Alek Castelain

Alek Castelain has several years of experience in the gaming industry, primarily as a Technical Artist. They started their career in 2009 as a Manager and Lead Tech at Your Techie. In 2010, they moved on to become a Lead Modeler and artist at the Institute for Simulation and Training, where they worked on low poly real-time environments and augmented reality education projects. In 2011, they joined the Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy as a Technical Artist/2D 3D Artist and eventually became the Art Lead and Lead Technical Artist. They then joined Electronic Arts (EA) in 2012 as a Technical Artist and later became a Senior Technical Artist. They continued working at EA until 2021 when they joined Sledgehammer Games as a Senior Technical Artist.

Alek Castelain began their education at the University of Central Florida in 2007, graduating in 2011 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) degree in Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects. Alek continued their studies at the same university from 2011 to 2012, earning a Master of Science (MS) degree in Interactive Entertainment.