Bruce's broad management experience ranges across a variety of media settings. Beyond games production experience on titles such as Spectrobes, Pirates of the Caribbean 3 and Desperate Housewives, his television credits include The Silver Brumby and The New Adventures of Ocean Girl animated television series. He was founding Creative Services Manager for Madman Entertainment and has managed animation, film, web and DVD Studio and Production environments.  Bruce also has strong Government experience acting as Invest Victoria's eServices manager.

Bruce is an enthusiastic advocate of the promotion and development of Australia's screen, games and digital culture production capacities and remains a passionate advocate of expanding Australian film, television, games and digital media opportunities.

Jonathan worked in the animation and multimedia industries for over ten years. He has worked as director, animator, and lead animator on 2D and 3D films. He has experience in creating visual effects for film, and also in game design and creating game art.

Jonathan now specialises in education, having taught animation for the last six years, both in Australia and overseas. Jonathan's strengths are his knowledge of animation principles, film theory, and acting for animation, and his teaching skills.

Mark Flanagan’s fascination with art and technology has led to a long involvement in the creative industries. He spent over ten years working as both an architect and architectural visualisation artist before returning to college to study 3D animation and modelling at the BCFE in Dublin.

His passion for 3D and animation paved the way for the next phase of his career in the games industry. Mark has spent the last 9 years working in game development both in the UK and Australia for studios such as Codemasters, Freestyle and Transmission Games.

Mark has contributed to many titles including: Colin McCrae Rally 3, Colin McCrae Rally 04, Colin McCrae Rally 2005, B-Boy, Heatseeker, Heroes over Europe and several unannounced projects.

Ted graduated from Duke University with a B.S. in Computer Science and a certificate in Neuroscience.  He then proceeded to obtain a Master of Entertainment Technology at Carnegie Mellon University.

Ted has always been intrigued with the ability for computers to act as a medium for artistic expression and creative storytelling. Having worked as a Software Engineer at Intel, Microsoft, Evans & Sutherland, Maxis/Electronic Arts, Bluetongue/THQ, and Lucasarts, Ted has always been excited to create programs that people enjoy using.

Ted has worked on titles spanning PC, PS2, GameCube, Xbox, PSP, PS3, and Xbox360.  His shipped titles include The Sims Bustin' Out, The Urbz: Sims in the City, Nicktoons: Unite!, Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island, Thrillville, and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.

In his spare time, Ted is working on an independent game on Xbox360 and PC using Microsoft XNA technology.  He is especially interested in the ability for games to tell deeply engaging stories and evoke emotions.

Brendan started his 3D career as an Industrial design graduate. From there he has accumulated over 10 years of experience in the Games and Video production industry. As a Lead and Senior 3D artist he gained experience in all aspects of 3D from concepting and modeling to animation and special effects, working for companies such as Infogrames Melbourne House, SCEE (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe), THQ and Blue Tongue. He has worked on many titles including; KKND2, DethKarz, Looney Tunes Space Race, Ghost Hunter, Avatar and DeBlob.  Brendan teaches part time at AIE and continues to freelance as a 3D artist.

Caswal is a rare and exotic good imported from the U.K. He moved to Australia in mid 2005 to study the Diploma in Computer Games Development (Programming), he started to teach Certificate IV in I.T at the AIE before he finished his Diploma, and has continued to work at the AIE.

He currently combines his teaching duties with contractual programming work, and random exploratory programming projects.

Caz loves games, movies, music and random humour.

Shawn is a graduate of from the Academy of Interactive Entertainment's Melbourne Campus. After successfully completing the Advanced Diploma of Professional Game Development (Art) in 2007, Shawn was offered the position of Assistant Teacher thanks to his excellent interpersonal and 3D animation skills.

"Studying at AIE has been the most memorable time of my life so far. Not only was I immersed in what I'm passionate about, but the level of professionalism demonstrated by all the ex-industry/teaching staff also re-assured me that I was learning the most up to date methods and techniques used by all of the game development companies."

Shawn currently teaches the Certificate III in Media and assists in the teaching of the Advanced Diploma of Professional Game Development (Art).

Working in partnership with the Head of School in setting up the Melbourne campus, Galatea has seen the school grow from 40 students in 2004 to over 100 in 2007. Galatea ensures the effective running of the Melbourne campus via auditing and administrative practices in compliance with RTO and AQTF standards.

Galatea has a Bachelor of Education from Deakin University and has worked extensively in the higher education sector co-ordinating student service programmes for both domestic and international students. In her capacity as Campus Manager, Galatea plays an integral role in resolving student concerns and provides an invaluable link between staff and students.

Galatea is also the International Student Co-ordinator for the Melbourne campus.

Giselle is the Marketing and Communications Officer for the Melbourne campus.  With a varied background in academic administration and hospitality marketing & management, Giselle joined the Melbourne team at the start of 2007.  During this time, Giselle has organised careers expos, information evenings, open days and alumni events. She also co-ordinated a two day masterclass with Pixar’s Simon Allen in November 2008 – a national event largely attended by 3D artists from the games and film industries.

Feel free to contact Giselle to discuss upcoming Melbourne campus events and courses or to arrange a school visit.

Amy Zhou has been working at AIE since August 2008. Amy graduated with a Master of Arts in Cinema Management from the University of Melbourne and has a great passion for films and animation.

Amy worked for a variety of companies and organisations in the arts and film industries, such as ICON Film Distribution Australian and the Darebin Theatre Project, and for university research institutions like the Institute of Population Research at Hangzhou Normal University.  As Student Liaison Officer, Amy loves assisting students, as well as answering all your enquiries about AIE and its courses.