This article pertains to the staff members behind Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric.
Big Red Button[]
Founder & Creative Director[]
- Bob Rafei
Co-Founder & Technical Director[]
- Jeff Lander
Lead Writer[]
- John Melchior
Programming[]
Senior Programmers[]
- Carl Henrik-Skarstedt
- Jim Geldmacher
- Marc dePeo
- Mark Pope
Programmers[]
- Cosmo Fumo
- Johnathan Nielsen
- Kirk Martinez
Additional Story By[]
- Christian Cantamessa
Design[]
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
Animation[]
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
Cinematics[]
Art Manager[]
- Alexander Stein
Cinematic Director[]
- Dori Arazi
Cinematic Layout[]
- Robert Diaz
- Steve Munoz
- Keren Albala
Concept[]
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
Art[]
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
Environment[]
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
Sound[]
Audio Director & Lead Sound Designer[]
- Shane Kneip
Audio Implementer[]
- Garner Knutson
Music by[]
- Audissi Studios
- Richard Jacques
Additional Percussion & Music Mixed[]
- Mirko Vogel
External Sound Design[]
- Funky Rustic, LLC.
Production[]
Executive Producer[]
- John Melchior
Senior Producer[]
- Lisa Kapitsas
Operations[]
IT[]
- Jeff "GreyTech" Kuhn
VP of Operations[]
- Debbie Rafei
Administrator[]
- Kathy Frank
Quality Assurance[]
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
- ...and Very special thanks to our families and loved ones for their continued support.
IllFonic[]
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
SEGA of America[]
Production[]
- Stephen Frost
Senior Development Director[]
- Todd Hartwig
Design Director[]
- Chris Porter
Assistant Producer[]
- Matt Ellison
Nintendo 3DS Producer[]
- Omar Woodley
Corporate Management[]
CFO, President, COO[]
- John Cheng
EVP, Publishing & Strategic Planning[]
- Yusuke Suai
Director of Corporate Planning[]
- Kenya Numata
Business Planning Analyst[]
- Chihiro Tanaka
Sonic Pillar[]
Chief Content Officer[]
- Hiroyuki Miyazaki
Dev Director, International[]
Director, Biz Dev & Content[]
- Yumiko Nishi
Marketing[]
Senior Director of Marketing[]
- Marcella Churchill
Group Marketing Manager[]
- Judy Gilbertson
Senior Marketing Manager[]
- Derrek Peel
Associate Marketing Manager[]
Senior Public Relations Manager[]
- Thu Nguyen
Creative Services[]
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
Sales[]
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 Services[]
Development Operations Manager[]
- Stephen Akana
Mastering Supervisor[]
- Rey Buzon
Localization[]
Senior Producer[]
- Ken Ogasawara
Licensing[]
Director of Licensing[]
- Rene Flores
Retail Licensing Manager[]
- Tyler Ham
Licensed Product Development Manager[]
- Stacy Arnold-Strider
Licensing Coordinator[]
- Anthony Gaccione
Customer Support[]
Customer Support Supervisor[]
- Jeff Hawkins
Customer Service Rep[]
- Evan Dombrowski
- Nicolas Brenni
Community[]
Senior Community Manager[]
- Kellie Parker
Community Manager[]
- Julian Mehfield
Legal[]
Director of Legal[]
- Jerusha Herman
Associate Legal Counsel[]
- Ziv Shmargad
Associate Legal Counsel[]
- Autumn Laughton
Human Resources[]
HR Director[]
- Michelle Whitmore
Manager of HR[]
- Jenny Aftreth
IT[]
IT Director[]
- Jake Salgado
Network Manager[]
- George Bueno
IT Helpdesk Manager[]
- Rica Balagot
Finance[]
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
Operations[]
Executive Assistant[]
- Maki Goda
Adminitrative Assistant[]
- Naoe Takahashi
Inventory and Materials Coordinator[]
- Andy Navarro
Facilities[]
Senior Facilities Coordinator[]
- Joe Luna
Facilities Support & Mallroom Master[]
- Shane Peterson
Development Partners[]
- Nintendo 3DS development by SANZARU Games
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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[]
English Voice Actors[]
- Roger Craig Smith
- Travis Willingham
- Mike Pollock
- Erin Fitzgerald
- Patrick Seitz
- Colleen O'Shaughnessey (Colleen Villard)
- Cindy Robinson
- Nika Futterman
- Kirk Thornton
- Ben Diskin
English Voice Production[]
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
SEGA of Japan[]
Sonic Team[]
Character Supervisors[]
- Takashi Iizuka
- Kazuyuki Hoshino
- Yuji Uekawa
- Harumasa Nakajima
Sega of Japan OCB[]
Sales, Marketing, Localize support[]
- Tatsuyuki Miyazaki
- Shintaro Tanioka
- Emi Yamane
- Takuya Kishimo
SEGA Europe Limited[]
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[]
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[]
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
QA[]
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