Jonathan Leaders

Technical Director

DreamWorks Animation•  March 2010 - March 2013

He was previously employed as a Global Technical Director at DreamWorks Animation SKG. He served as a Research and Development Engineer for the blockbuster film Madagascar 3: Europes Most Wanted and up-and-coming film Turbo (2013). He worked as a Technical Director for Annie-nominated Megamind, the Oscar-nominated film, Puss in Boots, and the recent film The Croods (2013).

Senior Software Engineer

SpiderMonk Entertainment•  January 2008 - March 2012

Jonathan started programming at the age of 9 in BASIC, and now knows over fifteen programming languages. At the age of 14 he started a business selling video games he had made from scratch, and went on to complete graduate school by the age of 20. He continued his passion for building games as a senior programmer on the Xbox 360 Live Arcade game Roogoo, as well as the retail Nintendo Wii game Roogoo: Twisted Towers.

Southern Methodist University

Guildhall @ SMU, MS•  January 2005 - September 2006

Skipped college to completed master-level course prior to accredidation https://www.smu.edu/guildhall