Tech Makers + Creative Thinkers
MAGIC’s Art of Tech series empowers, elevates and inspires innovation within the growing digital technologies industry. The speaker series brings together a wide spectrum of executive level professionals in the areas of Computer Animation, Gaming, Visual Effects, Motion Graphics, Virtual and Augmented Reality.
Since graduating from Full Sail University in 2014, Mark Diaz has gone on to contribute to some of the biggest games of the last decade, including id Software’s massively successful revitalization of the DOOM franchise and Insomniac’s Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. A Lead Gameplay Programmer at Insomniac Games and currently in development on Marvel’s Wolverine, Mark’s road to success didn’t come without its hurdles.
Mark studied game development at Full Sail university and graduated as valedictorian of his class. He joined Insomniac Games as a Lead Gameplay Programmer in February 2022, where he shipped Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and is currently working on Marvel’s Wolverine. In his current role at Insomniac, he is responsible for direct technical contributions and team management, balancing programming work with managing, mentoring, and caring for the well-being of his team members. A U.S. Navy veteran, Mark landed his first industry job as a Gameplay Programmer at id Software, where he worked for eight years on the award-winning titles DOOM, DOOM VFR, DOOM Eternal, and The Ancient Gods part 1 and 2 DLC. Mark has traveled the country working conventions such as E3, PAX and QuakeCon in support of ZeniMax/Bethesda’s VR development initiatives.
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