Distilled Intellect

Who We Are

Distilled Intellect Inc. was founded by three engineering leaders with deep roots in the world’s greatest entertainment experiences — from the BioWare role-playing-game canon to The Sims franchise, with stops at Amazon, Google, and Twitch along the way.

Portrait of Brian Neal

Brian Neal

Brian has spent two decades building consumer software at scale — from large-team game development at EA Maxis (The Sims franchise) to operating retail engineering at Amazon. He previously co-founded Spliced Inc. as its CTO, where he brought the practices of high-availability cloud engineering to entertainment products.

Experience

  • CTO & Co-FounderSpliced Inc.
  • Head of EngineeringAmazon GG Retail
  • Lead EngineerEA Maxis

Shipped Titles

The Sims 4The Sims MobileHellgate: London

Portrait of John Meier

John Meier

John is an engineering leader whose career spans games, e-commerce, and large-scale cloud platforms at Google. He has shipped client systems and online services at EA Maxis, Gazillion, Backcountry.com, and Google, and previously led online services at Spliced Inc.

Experience

  • Director, Online ServicesSpliced Inc.
  • Staff Engineer, Technical LeadGoogle
  • Lead EngineerBackcountry.com
  • Senior Engineer, GameplayGazillion (Marvel Heroes)
  • Engineer, Client SystemsEA Maxis (The Sims 4)
Portrait of Ross Gardner

Ross Gardner

Ross is a veteran of BioWare's golden era of role-playing games, where he spent fifteen years helping ship many of the studio's defining titles. He went on to direct technical work at n-Space on a spiritual successor to Neverwinter Nights, lead engineering on Amazon's Open 3D Engine, and direct the Twitch Studio team, most recently serving as Director of Engineering at Spliced Inc.

Experience

  • Director of EngineeringSpliced Inc.
  • Engineering DirectorTwitch (Twitch Studio)
  • Software Development ManagerAmazon Game Studios (Open 3D Engine)
  • Technical Directorn-Space
  • Game ProducerBioWare (15 years)

Shipped Titles

Baldur's GateBaldur's Gate IIKnights of the Old RepublicNeverwinter NightsDragon Age: OriginsStar Wars: The Old RepublicSword Coast LegendsOpen 3D Engine (O3DE)Twitch Studio