Tim Stellmach is Design Group Manager at Vicarious Visions Inc. in Troy, NY, where he has most recently acted as project leader for Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy and Doom 3 (XBOX). He started in the game industry as a playtester for Ultima Underworld (PC) in 1992. At LookingGlass Studios, he was the lead designer of Ultima Underworld II, Thief, and Thief II (PC), and also a member of the design teams for Terra Nova and System Shock (PC). He holds a BS in Math with Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.