Julian Spillane is the co-founder and CEO of game development company Frozen North Productions, Inc. Julian attended the University of Waterloo for Software Engineering and has taken a great interest in applying principles of engineering design to software development in the games industry. After working on contract with the Department of National Defence, Julian went on to do contract work for various game development houses and eventually formed his own studio. Julian is also the founder and Chair of the Toronto Independent Games Conference, a conference dedicated to bringing together independent game developers, students, and hobbyists to discuss various facets of the industry, improve skills and encourage networking.