Steve Stringer

Steve Stringer serves as Director of GameLab and Professor of Practice in Production & Team Game Projects at SMU Guildhall, Southern Methodist University. With a 30-year career spanning leading game studios like Activision, Electronic Arts, and Atari, he brings extensive industry experience to his academic role.

• MBA in Marketing & IT from University of Utah
• BA in English, Film, and Photography from Tulane University

His research and teaching focus on collaborative game production, emphasizing professional-quality development processes for student portfolios. He specializes in guiding multidisciplinary teams through iterative design cycles to achieve commercial-grade game experiences.

Stringer's career highlights include producing titles such as Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2, Mission: Impossible – Operation Surma, and MXRider, while mentoring students in technical rigor, creative storytelling, and business strategies for game development.

Contact: Office 316A, SMU Guildhall