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Paragon Studios

Paragon Studios is the name given in April 2009 to the development team assigned to the City of Heroes game by NCSoft (also known as NorCal Studios). Information pertaining to Paragon Studios is located here:

• Paragon Studios

Cryptic Studios

On November 6, 2007, NCsoft announced that they had acquired the rights to City of Heroes and City of Villains from Cryptic Studios. Information pertaining to Cryptic Studios is located here:

• Cryptic Studios

City of Villains Release Credits (2005)

From the City of Villains game manual:

Cryptic Studios

MANAGEMENT TEAM
Michael Lewis
Bruce Rogers
Jack Emmert
Matt Harvey
Craig Zinkievich

DESIGN DEPARTMENT
Jack Emmert
Al Rivera
Sean Michael Fish
Matthew Miller
Thomas Foss
David "Zeb" Cook
Shane Lacey Hensley
Jane Kalmes
Brian Gilmore
Melissa Bianco
E.J. Nelson
Floyd Grubb
Josh Ferguson
Nelli Hughes
Randy William Mosiondz
Zeke Sparkes
John Yoo

PROGRAMMING DEPARTMENT
Bruce Rogers
Shannon Posniewski
Matt Woomer
Martin Simpson
C.W. Bennet
Jimb Esser
Jered Windsheime
Vince D' Amelio
Conor Dickinson
Raoul van Prooijen
Jonathan Wills
Aaron Brady
Lincoln Hamilton
Sam Thompson
Ben Zeigler
Brett Harris

ART DEPARTMENT
Matt Harvey
Steve Stacy
Jeremy Mattson
Christopher Chamberlain
Ian Castaneda
Doug Gaston
Kirk Young
Ryan Roth
Ryan Butts
Mike Apolis
Ocala Bellows Kulig
Avery Wong
Mark Damico
Chris Luckenbach
Jay Doherty
Ken Morse
Brian Wyser
Louise Bell
Duncan Kay
Denis Renshaw
Neil Melville
Nick Duguid

SOUND & MUSIC DEPARTMENT
Michael Henry

DESIGN SUPPORT DEPARTMENT
Geoff Tuffli
Rob Overmeyer
Ray Snyder

PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT
Craig Zinkievich
Serdar Copur
Richard Higbee
Anthony Grandlich

SPECIAL THANKS
Amy La Scola
Amanda McNair
Tracy Bohn
Sunny Walia
Chris Sutton
Michael Parent
Rachael Bristol
Aryn Pennington
Olya Nikitova

ADDITIONAL ART BY:
Nikitova
Liquid Development
Santa Cruz Games

ADDITIONAL SOUND & MUSIC BY
Kevin Manthei & Kevin Riepl,
Kevin Mantehi, Music
Joe Lyford

NCsoft

EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
TJ Kim, NCsoft CEO
Robert Garriott, President, NCsoft North America
Jeremy Gaffney, Vice President, Product Development
Richard Garriott, Executive Producer

GAME MANAGEMENT
Brian Clayton, Producer
Jesse Caceres, Associate Producer
David Lewis, Associate Producer
Jae Hwan Kim, NCHQ Liaison

PUBLISHING
Lance Stites, Publish Coordinator
Stephanie Harris
Ricky Ahn

QUALITY ASSURANCE
Michael Craighead, Director of Quality Assurance
Dan Campbell, QA Supervisor
Jonathon Shelus, PlayNC QA Lead
Lori Branham, QA Community Coordinator Lead

COV QA TEAM
Tosh Toida, QA Lead
Raul Mondragon, Senior Tester
Dennis LIggio, QA Community Coordinator
Leah Bowers
Bob Green
Jeff Moreaux
Curtis O'Neal

ADDITIONAL TESTERS
Heath Allyn
Hope Anthony
Lee Boubel
Lindsay Collier
Jeff Daily
Chris Doerr
Mike Dupler
JoAnna Frazar
Deb Gates
Scott Green
Neal Johnson
Tim Johnson
Brian Knox
Devin Krieg
James Loy
Giles McDonald
Michael Olgin
Brad Pack
Athena Peters
Randy Pratt
Lee Ridout
Cody Russell
Kyle Stewart
Casey Thorp
Stefan Trefil
Andrew Wagner

COMPATIBILITY TESTERS
Alaric Weigle, Compatibility Lead
Martin Knapick
Steven Tonkin

MARKETING & PR
Dorothy Ferguson, VP of Marketing & Sales
Ross Borden, Marketing Manager
Kevin Sullivan, Product Marketing Manager
Greg Latson, Marketing Manager
Toree Alessi, OEM/Licensing and Business Development Manager
Lisa Mandile
Mandy VanAckeren
Chris Graf, Web Manager
Hoss Fatemi, Creative Services Manager
Andrew Hunter, Creative Service Artist
Jessi Knox, Creative Service Artist
Seth Scoville, Web & Multimedia Developer
Chris Savio, Web Developer
Michael Graves, Web Developer

PUBLIC RELATIONS
David Swofford
Mike Crouch
Janna Bureson
Opal Lertutai

COMMUNITY RELATIONS
Richard Weil, Online Community Relations Manager
Em Stock, CoH/CoV Team Lead
Tiffany Nelson, Online Community Coordinator
April Burba, Online Community Coordinator
Will Hiles, Online Content Writer/Editor

IT
Peter Jarvis, IT Director
Greg Barwis
Jeff Stamp
Joe Phillips
Robert Rice
Sebastian Nienhuis
Rob Cordero

NCSOFT NOC
Erik DeBill
John Gehring-Liker
Matthew Weigel

FINANCE
Victoria Richardson, CFO
Emily Blunt, Controller
Justine Holt
Kim Barkelew
Jason Rotan
Neal Buckmaster
Matt Esber, General Counsel

CUSTOMER SUPPORT
John Erskine, Director of Studio Services
Will Leverett, Game Support Manager
Chris Freeman, Customer Service Manager
Rob Simpson, CoH Team Lead
Mike Zupan, RightNow Administrator
Julie Engleking, RightNow Administrator
Robert Chi, Support Quality Control
Amy Crider, Head GM
William Jen, Head GM
Andrea Landers, Senior GM
Eric Arnold, Senior GM
Michael Willhm, Senior GM
Flynn O'Conner, Senior GM
Chris Wilbur, Senior GM

GAME MASTERS
Ryan McDermid
Samantha Smith
Robert Shannon
Patrick Teague
Jeff Grajeda
Heather Warner
Brian Ockert
Kelly Vuris
Stefannie Clendenen
Michael Marcantel
James Garvin
Dwight Spaulding
Crystal Todar
Evan Blewett

ACCOUNT ADMINISTRATION
Mitch Burton
Dirk Hollis
Jimmy Prescott
Paul Roberson

BILLING SUPPORT
Renee Lasswell, Lead
Patrick Wagner, Senior
Amy Crews, Senior
Stephen Shultz, Senior
Micheal Augustine
Bethany Baldwin
Robyn Chase
Michael Chirieleison
John Garcia
Leslie Lomeli
Rachelle Ockert
John Rabon
David Ruckel
Margaret Sheehan
Amanda Shade

TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Matthew Tobin, Lead
Jason Lifsey, Lead
Tim Wilson, Senior
Josh Griffith, Senior
Trollis Crider
Russell Stinnett
Hayden Linder
Nick Bellamy
Connon Kuhnhausen
Chris Allen
John Bishop
Steven Hurtado

DOCUMENTATION
Cryptic Studios
Cryptic Studios
Jack Emmert
Matthew Miller
David "Zeb" Cook
Shane Lacy Hensley
Geoff Tuffli

NCsoft
David Lewis
Jesse Caceres

Prima Games
Eric "ECM" Mylonas, Writer
Marc W. Riegel, Designer
Carrie Andrews, Editor
Fernando Beuno, Editor

SPECIAL THANKS TO
Sung Jun, Ahn
Sang Hoon, Kim
Hyung Joon, Kim
Young Jin, Kwon
Min Young, Yoon
Seok Chan, Yoo
Linda Powers
Wendy Jones
Michelle Caddel
Digital Frontier
Our City of Heroes and City of Villains Fans and Beta Community

City of Heroes Release Credits (2005)

From the City of Heroes game manual:

Cryptic Studios

MANAGEMENT TEAM
Michael Lewis
Bruce Rogers
Jack Emmert
Matt Harvey
Craig Zinkievich

DESIGN
Jack Emmert
Al Rivera
Sean Michael Fish
Matthew Miller
Thomas Foss
Floyd Grubb
Craig Zinkievich
Michael Lewis
Melissa Bianco
Brian Gilmore
E.J. Nelson
David Wood
Jane Kalmes
Vince D’ Amelio

PROGRAMMING
Bruce Rogers
Shannon Posniewski
Matt Woomer
Martin Simpson
C.W. Bennet
Mark Kalmes
Jimb Esser
Michael Parent
Jonathan Shieh
Jered Windshemier
Conor Dickson
Raoul van Prooijen
Jonathan Wills

ART
Matt Harvey
Steve Stacy
Jeremy Mattson
Chris Sutton
Christopher
Chamberlain
Nate Stephens
Jeff Jenkins
Ian Castaneda
Doug Gaston
Kirk Young
Ryan Butts
Mike Apolis
Ocala Bellows

SOUND & MUSIC
Michael Henry

QA
Geoff Tuffli
Rob Overmeyer
Ray Snyder

PRODUCTION
Craig Zinkievich
Serdar Copur
Rachael Bristol
Richard Higbee

SPECIAL THANKS
Amy La Scola
Amanda McNair
Tracy Bohn
Sunny Walia
Rick Dakan
J. Cameron Petty
Josh Bradley
Barbara Fiedler
Tom Nastasia

NCsoft

EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
TJ Kim, NCsoft CEO
Robert Garriott, President, NCsoft North America
Richard Garriott, Executive Producer

GAME MANAGEMENT
Jeremy Gaffney, Executive Producer
Brian Clayton, Producer
David Lewis, Associate Producer
Jesse Caceres, Associate Producer
Jae Hwan Kim, NCHQ Liaison
Lance Stites, Publish Coordinator

QA TESTING
Michael Craighead, QA Director
Dan Campbell, QA Lead
Cody Russell, Senior QA Tester
Lori Branham, QACC Lead
Scott Green, QA Community Coordinator
Lindsay Collier, QA Community Coordinator

TESTERS
Michael Olgin
Randy Pratt
Jonathan Shelus
Kyle Stewart
Stefan Trefil
Lee Ridout
Giles McDonald
Raul Mondragon
Devon Krieg
Curtis O’neal
Tim Johnson
Leah Bower
Bob Green
Jeff Moreaux

COMPATIBILITY TESTERS
Alaric Weigle, Compatibility Lead
Brian Knox

MARKETING & PR
Fred Schmidt, VP of Marketing
Greg Latson, Marketing Director
Kevin Sullivan, Product Marketing Manager
Ross Borden, Marketing
David Swofford, PR Director
Mike Crouch, PR
Janna Bureson, PR
Opal Lertutai, PR
Dorothy Ferguson, Sales Director
Chris Graf, Web Manager
Hoss Fatemi, Creative Service Manager
Andrew Hunter, Creative Service Artist
Jessi Knox, Creative Service Artist
Seth Scoville, Web & Multimedia Developer
Chris Savio, Web Developer
Michael Graves, Web Developer

COMMUNITY RELATIONS
Richard Weil, Online Community Relations Manager
Em Stock, CoH/CoV Lead
Will Hiles, Online Content Writer/Editor
CuppaJo, Online Community Coordinator

IT
Peter Jarvis, IT Director
Greg Barwis
Jeff Stamp
Joe Phillips
Robert Rice
Sebastian Nienhuis
Rob Cordero
NCsoft NOC
Erik DeBill

CUSTOMER SUPPORT
John Erskine, Director of Studio Services
Rob Simpson, CoH Team Lead

City of Heroes Release Credits (2004)

From the City of Heroes game manual:

Cryptic Studios

MANAGEMENT TEAM
Michael Lewis
Bruce Rogers
Jack Emmert
Matt Harvey
Craig Zinkievich

DESIGN
Jack Emmert
Al Rivera
Sean Michael Fish
Matthew Miller
Craig Zinkievich
Michael Lewis
Melissa Bianco
Brian Gilmore
E.J. Nelson
David Wood
Jane Kalmes
Vince D’ Amelio

PROGRAMMING
Bruce Rogers
Shannon Posniewski
Matt Woomer
Martin Simpson
C.W. Bennet
Mark Kalmes
Jimb Esser
Michael Parent
Jonathan Shieh
Jered Windshemier

ART
Matt Harvey
Steve Stacy
Jeremy Mattson
Chris Sutton
Christopher Chamberlain
Nate Stephens
Jeff Jenkins
Ian Castaneda
Doug Gaston
Kirk Young

SOUND & MUSIC
Michael Henry

SPECIAL THANKS
Amy La Scola
Rick Dakan
J. Cameron Petty
Josh Bradley
Barbara Fiedler
Tom Nastasia

NCsoft

EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
TJ Kim, NCsoft CEO
Robert Garriott, President, NCsoft North America
Richard Garriott, Executive Producer
Mike Grajeda, General Manager

GAME MANAGEMENT
Jeremy Gaffney, Executive Producer
Brian Clayton, Producer
Chris Julian, Associate Producer
Jae Hwan Kim, NCHQ Liaison

QA TESTING
Timothy Bell, QA Manager
Tosh Toida, QA Lead
Mark Ball, Senior QA Tester
Scott Green, QA Community Coordinator
Athena Peters, QA Community Coordinator
Alaric Weigle, Compatability Lead

TESTERS
James Ash
Lori Branham
Edward Furstenau
Delan Kai
Chris Maka
Michael Olgin
Randy Pratt
Jeremy Robins
Jonathan Shelus
Chris Sivori
Hope Stevenson
Kyle Stewart
Tim Tan
Stefan Trefil
Kelly Bickford
Rebekah Stone
Lindsay Collier
Lee Ridout
Giles McDonald
Raul Mondragon
Todd Kiester

COMPATIBILITY TESTERS
Patrick Sun
Brian Knox

MARKETING & PR
Fred Schmidt, VP of Marketing
Greg Latson, Marketing Director
David Swofford, PR Director
Dorothy Ferguson, Sales Director
Dorothy Sheenan, Production Manager</br> Chris Graf, Web Manager
Hoss Fatemi, Creative Service Manager
Andrew Hunter, Creative Service Artist
Seth Scoville, Web & Multimedia Developer
Chris Savio, Web Developer

COMMUNITY RELATIONS
Richard Weil, Online Community Relations Manager
Aura Manning, Online Community Coordinator
Will Hiles, Online Content Writer/Editor

OPERATIONS
Peter Jarvis, IT Director
Greg Barwis, Systems Engineering
Jeff Stamp, Systems Administrator
Joe Phillips, Database Administrator
Robert Rice, Network Engineering
DeForrest Sessoms, Tools Programming

GM SUPPORT
John Erskine, Manager of Customer Relations
Jack Wood, CoH Team Lead
Mike Zupan, RightNow Administrator
Stephenie Harris, Head GM
Rob Simpson, Head GM
Ted Avery, Senior GM
Daniel Betsinger, Senior GM
William Jen, Senior GM
Dave Saleh, Senior GM
Dylan Servantes, Senior GM
Game Masters

• Eric Arnold
• Troy Bozeman
• Amy Crider
• Jeff Grajeda
• Andrea Landers
• Dennis M Liggio
• Michael Martino
• Ryan McDermid
• Brady Shannon
• Samantha Smith
• Patrick Teague
• Chris Wilbur
• Mike Wilhm
• Stefannie Williams
  

ACCOUNT ADMINISTRATION
Will Leverett, Lead
Mitch Burton
Dan Campbell

BILLING SUPPORT
Renee Lasswell, Lead
Patrick Wagner, Senior
Brian Ender, Senior
Angela Green, Senior
Chris Allen
Rachelle Anderson-Ockert
Micheal Augustine
Matt Chandler
Amy Crews
Julie Hanna
Jason Lifsey
Ed Moukhtar
Brian Plauche
John Rabon
Stephen Shultz

TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Keith Pannell, Lead
Jimmy Prescott, Senior
Matthew Tobin, Senior
John Arsenault
April Burba
Trollis Crider
Josh Griffith
Ryan Lamberth
Russell Stinnett
Tim Wilson

DOCUMENTATION
Incan Monkey God Studios
Chris McCubbin, Writer
Raini Madden, Designer
David Ladyman, Editor

SPECIAL THANKS TO
Sung Jun, Ahn
Sang Hoon, Kim
Hyung Joon, Kim
Young Jin, Kwon
Min Young, Yoon
Seok Chan, Yoo
Jason Maltzen
Jim Daly
Susan Kath
Starr Long
Jay Lee
Christian Lange
Linda Powers
Victoria Richardson
Neal Buckmaster
Michelle Caddel
Digital Frontier
Our City of Heroes Fans and Beta Community