Sony Computer Entertainment America - Production
President, World Wide Studios, Sony Computer Entertainment:
Phil Harrison
Senior Vice President, Product Development, SCEA, Part of SCE Worldwide Studios:
Shuhei Yoshida
Director of San Diego Studio Product Development:
Scott Rohde
San Diego Studio Art Director:
Brad Pollard
Director of Business Development:
Christian Phillips
Senior Producer:
Erich Waas
Producer:
Richard Campbell (Rick Campbell),
Vernon Mollette (Vernon Mollette II)
Assistant Producer:
Bob Staite
Licensing Manager:
Shirley Cotton
Sports Administration:
Erica Nathanson
Programming
Franchise Technical Lead:
David Lawson
Lead Programmer:
Larry Holland
Senior Programmers:
Jeff Curley,
Anthony DeFilippis,
Andre Granger,
Julianne Harrington,
Takashi Hodama,
Cyrus Kamada,
Jacob Langford,
Armen Levonian,
Dane Marshall,
Marc Mondesir,
Craig Morrison,
Scott Murray,
Vincent Ng,
Dixon Peterson,
Brian Pinz,
Mitchell Sanborn (Mitch Sanborn),
Brian Schwab,
Andy Styles,
John Yuill
Programmers:
Homoud Alkouh,
J. Brad Byrd (Brad Byrd),
David Goodhue,
Max Loeb,
Igor Pevac,
Tara Ramos
Additional Programming:
Matthew Vassilakos
Programming - A.C.R.O.N.Y.M. Games Inc.
Senior Programmers:
Jesse Joudrey,
Johnathan Skinner,
Daniel Swadling (Funky)
Programmers:
Adrian Mercado,
Chen Yang
Artist:
Sarah Robinson
Producer:
Jeff Yu
Art
Franchise Art Lead:
Andrei Booriakin
Presentation Art:
Jeremy Spencer (Lead),
Robert Estus (Bob Estus),
Fred Carrico,
Josh Peay
Interface Art:
David Schorn (Lead),
Jim Choy,
Joe Keylon,
Bobby Takei
Additional Interface Art:
Santiago Munoz
Animation:
Joe Shedd (Lead),
Floyd Bishop,
Jun Choi,
Keith Ho,
Nathan Webb (Nathan Nebb)
Additional Animation:
Steve Paulsen
Environments:
Josh Quillen (Lead),
Monica Bennett,
Ed Gambler,
Lamont Gilkey,
Garrett Mckerlie (Garrett McKerlie),
Kevan Mills,
John Settles
Character Art:
Neil Fordice (Lead),
Darrell Abney,
Mike Bolger,
Nan Kim,
Steve Roesch,
Ryan Volek
Next Gen R&D / Facial Setup TD:
Christoph Biehn
Next Gen R&D / Character Artist:
Donald Hamilton
Design
Design:
Raj Altenhoff (Lead / credited as Raja Altenhoff),
Brandon Akiaten,
Steve Bolender,
Matt Brisbois,
C. J. Connoy (CJ Connoy),
Gerald J. DeYoung (Smuv / credited as Gerald De Young)
The Life:
Vol. 3
Director:
Brandon Akiaten
Story:
Brandon Akiaten
Production Crew:
NBA 08 Development Team
Cast:
Jason Richardson,
Eriugs Naes (Eriuqs Naes),
Janet Waddell,
Bert Belasco,
Blacky Austin,
Steve Marvel,
Grifon Aldren (DNA),
Poncho Hodges,
Ethan McDowell,
Ryan O'Quinn,
Brendan Connor
SCEA Tools, Technology and Services Group
Senior Director of Tools, Technology and Services:
Buzz Burrowes
Director of Service Groups:
David Murrant (Dave Murrant)
Music
Director of Music:
Chuck Doud
Music Supervisor:
Chuck Carr
Associate Music Supervisor:
Monty Mudd
A & R:
Alex Hackford
Manager, Music and Licensing:
Jason Swan
Senior Music Licensing Coordinator:
Justin Fields
Music Producer:
Tammy Tsuyuki
Music Operations Manager:
David Mucci
Sound Design
Sound Design Manager:
Rex Baca
Sports Audio Team Lead:
Kurt Kellenberger
Senior Sound Designer:
Chris Jahnkow
Senior Speech Designer:
Joel H. Copen (Joel Copen)
Speech Designer:
Bob Rissolo
Location Dialog Recordist:
Ross Hendler
Cinematic Audio Post Production Manager:
Michael Johnson (Mike Johnson)
Cinematic Audio Post Production:
Chris Canning,
Jeff Darby,
Derrick Espino,
Michael Johnson (Mike Johnson)
Voice Talent - Play by Play:
Kevin Calabro
Voice Talent - Color Commentary:
Mark Jackson
Voice Talent - PA Announcer:
Michael A. Carlucci (Mike Carlucci)
Foley Recording by:
Footsteps Post-Production Sound Inc.
Foley Artist:
Goro Koyama,
Andy Malcolm,
Caoimhe Doyle
Foley Recording Mixer:
Don White,
Ron Mellegers
Foley Recording Assistant:
Jenna Dalla Riva
Voice Over Casting:
Brigitte Burdine (BB Casting and Production Services)
Motion Capture Casting:
Brigitte Burdine (BB Casting and Production Services)
Assistant to Ms. Burdine:
Keith Clark
Sound Engineer:
Brian Miller
Visual Arts Service Group
Senior Manager, Visual Arts Service Group:
Brian Rausch
Art Director:
Ron Padua
CG Supervisor:
Janelle Pitchford
Manager of Production:
Scott Peterson
Production Supervisor:
Gene Strocco
Senior Project Manager:
Jeffrey D. Vargas (Jeffrey Vargas)
Manager of Animation:
Chad Moore
Manager of Motion Capture:
James Scarafone
Character Technical Director:
Christian G. Vagnati (Christian Vagnati)
Motion Capture Studio Technicians:
Ryan Beeson,
Eduardo Contreras
Motion Capture Tracking Lead:
Michael Shinkle
Motion Capture Tracking Technician:
David Ibarra
Motion Capture Specialist:
Percy Sagun
Motion Capture Motion Editing Lead:
Frank Strocco
Motion Capture Motion Editors:
Brian Phipps,
Eryn Roston
Motion Capture Technical Animator:
Daniel L. Legg (Daniel Legg)
Pipeline Supervisor:
Jason Parks
Pipeline Specialist:
Michael Graessle,
Trisha Manbeck Roston (Trisha Manbeck),
Jake Wilson
Project Manager:
Douglas Hagstrom (Doug Hagstrom)
Manager of Digital Models Group:
Greg Jung
DMG Production Supervisor:
Travis Ross
Texture Lead:
Su-Cheng Wu
Texture Artists:
Scott E. Greenway (Scott Greenway),
Emer Tanciatco (Emerlito Tanciatco)
Modeling Supervisor:
Hong Suck Suh
DMG Studio Supervisor:
Chip Parsons
DMG Technician:
Rolando A. Lerma (Rolando Lerma),
David Bullat II (David Bullat)
DMG Technical Modeler:
Eugene Paluso
DMG Coordinator:
Michael Hash (Mike Hash)
Senior Department Administrator:
Nonet Vargas
Department Administrator:
Monique Williamson
Manager of Video Services:
Jahil Nelson
Video Services Production Supervisor:
Don Lacy
Compositing Supervisor:
Devin Olden
Business Analyst:
Kevin Collins
Intro CG Production:
Brain Zoo Studios
Special Thanks:
Arash Haile,
Vejea Jennings
Visual Arts Service Group - George Gervin Production Shoot
Director of Photography:
Ian O'Roarty
Production Coordinator:
Halimat Alabi
Cameraman:
Ryan Field
Lighting:
Andrus Lighting and Grip
Make-Up:
Monique Williamson
Storyboards:
John High
PD Service Group Support
Project Manager:
Davina Mackey
Senior Administrator:
Kathryn Tunis
Tools & Technology Group
Director:
Edward Lerner
Audio Team
Manager:
Keith Charley
Engineers:
Alan Gerrard,
Garin Hiebert,
Jim Sproul,
Joshua Breindel,
Laurent Betbeder,
Steve Merel
Platform Team
Manager:
Robert J. Mical (RJ Mical)
Engineers:
Access Softek,
Alex Rosenberg,
Code Cobblers,
Dan Hilton,
Dan Volpe,
Dave Menconi,
Drew Thaler,
Graham Madarasz,
Gustavo Oliveira,
Jason Young,
John Meissen,
John Thompson,
Mobileer,
Patrick Flanagan,
Vince Harron,
Will Barrueto
Tools Team
Manager:
Andy Bushnell
Engineers:
Alan Beckus,
Bill Budge,
Chris Mayberry,
Ishay Pnueli,
Max Elliott,
Becca Abel (Rebecca Abel),
Richard Harding,
Ron Little
Documentation Team
Manager:
Jim Inscore
Technical Writers:
Deborah Adair,
Denise Lee,
George Rawlins,
Joseph Schmitz,
Laura Lemay,
Nicholas Hind,
Seth Katz,
Susan Gallagher
Web Team
Manager:
Oliver Marks
Engineers:
Alex Narisky,
Anna Lewis,
Becket Hackett,
Bill Alexander,
Brian Winant,
Dzmitry Zhemchuhou,
Hai Nguyen,
Julian Richards,
Kyle Saugier,
Steve Wells,
Tod Trevillian
SCE-RT Online Technology Group
Director:
Glen Van Datta
Senior Managers:
Ken Miyaki,
Marty Taramasco,
Steve Wagner
Project Manager:
Doug Damron
Games Integration:
David Cottrell,
Mohammed Khan,
Vinod Tandon
Production:
Trang Ho,
Steven Slover (Steve Slover),
Bhaswar Sarkar,
Ben Choorut
Product Development, First Party Quality Assurance (FPQA)
Director:
Ritchard Markelz
Test Operations
QA Test Manager:
Tim Vanlaw
QA Test Supervisor:
J. Cruz Garcia (Cruz Garcia)
Lead Quality Assurance Tester:
Masashi Ogasawara
Quality Assurance Tester:
Guillermo Garcia (Guillermo Garcia Jr.)
Lab Technician:
Vince Loughney
Contingent Game Test Analysts:
Charlemagne Celestino,
Asher Engel,
Kyle Gilbert,
Jose Hernandez Jr.,
Brandon Knighten,
Valerie Lemus,
Alex Limbach,
Reynaldo Serrano,
Jacob Rexius,
John Rodriguez,
David Roper,
Daniel Stuardo,
Mike Weston
QA Support
Manager:
Ken Kribs
Applications Admin:
Christian Davis,
Matt Harper
Test Tool Developer:
Chris Depuydt
Manager, Online Support:
Chris Cromwell
Online Support Leads:
Ken Overbey,
Derek Baurmann
Online Support Analysts:
Edward O'Neill,
Joseph Schmedding (Joe Schmedding),
Michael Brown,
Brandon Fenton
Program Management Group
Sr. Manager:
Jim Wallace
Manager, Project Management:
Eric Ippolito
Supervisor, Training:
Benjamin Forrest
Project Coordinators:
Justin Flores,
Jesse Reiter,
Ronald Pascucci,
Brent Gocke
Information Technology Group
Director Information Technology:
Adam Harris
Sr. Manager, Online Games:
Monique Fraser
Production Operations Manager:
Richard Bennett
Information Technology Group:
Beth Ford,
Krisztian Mizser,
Ken Reeves,
Rudy Wiley,
Madhukar Yedulapuram,
Ron Andres,
Alex Boster,
Matt Miller
Production Technology Manager:
Nate Wiger
Infrastructure
IT Infrastructure Manager:
Tom Perrine
Infrastructure:
Ian Allison,
Robert Clark,
Devin Kowatch,
Andrew Lee,
Chris McEniry,
Sven Nielson
Network Engineering
Network Engineering Manager:
Derrell Jenkins
Network Engineering:
Chris Dudley,
Hank Yeomans,
Randy Lopez,
Vincent Mele,
Paul Zastoupil
Network Operations
Network Operations:
James Beck,
Aaron Johnston,
Jose Madrigal,
Matthew Keen,
Jami Cromwell (Jami Johnson)
IT Site Support
IT Site Support:
Albert Villarde,
Cory Haibloom,
Rick Rossiter,
Tracy Seifert,
Chelsea Ginsburg,
Heath Aeria,
David Alonzo,
Russ Lopez,
Chad Sousa
SCEA Marketing
Director, Software Product Marketing:
Jeff Reese
Product Marketing Manager:
Troy Mack
Senior Director, Communications:
David Karraker (Dave Karraker)
Senior Director, Brand Development:
David Karraker (Dave Karraker)
Sr. Corporate Communications Manager:
Kimberly Otzman
Analyst Relations Manager:
Mariam Sughayer
Corporate Specialist:
Abigail Murphy
Sr. Public Relations Manager:
Ron Eagle
Public Relations Specialists:
Alex Armour,
Scott Goryl
Sr. Promotions Managers:
Donna Armentor,
Blair Elliott Paige (Blair Elliott)
Promotions Specialists:
Lauren Decker,
Anne Gherini
Director, Channel Marketing and Events:
Joby Hirschfeld
Sr. Manager, Channel Marketing:
Bob Johnson
Retail Manager:
Kip Roggendorf
Events Managers:
Lori Chase-Nardi (Lori Chase),
Quinn Pham Le (Quinn Pham)
Senior Manager, Creative Services:
Jack Siler
Senior Creative Services Specialists:
Joseph Chan,
J. M. Garcia (JM Garcia)
Legal & Business Affairs
Director, Legal & Business Affairs:
Daniel O. Figueroa (Dan Figueroa)
Paralegal:
Christine DeNezza,
Stephanie Stroughter,
Alice Vorotchaeva,
Richard Daniels
Photography (Getty Images/NBA):
Allen Einstein (NBAE/Getty Images),
Andrew D. Bernstein (NBAE/Getty Images),
Barry Gossage (NBAE/Getty Images),
Bill Baptist (NBAE/Getty Images),
Brian Babineau (NBAE/Getty Images),
Brian Bahr (NBAE/Getty Images),
Chris Birck (NBAE/Getty Images),
D. Clark Evans (NBAE/Getty Images / credited as D. Clarke Evans),
D. Lippitt/Einstein (NBAE/Getty Images),
David Liam Kyle (NBAE/Getty Images),
David Sherman (NBAE/Getty Images),
Doug Pensinger (NBAE/Getty Images),
Eliot J. Schechter (NBAE/Getty Images),
Elsa (NBAE/Getty Images),
Ethan Miller (NBAE/Getty Images),
Fernando Medina (NBAE/Getty Images),
Garrett Ellwood (NBAE/Getty Images),
Gary Dineen (NBAE/Getty Images),
Glenn James (NBAE/Getty Images),
Gregory Shamus (NBAE/Getty Images),
Issac Baldizon (NBAE/Getty Images),
Jed Jacobsohn (NBAE/Getty Images),
Jeff Haynes (NBAE/Getty Images),
Jeffrey Bottari (NBAE/Getty Images),
Jennifer Pottheiser (NBAE/Getty Images),
Jesse D. Garrabrant (NBAE/Getty Images),
Jim McIsaac (NBAE/Getty Images),
Joe Murphy (NBAE/Getty Images),
Jonathan Daniel (NBAE/Getty Images),
Kent Horner (NBAE/Getty Images),
Kent Smith (NBAE/Getty Images),
Layne Murdoch (NBAE/Getty Images),
Lisa Blumenfeld (NBAE/Getty Images),
Melissa Majchrzak (NBAE/Getty Images),
Mitchell Layton (NBAE/Getty Images),
Nathaniel S. Butler (NBAE/Getty Images),
NBA Photos/NBAE/Getty Images,
Ned Dishman (NBAE/Getty Images),
Nick Laham (NBAE/Getty Images),
Noah Graham (NBAE/Getty Images),
Ray Amati (NBAE/Getty Images),
Robert Laberge (NBAE/Getty Images),
Rocky Widner (NBAE/Getty Images),
Ron Hoskins (NBAE/Getty Images),
Ron Turenne (NBAE/Getty Images),
Ronald Martinez (NBAE/Getty Images),
Ryan McVay (NBAE/Getty Images),
Sam Forencich (NBAE/Getty Images),
Scott Cunningham (NBAE/Getty Images),
Stephen Dunn (NBAE/Getty Images),
Steve Babineau (NBAE/Getty Images),
Terrence Vaccaro (NBAE/Getty Images),
Tim Heitman (NBAE/Getty Images),
Victor Baldizon (NBAE/Getty Images)
Motion Capture Talent
Motion Sports Management:
Jon Nielsen
Motion Capture Talent:
Noah Ballou,
Stan Fletcher
League Acknowledgement
National Basketball Association:
Greg Lassen,
Stacey Kerr,
Matthew Holt (Matt Holt)
Special Thanks - We would like to thank each individual at Sony Computer Entertainment America for their contributions, support and dedication to the success of NBA with special recognition to the executive management team including:
Kaz Hirai,
Jack Tretton,
Peter Dille,
Frank O'Malley,
Steve Ross,
Riley R. Russell III (Riley Russell),
Jim Bass,
Glenn Nash,
Phil Rosenberg
Speech compression and decompression technology are licensed from:
Nellymoser,
Inc.
