EVERQUEST: THE DARKENED SEA


EVERQUEST DEVELOPMENT TEAM

Director of Development, EverQuest Franchise
David Georgeson

Senior Producer
Thom Terrazas

Creative Director
Akil Hooper

Lead Designer
Jonathan Caraker

Assistant Lead Designers
Julie Burness, Douglas Cronkhite, Alan VanCouvering

Designers
Ryan Barker, J. Adam Bell, Christopher Black, Justin Deeb, Edward Hardin III, Jason Leo, David Stewart

Additional Design
Eric C. Wagoner

Technical Director and Lead Programmer
Jennifer Chan

Programmers
Kevin McPherson, Adam Schmidt, Colin Rieger

Lead Artist
Kevin Lydy

Environment Artists
Kevin Burns, Robert Collier, Rob Cuenca, Ben Nolan, Bob Painter, Shannon Parnell

Character Art Lead
David Brown

Character Artists
Christopher Atkins, Aaron Bisnett, Gary Daugherty, Tom Tobey, Joe Venson

Animators
Tom Tobey, Sarah Barnes, Brad Constantine

Interns
LeAnna Craft, Ai Hou, Ryan Jewell, Victoria Kaszuba, Jacey Nolen, Brandon Wilson



MUSIC & SOUND

Audio Director
Rodney Gates

Senior Sound Designer
Mark MacBride

Sound Designer
Christopher D'Ambrosio

Composer
Inon Zur



CORE TECHNOLOGY GROUP

Server Technical Director
Todd Schmidt

Client Technical Director
Kris Lang

Senior Technical Architect
Brandon Bogle, Jered Gray

Senior Programmers
John Troy



PLATFORM SERVICES

Vice President, Platform
Nari Gopala

Platform, Web Producers
Jenn Brady, Jenne Carson, Elle Larsson, Matt Dickson

Technical Director
Bob Kline

Systems Engineering Team
Paul Christenson, Josh Gopen, Wei Li, Carlos Mabalot, Tavish Margers, Chris Rosa, Juliet Bakir

Database Development Team
Donyl Cruz, Vani Kondasani, Thomas Morgan, Radhika Tallamraju

Executive Director, Business Intelligence and Reporting
Dave Dhunjishaw

Business Intelligence and Reporting Team
Brady O'Connell, Andy Thompson

Applications Engineering Team
David Airmet, Gavin Moore, Judd Pickell, Alvin Yue, John Coyne

Art Director, Web Presence
Paul Tighe

Web Art Team
Erica Craft, Ian Kim, Noah Watkins

Manager, Web Development
Mike Hall

Web Development Team
Greg Bown, Tim Cox, Jesse Dupuy, Richard Gutierrez, Brenden Mecleary



QUALITY ASSURANCE

Senior Director, Quality Assurance
Rob Thompson

Senior Manager, Quality Assurance
Andrew Lamp

Senior Console Release QA Supervisor
David R. Curington

Senior Quality Assurance Supervisor
Jay Lauterwasser

Quality Assurance Lead
Mike Liu

QA Analysts
Andrew Van-Stelle

Additional Testing
Lannice Montague, Ryan Owens, Robert Gooding, Nick Pisani, Sarah Vu, Aaron Gosselin, Giuliano Cataford, Sean Declercq, Landon Mote, The EverQuest Dev Team

Senior Lead, Compatibility Lab
James Romedy

Compatibility QA
Giuliano Cataford



PLATFORM QUALITY ASSURANCE

Director, Quality Assurance Engineering
Graeme Ing

Platform Quality Assurance Lead
Eric Carlson

Platform Senior QA Engineer
Fransiska Subroto

Platform QA Team
Ramses Chavez, Pavel Charniauski



QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEERING

Director, Quality Assurance Engineering
Graeme Ing

Senior Engineer, QA
Brian Curtis

Software Engineer, QA
Aarthi Sarma

Associate Software Engineer, QA
Shawn Murphy

Technician, QA
Eric Wagoner, Christopher Milne



CUSTOMER SERVICE

Vice President, International Operations, Global Customer Service & Quality Assurance
Brad Wilcox

Senior Administrative Assistant
Leia Wight

Customer Service Director
Sharon Morris

Customer Service Manager
Timothy Vick

Customer Service Supervisor
Christopher Sickels, Lindy Silver, Mehdi Kashefi

Senior Customer Service Representative
Robert Robertson

In-Game Customer Service Representatives
Danny Lombardi, Jesus Pablo,Sabrina O'berry, Nathan Skillings

Project Manager, Customer Service
Mervin Lee Kwai

Customer Service Manager, Technical Support
Scott Dale

Account Administrator
Lyman Tuttle

Technical Support Supervisor
Daniel Tucker, Jamison Wright

Senior Technical Support Representatives
Danny Libby, Edward Ranf

Technical Support Representatives
Stephen Haines, Alex Sejera, Timothy Addenbrooke, Thomas Nieses, Charles Issac, Samson Lau, Sean Farrens, Stephanie Brown, Justin Webb, Phillip Sexton, Kyle Wessels, Sara Shouse, Trevor Lewis, Julia Savo



TECHNICAL OPERATIONS

Director, Technical Operations
Jeff Bolaris

Director, Security
Bryan Blank

Director, Production Systems
Mark Preston

Manager, Operations
Jason Zimmerman

Operations Team
Chris Richard, Robert Maul, Philip Robinson, Manny Deramos, Dennis Gonzales, Victor Bonini, Joseph Bonini

Manager, Windows Systems
Loren G. Skeels

Windows Systems
David Andrews

Network Engineering Team
Jason Fermo, Roger Sewell, David Becerra

Manager, Office Systems
Domenico Scaduto

Office Systems Team
Nate Wright, Jason Schueller, James Hoyt

Manager, Operational Engineering
Greg Herzbrun

Operational Engineering Developers
Stephen Melton, David Stover

Director, Database Services
Beth Howie

Database Operations Team
John Honarvar, Tarikhusen Saiyed, Anil Kalathur, Jerry Shu

Project Management Team
Catherine Nardulli



INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS

Vice President, International Operations, Global Customer Service & Quality Assurance
Brad Wilcox

Senior Operations Manager
Raymond Nguyen Tan Truong

Project Management
Julian Bertaud, Merv Lee Kwai

Linguistic Production
Laura Gomez, Tina Soebbing, Julien Laurent

Globalization Engineering Team
Brian Curtis, Aarthi Sarma



SALES, COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING

Senior Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing
Laura Naviaux

Director, Global Brand Marketing
Candace Brenner

Director, Global Marketing Operations
Tim Granich

Global Brand Manager
Adam Key

Senior Director, Global Communications
Michele Sturdivant Cagle

Senior Director, CRM & eCommerce
Mark Tuttle

Senior Manager, CRM
Anthony Eastman

Email Marketing Manager
Daniel Talavera

eCommerce Analyst
Ben Weber

Marketing Services Director
Jen Belfield

Senior Strategic Partnerships & Events Manager
Lauren Zeiger

Senior Audio Visual Producer
Andre Padilla

Audio Visual Producer
Dylan Bruce

Associate Audio Visual Producer
Andrew Huse, Spencer Sturr

Senior Graphic Designer
Stefano Dalu

Marketing Services and Events Specialist
Casey Roberts



COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT

Director, Global Community Relations
Linda "Brasse" Carlson

EQ Community Relations Manager
Ry "Roshen" Schueller

Project Manager
Aimee "Ashlanne" Rekoske

Senior Community Relations Managers
Tony "RadarX" Jones, Ted "Mepps" Stone

Community Relations Managers
Tiffany "Amnerys" Spence, Colette "Dexella" Murphy, Greg "Legion" Henninger, Racheal "Afista" McKenny



BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Senior Vice President, Business Development & Digital Distribution
Louis Figueroa

Executive Director, Business Development and Corporate Strategy
Chris Sturr



LEGAL DEPARTMENT

Executive Vice President, Legal, Business Affairs and General Counsel
Andy Zaffron

Director of Legal and Business Affairs
David Youssefi

Counsel
Olivia Malmstrom

Legal Administrator
Melissa Morris



PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Director, Artistic Development
Joe Shoopack

Director, Operations
Michael Gaylord

Senior Manager, Online Services
Ty Keith

Senior Manager, Player Studio
Rick Reynolds



EXECUTIVE STAFF

President
John Smedley

Chief Operating Officer
Russell Shanks

Chief Technology Officer
Richard Lawrence

Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Ken Dopher

Executive Assistants
Pam Impson, Tawnya Barrett



Special Thanks
The EverQuest Team would also like to say a special thank you to our families and friends for all of their support. Without their support, The Darkened Sea would not be possible.


Additional Special Thanks
The EverQuest team would also like to thank all of EverQuest Guilds and Players that have been playing EverQuest all these years but especially the players that still love playing this game and have the passion to continually give us support in countless ways up to and including the latest Beta for The Darkened Sea.
An additional thank you must be made to our dedicated CRTs who help out in countless ways. Let me recognize the following CRTs for their service: Cinexa, Xislaben, Baramos, Beimeith, Brogett, Crystilla (and all your marvelous baked goods!), Darrkin Skies, Elenwyyi, Filatal, freshattempt, Gragas, Imrahil, Insaneo, Ormus, Qulas, Ronak, Saroc_Luclin, Sojuu, Songsa, Tadenea, Tegila, Tharkis, Tnexus, Tonzofo

More thanks goes out to the past developers that worked on EverQuest and all games that we love to play and draw upon for inspiration.


Big Extra Special Thanks
A big thank you goes out to my team for pulling together and getting a 21st Expansion launched this year. Most of us on the team have done this countless times now that we jokingly can say that we can do this in our sleep. However, it only seems that way due to some very smart people getting better in their years, like a fine wine. "It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit" - Harry S Truman ; "Hell, there are no rules here - we're just trying to accomplish something." - Thomas A. Edison


Super Undercover Special Thanks to the Following Helpful Items
Monster Energy Drinks, Mountain Dew, Coke Zero, Coffee, Ibuprofen, Advil, No Lines and No Wait, Soccer, Everton FC, Chipotle, Good Drinks, Hanging out with Players at SOELive, Doritos Nacho Cheese Flavor Corn Chips, Post It Notes and Comments on from the Team that make it on the White Board


Super Undercover Special Thanks to the Following Following:
Tony Danza, Robin Williams, Maddoc, PFLAG, Lurko, Landon Donovan, Shi Shi, Dot Dot, Bear Bear, Jub Jub, Bill Murray, Ron Bennington, Chip "What's that" Chipperson, All the Game Developers in the Industry (inspiration is found in all your visions and creative minds)


The EverQuest Team dedicates The Darkened Sea to a past team member who recently passed away this October. John Roy spent most of his years on EverQuest while at Sony Online Entertainment and was a talented artist who was responsible for much of the vision and countless works of art within EverQuest. He was a devoted husband and father of four who passed too soon. You will be missed, John. - EverQuest Team.


Rest in Peace, John