Dr. Damarjian is a distinguished game developer with a wealth of experience in art creation and coding. His career has spanned across leading companies such as Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Amazon, and currently Netflix. In academia, he started as a teacher in the Chicago public school system and has been teaching at the college level since 2007. A dedicated lifelong learner, Dr. Damarjian holds an MAT from Columbia College, an MFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) ,MS in Animation from DePaul University  and a PhD from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT).