Tom Toynton is an Assistant Professor of Game Development at Bloomfield College in NJ, a program he co-founded in 2003. He holds a BA in Interactive Multimedia and an MS in Information Technology, and has been a creative technology consultant for K12 school districts and non-profit organizations for the past nine years. Tom has combined over 18 years of training and teaching experience with his life-long love for storytelling and games, and believes that the key to effective education is through compelling content and engaging classroom activities that students can personally relate to. His artistic passion is dynamic storytelling through interactive technology and game environments, and he continues to work on both modding and PnP RPG projects in his spare time. Tom is also an advisory panel member of the Northern NJ Chapter of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA).