Our team

Game designer by trade, François picked up his programming skills on the road to founding his own game company. He built and ran tech-oriented game studios since 2010 and tackled complex AI development on a daily basis.

He is used to managing technical teams and maintaining the company’s vision through the ups and downs of development.

Throughout his career, François developed and maintained an acute interest for AI frameworks and can now apply those skills to your product if you choose to afford it.

Favorite villain in video games
the Crones (Witcher III)

Favorite villain in movies
Megatron (Transformer 1986)

With a passion for video games from his youth and armed with a college education in Multimedia and an engineering degree from ETS, Gabriel always wanted to make his mark in the game industry.

For years, he tried to make his own game while working as a Unity Developer, either for games or multimedia applications.

At the beginning of 2021, he finally released a game on Google Play called Sphere VS Cube, a mobile ‘Starfox’ roguelike, available right now in early access. 

Coming to the conclusion that making a living as a solo developer is more trouble than it is worth, he now brings the skills he learned over the years to Stockholm Syndrome.AI as a full-time Gameplay / AI programmer.

Favorite villain in video games
Narratively, Sephiroth  (Final Fantasy 7)
Mechanically, “The burst” (Furi)

Favorite villain in movies
Joffrey  (Game of Thrones)
Joker (Dark Knight)

Jin has been working in the gaming industry since 2015. In 2019, he arrived in Canada as an international student – a way to expand his network and opportunities. He is interning as a gameplay programmer on this amazing team. 

Other than work, Jin loves to be with his family. Going out, staying home and playing, it’s all enjoyable! Fatherhood is much harder than expected, but surprisingly rewarding. Jin also loves to read novels and manga!

Favorite villain in video games
Team rocket (Pokemon)

Favorite villain in movies
Miura (Ip Man)

Tristan is shamelessly in love with the potential of communicating experiences through Video games and thus has made a career of it.

Since the beginning of his path in 2017, he has focused on channelling his talent and creativity into meaningful and powerful results. Tristan takes pride in his work, and fosters strong relationships with his colleagues. He firmly believes in working hard, working together and having fun along the way.

Favorite villain in video games
Revolver Ocelot (Metal Gear Solid)

Favorite villain in movies
Heath Ledger’s Joker (The Dark Knight)

Many hardcore gamers believe that no game can be considered supercool without serious challenges. So what is more challenging than training the villains who learn from their mistakes and gain more depth and mastery with each round?

This is where machine learning, and more accurately, reinforcement learning, comes into play, which attracts individuals like Mina into game development.

For 14 years Stéphanie Bouchard worked as a System Designer in AAA, indie, academic research, R&D and freelance. She worked on all types of games, with all kinds of constraints, with or without budget.

After 8 years as a generalist, she fell in love with creating fake homicidal people and decided to specialize in Artificial Intelligence. After all, someone needs to make Black Mirror happen! Distant dystopian futures don’t just happen, it’s a lot of work and cardio!

Favorite villain in video games
GladOS  (Portal)

Favorite villain in movies
Deadpool  (Yes I know, it was originally a comic.)

Lisa has been a workplace administrator since 2011. Her skills have brought her through various industries: A day camp, a translation agency, a trio of yoga studios, as well as a handful of personal passion projects. Along this route, she acquired specialized skills in HR, Payroll and Budgeting. She is also a big fan of process optimization and has a Six Sigma yellow belt.

Favorite villain in video games
Ganon (Legend of Zelda)

Favorite villain in movies
Ursula the Sea Witch (The Little Mermaid)

Game designer by trade, François picked up his programming skills on the road to founding his own game company. He built and ran tech-oriented game studios since 2010 and tackled complex AI development on a daily basis.

He is used to managing technical teams and maintaining the company’s vision through the ups and downs of development.

Throughout his career, François developed and maintained an acute interest for AI frameworks and can now apply those skills to your product if you choose to afford it.

Favorite villain in video games
the Crones (Witcher III)

Favorite villain in movies
Megatron (Transformer 1986)

For 14 years Jany Bourget worked in the video game industry as a graphic designer and art director.

Through her career she participated to a wide variety of game projects from indies to AAA in both production and marketing roles.

She specializes in brand identity, IP development, UI/UX and Graphic Design.

Favorite villain in video games
Monika  (Doki Doki Literature Club)

Favorite villain in movies
Regina George  (Mean Girls)

Also, Anders did nothing wrong.

Emily spent 7 years as a generalist programmer learning every facet of video game development, and then 5 years in the commercial world, developing interfaces for mobile, VR, and desktop. She’s now back in video game development where her true passion lies.

Thoughtful and equipped with her wide range of experiences, she’s excited to now dive into the world of AI and Machine Learning. She’s here to kick ass and chew bubble gum, but she’s all out of bubble gum.

Favorite villain in video games
The Xenomorph (Alien: Isolation)

Favorite villain in movies
The Xenomorph (Alien franchise) [ps: I swear I’m not obsessed with him]

HAL 9000 (2001: A Space Odyssey)

With a passion for video games from his youth and armed with a college education in Multimedia and an engineering degree from ETS, Gabriel always wanted to make his mark in the game industry.

For years, he tried to make his own game while working as a Unity Developer, either for games or multimedia applications.

At the beginning of 2021, he finally released a game on Google Play called Sphere VS Cube, a mobile ‘Starfox’ roguelike, available right now in early access. 

Coming to the conclusion that making a living as a solo developer is more trouble than it is worth, he now brings the skills he learned over the years to Stockholm Syndrome.AI as a full-time Gameplay / AI programmer.

Favorite villain in video games
Narratively, Sephiroth  (Final Fantasy 7)
Mechanically, “The burst” (Furi)

 Favorite villain in movies
Joffrey  (Game of Thrones)
Joker (Dark Knight)

Vi Tching graduated as a physicist engineer after completing two Master’s degrees at Polytechnique Montreal and École polytechnique de Bruxelles.

For the last 5 years, she worked as scientist in academic research for nanotechnology in therapeutics and in R&D for telecom laser development.

Now, she joined the dark side and devoted herself to create the cleverest and the most despicable final boss you ever met.

Favorite villain in video games
Lulu (Never look a tulip in the eye…)

Favorite villain in movies
Maleficent

In his free time, he likes to cook, play Dr.Mario or Teris  and he likes learning about computational physics.

Favorite villain in video games
Dr. Eggman (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Favorite villain in movies
T-1000 (Terminator 2)
Daniel LaRusso (The Karate Kid) [He was the real villain of the story] Scarecrow (The Dark Knight Trilogy)

Jin has been working in the gaming industry since 2015. In 2019, he arrived in Canada as an international student – a way to expand his network and opportunities. He is interning as a gameplay programmer on this amazing team.

Other than work, Jin loves to be with his family. Going out, staying home and playing, it’s all enjoyable! Fatherhood is much harder than expected, but surprisingly rewarding. Jin also loves to read novels and manga!

Favorite villain in video games
Team rocket (Pokemon)

Favorite villain in movies
Miura (Ip Man)

Having completed a Postgraduate Degree in Narrative Game Design at NAD-UQAC, Stéphanie is a multi-disciplinary game designer who brings a fresh perspective, thanks to her diverse background and experience.

Passionate about user experience, system design and the video game industry, she aims to bring a new vision of game design and think outside the box to foster creative innovation.

Favorite villain in video games
GLaDOS (Portal)

Favorite villain in movies
Missy (Doctor Who)

Tristan is shamelessly in love with the potential of communicating experiences through Video games and thus has made a career of it.

Since the beginning of his path in 2017, he has focused on channelling his talent and creativity into meaningful and powerful results. Tristan takes pride in his work, and fosters strong relationships with his colleagues. He firmly believes in working hard, working together and having fun along the way.

Favorite villain in video games
Revolver Ocelot (Metal Gear Solid)

Favorite villain in movies
Heath Ledger’s Joker (The Dark Knight)

Félix has been working in the industry as a technical designer for three years. Since he’s now been appointed System Designer, he has the full power to realize his own Machiavellian, rage-inducing ideas for the world of gamers 😀

His favorite types of games are those in which the player creates their own narrative, such as: Tabletop DnD, any and all management games, Sim City, Dwarf Fortress, and Minecraft. He also very much likes the idea of giving players an ecosystem to keep in balance – or – watch as it tumbles into madness and destruction.

Favorite villain in video games
Glados (Portal)

Favorite villain in movies
Hans Landa (Inglorious Bastards)

Many hardcore gamers believe that no game can be considered supercool without serious challenges. So what is more challenging than training the villains who learn from their mistakes and gain more depth and mastery with each round?

This is where machine learning, and more accurately, reinforcement learning, comes into play, which attracts individuals like Mina into game development.

Valentin Kravtchenko has 7 years of experience in project management and over a decade in communication – with a sweet spot for new media and new technologies.

When he is not going full-on biz dev, Valentin is involved in social innovation projects – all the while acting as a stealth paladin (chaotic neutral).

Valentin was named Person of the Year by Times Magazine in 2006 (and so were you, you magnificent beast).

What game are you playing right now?
Cyberpunk 2077

Console or PC master race?
yes

John Henley is a business development consultant with over 12 years of experience in the gaming industry and a track record in licensing, third party publishing, development deals as well as original IP.

He can be found playing video games or taking pictures of his cats when he is not out helping indie devs or brilliant start-ups reach new heights.

Favorite villain in video games
Ghosts (Pacman)

Favorite villain in movies
Jacobim Mugatu (Zoolander)