Graphics

 * Brady Hartel
 * Jon Kim

Special Thanks

 * Elizabeth Ramirez
 * Lana Kasl and Baby Tenly
 * Rachel Steinberg
 * John Hardin
 * Allie Doyon
 * Michael Cisneros
 * Jasmin Hernandez
 * Alex "The Kidd" Solverson
 * Mai Kiyotaki
 * Edith Yang
 * Kitty Mach
 * Peter Bowman
 * Misty Noor
 * Ben Westhoven
 * Sergio Montealegre
 * Aaron Webber
 * Sam Mullen
 * Westin

CEO and COO

 * Tasuyuki Miyazaki

Executive VP

 * Yusuke Suai

SVP

 * Ivo Gerscovich

VP of Product Development and Creative Services

 * Takashi Iizuka

Director of Product Development

 * Austin Keys

Producer

 * Lola Shiraishi
 * Miki Takahashi
 * Terri Watanabe

Marketing Manager

 * Ari Sapriel

Marketing Associate

 * Nathan Shabazi

PR Manager

 * Edith Yang

Social Media Manager

 * Aaron Webber

Social Media Coordinator

 * Sergio Montealegre

Licensing Director

 * Anoulay Tsai

Senior Manager

 * Sylvia Barraza

PD Manager

 * Sandra Jo

Associate Manager

 * Alex "The Kidd" Solverson

Specialist

 * Michael Cisneros

PD Coordinator

 * Mai Kiyotaki

Director of Creative Services

 * Kazuyuki Hoshino

Senior Graphic Designer

 * Jimmy Lenoir

Graphic Designer

 * Petia Koutzarova

Producer

 * Marlene Sharp

Production Coordinator

 * Jasmin Hernandez
 * Ayumi Tanioka

Director of Legal and Business

 * Cindy Lin

Legal and Business Counsel

 * Wendy Wang

SVP of Publishing

 * Naoto Hiraoka

VP of Sales and Marketing

 * Tim Pivnicny

Director of Business Planning

 * Kenya Numata

Sales Administration Manager

 * Nathan Harris

Sales Administrator

 * Connie Chinn

Financial Analyst

 * Hajime Sugino

Marketing

 * Robyn Mukai Koshi

Marketing Associate

 * Sara Chan

Creative Designers

 * Ayami Haruno
 * Amy Shimoshige

Web Designer

 * James Kaneshiro

Events and Purchasing Manager

 * Kathy Park

VP of Production

 * Bill Alexander

QA Manager

 * Carl Chen

Asst QA Manager

 * Scott Williams

QA Lead

 * Elwood Cruz

QA Compliance Specialist

 * Rob Stone

QA Testers

 * Tony Resendes
 * Adam Borno
 * Ian Kelly
 * Logan Sandefur
 * Steven Kawafuchi

Senior Systems Admin

 * Bryan Kuhl

IT Guy Tyrone

 * Brian "Bquick" Quach

COO

 * Jurgen Post

CFO

 * John Ward

SVP

 * Martin Servante

Head of Studio Localisation and ESD

 * Charlie Harris

Producer

 * Teppei Otsuka

Head of Program Office

 * Mark le Breton

Submission Manager

 * Mike Veness

Process and TCM Manager

 * Ben Howell

Senior SDET

 * Mindaugas Batutis

Junior SDET

 * Gordon McKendrick

Head of QA and Localisation

 * Ghulam Khan

Production Manager

 * Adrian Daly

Project Lead

 * Owen Hewitt

Resource Manager

 * Ben Jackson

Training and Recruitment Supervisor

 * Julie Metior

Localisation Manager

 * Marta Lois González

Localisation Project Supervisor

 * Antonella Marras

Lead Translators

 * Luis J Paredes
 * Nicole Thomer
 * Jesús Álvarez

Translators

 * Chiara Canu
 * Gwladys Gaye
 * Giulia Checchi
 * Giuseppe Rosa
 * Sebastián Salguero
 * Martin Schmalz
 * Alexia Trensch
 * Sarah Breton
 * Enrico Sette

Functionality QA Lead

 * Stephen Edwards

Functionality QA Senior Tester

 * Jasper Engels

Functionality QA Testers

 * Dumitru Garofil
 * Dwayne Husbands
 * Errol Burke
 * Luke Nelson
 * Michael Pelling
 * Prathan Lothongkum
 * Simone Decardi-Nelson
 * John Wright
 * Zack Garvey
 * Amandeep Gosal

Localisation QA Supervisor

 * Ruggero Varisco

Localisation QA Team Lead

 * Alan Desole

Localisation QA

 * Jérémié Maréchau
 * Antonio Matrone
 * Irina Hoff
 * Jose Torres

Compliance QA Team Leads

 * David Jenkins
 * Gerson de Sousa

Compliance QA Senior Tester

 * Renato Insalaco

Compliance QA Testers

 * Marta Baquero
 * Michael Blanco

Mastering and Equipment Manager

 * Francesco Fraulo

Equipment and Shift Coordinator

 * Tony Langan

Mastering and Build Engineer

 * Shaun Young

Equipment and Mastering Coordinator

 * Danny Florey

Assistant Mastering Technician

 * Ashar Dubois

Administration and Finance Coordinator

 * Chris Bien

Development Service Administrator

 * Chris Geiles

Customer Service Manager

 * John White

Marketing Director

 * Anna Downing

Senior Product Manager

 * Ben Walker
 * Tim Breach
 * Lewis Herbert

Brand Manager

 * Derek Seklecki

Marketing Manager

 * Reena Sood

Product Manager

 * James Dyer

Head of PR

 * Peter Oliver

PR Manager

 * Sarah Head

PR Assistant

 * Kerry Barrett

Senior Marketing Manager

 * Alfonso Cubias

PR Manager

 * Erica Denning

Head of Creative Services

 * Jeff Webber

Traffic Manager

 * Samra Halli

Creative Team Manager

 * Noud Tempelaere

Senior Creative Designer

 * Ranj Vekaria

Creative Artworker

 * James Kent

Video Suite Manager

 * Elliot Kidner

Video Suite Editor

 * Chris Bailey

Video Suite Assistant

 * Una Marzorati

SVP, Commercial Publishing

 * John Clark

Content Director

 * Dean Trotman

Head of Brand

 * Rowan Tafler

Senior Content Manager

 * Bobby Wertheim

VP of Digital Business

 * James Schall

Business Development Director

 * Peter Chan
 * Stephane Bonazza

Technical Director

 * Steve Sharp

EMEA Sales Director

 * Alison Gould

Head of EMEA Sales

 * Simon Inch

EMEA Sales Account Manager

 * Stephanie Olbe

Senior Business Manager

 * Anh Luong

Junior Digital Account Manager

 * Charlotte Rouget-Murphy

Digital Distribution Assistant

 * Megan Garett

Senior Business Analyst

 * Jarvis Crofts

Business Analysts

 * Filippo Mingione
 * Pedro Gonzales

Product Launch Manager

 * James Gourlay

Product Launch Assistant

 * Clinton Allman

Marketing Assistant

 * Zamir Bandali

SVP, Business Planning

 * Katsuhiro Ichinose

Director of Business Analyst

 * Jean-Yves Lapasset

Publishing Project Manager

 * Ryoko Nakao

Senior Business Planning Analyst

 * Yoshiko Mukaiyama

Business Planning Co-ordinator

 * Takashi Nakaya

Business Analyst

 * Matthew Hodgson

Junior Business Analyst

 * Samuel Riches

European Research Manager

 * Lucy Peaple

European Research Executive

 * Douglas Owusu

European Research Assistant

 * Daniel Vincent

Head of Operations

 * Natalie Cooke
 * Linda Kershaw

Operations Co-ordinator

 * Jacob Nixon

Director of EU Brand Licensing

 * Jason Rice

Senior Licensing Manager

 * Toby Rayfield

Retail Licensing Manager

 * Kay Ferneyhough

Product Development Manager

 * Samuel Byard

Licensing Co-ordinator

 * Jason Goonery

Junior Graphic Designer

 * Paul Dunn

Director of Legal and Business Affairs

 * Nicky Ormrod

Head of Licensing

 * Nivine Emeran

Legal Counsels

 * Daniel Finegold
 * Ilan Pdahtzur

Legal Executive

 * Lola Okuboyejo

Finance Director

 * Deepak Sharma

Finance Controller

 * Michael Riley

Group Finance Manager

 * Lenia Peros

Finance Manager

 * Paul Foley

Credit Control Manager

 * Pauline McDonagh

Management Accountant

 * Tac Hau

Accounts Payable Supervisor

 * Bradley Matthews

Accounts Co-ordinator

 * Sunil Kalotia

Oracle Applications Support

 * Luke Walker

Oracle Finance Applications Support

 * Richard Welch

Head of Design and Development

 * Nick McKenzie

Lead Interactive Designer

 * Sean Gallagher

Junior Online Producer

 * Scott Bone

Senior Web Designer

 * Marta Camilo

Director of Technology

 * Stuart Wright

Head of Live Operations and Development

 * Francis Hart

Senior Systems Infrastructure Analyst

 * Jide Agbalaya

Network and Security Manager

 * Kashif Iqbal

Network and Security Technician

 * Clinton Littlejohn

Network and Security

 * Mohamed Bensakrane

Linux Live Operations Engineer

 * Borislav Velchev

Project Manager

 * Paul Leclerq

Online Service Developer

 * Navin Algoo

Web Developer

 * Rob Howard

Data Architect

 * Felix Baker

Junior Data Developer

 * Jagdeep Gosal

IT Support Manager

 * Luis de Mendonca

Junior IT Support Technician

 * Bryan Mencias
 * Stacy Lovage

Live Operations Monitoring Lead

 * Peter Hamilton

Live Operations Monitoring Engineer

 * Ricky Hetherington
 * Fernando Azevedo
 * Rikki Laffar
 * Daniel Dixon
 * Haren Patel

Director of HR

 * Ben Harrison

HR Manager

 * Eithne Metchalfe-Bliss

Payroll and Benefits Manager

 * Shilpa Pandya

Talent Executive

 * Ashleigh Meale

HR Assistant

 * Roseanna Jefferson

Facilities Manager

 * Aidan Bass

Corporate Office Manager

 * Lindsay Cox

Receptionist

 * Alexia Hudson

Localization Support

 * Tatsuyuki Miyazaki
 * Tatsuya Shikata
 * Shintaro Tanioka
 * Takuma Hatori
 * Emi Yamane
 * Takuya Kishimoto
 * Kohei Kondo

Marketing

 * Toyohisa Hiwatari
 * Satoshi Imai
 * Sho Nanmoku

Executive Marketing Supervisor

 * Hiroyuki Miyazaki

Promotion

 * Takayoshi Ohuchi
 * Koji Uemura
 * Natsuki Sato
 * Risa Araki
 * Ruiko Miyamoto
 * Ikuo Ishizaka

First Party Managers

 * Tetsou Sasaki
 * Chiaki Furuya

PR

 * Mamoru Kodama
 * Yuko Yasuda
 * Teruyuki Kaida
 * Rei Kawasaki
 * Akane Inoue

Asia Business Dept

 * Go Saito
 * Shintaro Tanioka
 * Takako Takusagawa
 * Quan Yang
 * Takeyuki Iso
 * Kenji Sonobe
 * Hiroshi Seno
 * Takuji Konuma
 * Kenta Ueno
 * Yosuke Okunari
 * Takafumi Osaka
 * Yui Funakoshi
 * Ryuta Sakamoto

Package and Manual Production

 * Yoshihiro Sakuta
 * Hiroki Osawa
 * Colin Restall
 * Makoto Nishino
 * Takuya Hamamoto

Product Test

 * Takashi Shoji
 * Akira Nishikawa
 * Osamu Sato
 * Kenzo Kadowaki
 * Takayuki Miyazaki
 * Atsushi Furukawa
 * Kenji Takahashi
 * Chiharu Yoshida

Quality Assurance

 * Tomoki Kaji
 * Kazuhiko Morii
 * Yasuyuki Hattori
 * Yuji Nakamura
 * Shunya Shimizu

Web Design

 * Yuichi Kikuchi

Chef Producer

 * Osamu Ohashi

Executive Producer

 * Haruki Satomi
 * Kenji Matsubara
 * Toshihiro Nagoshi

@SEGA 2017