Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric/Staff

This article pertains to the staff members behind Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric.

Founder & Creative Director

 * Bob Rafei

Co-Founder & Technical Director

 * Jeff Lander

Lead Writer

 * John Melchior

Senior Programmers

 * Carl Henrik-Skarstedt
 * Jim Geldmacher
 * Marc dePeo
 * Mark Pope

Programmers

 * Cosmo Fumo
 * Johnathan Nielsen
 * Kirk Martinez

Additional Story By

 * Christian Cantamessa

Lead Designer

 * Brian McInerny

Principal Designer

 * Christian Senn

Senior Level Designers

 * Kirk Tome
 * Sean Wissler

Senior Designer

 * Ed Moore

Designers

 * Ben Strickland
 * Frank Hernandez III
 * Jake Miller
 * Jordan Smith
 * Kevin Hsu
 * Mark Vernon
 * Mike Padoongpatt
 * Valmore Riera

Lead Animator

 * Justin Rasch

Senior Animators

 * Daesup Chang
 * Haissam Badawi

Animators

 * Arlington Cruz
 * David Nam
 * Shiva Adloori
 * Todd Ammons
 * Tuan Nguyen

Additional Animation by

 * Devon Roderick
 * Jeffery Wallin

Art Manager

 * Alexander Stein

Cinematic Director

 * Dori Arazi

Cinematic Layout

 * Robert Diaz
 * Steve Munoz
 * Keren Albala

Concept Artists

 * Jason Norton
 * Travis Ruiz
 * Yuhki Demers

Visual Development Artists

 * Armand Serrano
 * Hugo Martin
 * Jake Wyatt
 * Nicholas Weis
 * Sylvain Deboissy
 * Travis Koller
 * Tyler West
 * Nicolas Villarreal
 * Edward Madrid

Lead Technical Artist

 * Eric A. Iwasaki

Senior Technical Artist

 * Yukari Kaneko

Lead Character Artist

 * Daniel Ramirez

Character Artist

 * Onur Cayli

Lead Character Rigging

 * Dimitri Frazao

Character Rigging

 * Mark McCall

UI Artist

 * Andy "Housepurse" Pursehouse

Lead Environment Artist

 * Adam Yeager

Senior Environment Artists

 * John Pearson
 * Victor Murillo

Environment Artists

 * Aaron Kim
 * Christian Davis
 * Dannie Carlone
 * Greg Prior
 * Kanae Fukuda
 * Martin Ocejo
 * Mick Jundt
 * Niles Tucker
 * Oscar Ponce
 * Robert Diaz
 * Ryan VanMeter
 * Shawnell Priester

Audio Director & Lead Sound Designer

 * Shane Kneip

Audio Implementer

 * Garner Knutson

Music by

 * Audissi Studios

Additional Percussion & Music Mixed

 * Mirko Vogel

External Sound Design

 * Funky Rustic, LLC.

Executive Producer

 * John Melchior

Senior Producer

 * Lisa Kapitsas

IT

 * Jeff "GreyTech" Kuhn

VP of Operations

 * Debbie Rafei

Administrator

 * Kathy Frank

QA Manager

 * Aj Hernandez

Sr. QA Testers

 * Amanda Rose
 * Jerry Cortes

Special Thanks

 * Aaron Walker
 * Achim Lang
 * Andrew Marquis
 * Andrey Khonich
 * Andy Teal
 * Angelica Morse
 * Aviv Arad
 * Boris Batkin
 * Britt's BBQ
 * Charles Russom
 * Craig Harris
 * DAM Recruiting
 * Dan Arey
 * Danetracks, Inc.
 * David Stelzer
 * Dean Rymer
 * Derek Douglas
 * Devon Roderick
 * Eric Williams
 * Gavin Dodd
 * Gerald Vera
 * Glen Kramer
 * James Coons
 * Jason Skiles
 * Jeff Harkavey
 * Jeffrey Wallin
 * Jordan Delgado
 * Judd Simantov
 * Justin Britch
 * Justin Leader
 * Justin Stearns
 * Keith Heerdt
 * Machine Head
 * Mack Sztaba
 * Marc Jackson
 * Mathieu Pinard
 * Matt Whiting
 * Michael Horwitz
 * Mike Bear
 * Mike Stout
 * Nathan Smith
 * Pencil Test Studio
 * Richard C Harris
 * Robert Flaska
 * Sanzaru Games
 * Sascha Hoba
 * Sher Gelb
 * Sleep Deprivation
 * Stephen Riesenberger
 * Steve Goldstein
 * The Chatham Group
 * Todd Weber
 * Travis Koller
 * Tyler Breon
 * VonChurch

Production Babies

 * Dean Ponce
 * Ford Joseph Pearson
 * Hudson Thomas Pearson
 * Jackson "The Bubs" Riera
 * Jameson Smith
 * Josephine "Josie" Yeager
 * Kaylie Jean Norton
 * Mila Ponce
 * Nolan dePeo

President

 * Charles Brungardt

Creative Director

 * Kedhrin Gonzalez

Producer

 * David Langeliers

Associate Producer

 * Cindy Garcia

Programming

 * Daniel Garcia
 * Nick Faletra

Design

 * Dennis Dryden
 * Samuel Wey
 * Nathan Ferguson
 * Dave Walsh
 * Anthony Ramos
 * James Garcia

Art

 * Shane Stoneman
 * Kyle Bromley
 * Ian Runnels
 * Cliff Schonewill
 * Josh Jones

VFX

 * Matt Hubel

Animation

 * Dojun Lee
 * Chris Palen
 * Greg Yoder

QA

 * Russell Peterson

Production

 * Stephen Frost

Senior Development Director

 * Todd Hartwig

Design Director

 * Chris Porter

Assistant Producer

 * Matt Ellison

Nintendo 3DS Producer

 * Omar Woodley

CFO, President, COO

 * John Cheng

EVP, Publishing & Strategic Planning

 * Yusuke Suai

Director of Corporate Planning

 * Kenya Numata

Business Planning Analyst

 * Chihiro Tanaka

Chief Content Officer

 * Hiroyuki Miyazaki

Dev Director, International

 * Patrick Riley

Director, Biz Dev & Content

 * Yumiko Nishi

Senior Director of Marketing

 * Marcella Churchill

Group Marketing Manager

 * Judy Gilbertson

Senior Marketing Manager

 * Derrek Peel

Associate Marketing Manager

 * Aaron Webber

Senior Public Relations Manager

 * Thu Nguyen

Director of Marketing Services

 * Jen Groeling

Senior Media and Events Manager

 * Teri Higgins

1st Party Coordinator

 * Andrew Wong

Senior Graphic Designer

 * Marco Garcia

Senior Video Production Manager

 * Carl Smolka

Video Editor

 * Arthur Swidzinski

Web Manager

 * Michael Dobbings

VP of Sales

 * Keith Gerhardt

Regional Sales Director

 * Jeremiah Wehler

Regional Sales Director

 * Frank Chiechi

Regional Sales Director

 * Michael Kacz

Sales Ops Account Manager

 * Linda Lei

Development Operations Manager

 * Stephen Akana

Mastering Supervisor

 * Rey Buzon

Senior Producer

 * Ken Ogasawara

Director of Licensing

 * Rene Flores

Retail Licensing Manager

 * Tyler Ham

Licensed Product Development Manager

 * Stacy Arnold-Strider

Licensing Coordinator

 * Anthony Gaccione

Customer Support Supervisor

 * Jeff Hawkins

Customer Service Rep

 * Evan Dombrowski
 * Nicolas Brenni

Senior Community Manager

 * Kellie Parker

Community Manager

 * Julian Mehfield

Director of Legal

 * Jerusha Herman

Associate Legal Counsel

 * Ziv Shmargad

Associate Legal Counsel

 * Autumn Laughton

HR Director

 * Michelle Whitmore

Manager of HR

 * Jenny Aftreth

IT Director

 * Jake Salgado

Network Manager

 * George Bueno

IT Helpdesk Manager

 * Rica Balagot

Senior Director, Accounting

 * Steven Choy

Payroll Manager

 * Fedora Armbrust

Senior Finance Manager

 * Jasen Chin

G/L Accountant

 * Emily Chow

Tax Director

 * Michael W. Dong

A/P A/R Manager

 * Rukshana Suazo

Sr. Credit Collections/Deductions Specialist

 * Cynthia Nombrado

Executive Assistant

 * Maki Goda

Adminitrative Assistant

 * Naoe Takahashi

Inventory and Materials Coordinator

 * Andy Navarro

Senior Facilities Coordinator

 * Joe Luna

Facilities Support & Mallroom Master

 * Shane Peterson

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Japanese translators provided by

 * Inbound

Editor

 * Osamu Shibamiya

Translator

 * Ayano Murofushi

Additional Material and Dialogue

 * Evan Bailey
 * Bill Freiberger
 * Alan Denton
 * Greg Hahn

VO Direction

 * Jack Fletcher

English Voice Actors

 * Roger Craig Smith
 * Travis Willingham
 * Mike Pollock
 * Erin Fitzgerald
 * Patrick Seitz
 * Colleen Villard
 * Cindy Robinson
 * Nika Futterman
 * Kirk Thornton
 * Ben Disken

English Voice Production

 * Studiopolis Inc.

Casting Directors

 * Jack Fletcher
 * Joe Moeller
 * Jamie Simone

Recording Engineers

 * Eric Lewis CAS
 * Dave Walsh
 * Ryan Johnson

Dialogue Editors

 * Terry Reiff
 * Elliot Anders
 * David W. Barr
 * Ernie Sheesley
 * Arnie Geher
 * Suzy Goldfish

Character Supervisors

 * Takashi Iizuka
 * Kazuyuki Hoshino
 * Yuji Uekawa
 * Harumasa Nakajima

Sales, Marketing, Localize support

 * Tatsuyuki Miyazaki
 * Shintaro Tanioka
 * Emi Yamane
 * Takuya Kishimo

COO of Sega Europe

 * Jurgen Post

CFO of Sega Europe

 * John Ward

Senior Vice President, Business Planning

 * Tatsuya Shikata

Director, Development Services Sega West

 * Jim Woods

Head of Studio Localization and ESD

 * Charlie Harris

Producer

 * Corinne Callois

Sonic Marketing Manager

 * Helen Churchill

Assistant Brand Manager

 * Colm Bannon

European Marketing Director

 * Amanda Farr

Senior International Product Manager

 * Anna Downing

Senior PR Executive

 * Sarah Head

Legal Counsel

 * Daniel Finegold

Head of Creative Services & Traffic

 * Jeff Webber

Creative Team Manager

 * Noud Tempelaere

Digital Traffic and 1st Party Submissions Coordinator

 * Kamaljyot Panaich

Senior Creative Designer

 * Ranj Vekaria

Creative Art worker

 * Steve Smith

Head of Program Office

 * Mark Le Breton

Process and TCM Manager

 * Ben Howell

Head of QA & Localization QA

 * Ghulam Khan

Product Managers

 * Teressa Wright
 * Simon Lawrence

Resource Manager

 * Ben Jackson

Localization Manager

 * Marta Lois González

Localization Project Supervisor

 * Antonella Marras

Lead Translator

 * Nicole Thomer

Translators

 * Chiara Canu
 * Gabriel Casas
 * Sebastián Salguero
 * Giuseppe Rosa
 * Anaïs Maniaval
 * Luis J. Paredes
 * Martin Schmalz
 * Giulia Checchi
 * Gwladys Gaye
 * Jesús Alvarez
 * Nura Völk

Mastering and Equipment Manager

 * Phil Adams

Senior Mastering Technician

 * Michael Veness

Assistant Mastering Technician

 * Andrew Doran
 * Danny Florey
 * Shaun Young

Training and Recruitment Supervisor

 * Julie Metior

Project Lead

 * Adrian Daly

Functionality QA Team Lead

 * James McNerney
 * James Hovell

Functionality QA Senior Testers

 * Katy Clements
 * Laurence Hart
 * Ricky Lovage

Functionality QA Testers

 * Ahmed Kawser
 * Allen Chambers
 * Ariel Flores Silva
 * Arthur Mel
 * Ashar Dubois
 * Clarice Rabello Dall 'Orta
 * Daniel Sung
 * David Brooks
 * Gary Deans
 * Iain Hamilton
 * Joe Wilson
 * Josh Lawler
 * Kerry Barrett
 * Louis Morgan
 * Mark Walker
 * Matthew Gibson
 * Murat Demir
 * Omar Flores Silva
 * Peter Lamoreux
 * Renato Insalaco
 * Robert Kinbrun
 * Shan Blackwood
 * Simone Decardi-Nelson
 * Thalia Evans
 * Troy Germain
 * Vlad Tanasescu
 * Zamir Bandali

Localization QA Supervisor

 * Alessandro Irranca

Localization QA Team Lead

 * Pedro L. Ortega

Localization QA Senior Tester

 * Melanie Schicker
 * Serenella Grimaldi

Localization QA Testers

 * Aday Fleitas
 * Carina Pamminger
 * Erica Berghi
 * Héctor Meléndez Díez
 * Hugues Boundox
 * Martina Cora
 * Peter Mattinson
 * Pierpaolo Vittone
 * Sebastian Kernst
 * Silvia Haniger
 * Stessy Lothaire

Compliance QA Supervisor

 * Darran Wall

Compliance QA Coordinator

 * Mohammed Ajaib

Compliance QA Senior Technician

 * Aaron Wright

Administration and Finance Coordinator

 * Chris Bien

QA Administrators

 * Chris Geiles

Equipment & Shift Coordinators

 * Tony Langan
 * Christian Bailey