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Flight Simulator X

Art
Aaron O'Bryan-Herriott
Adrian Woods
Birney C Mitchell
Chris Banks (Solutions IQ)
Christopher W Greenhaw (FILTER)
Danny Ngan (Sakson & Taylor)
Darren Mckee (FILTER)
Dave Adams
Derek Bentley
Emmanuel Athans (FILTER)
Greg Polous
Irvin Gee
Jason Waskey
Jill Cammarano
John Carlton
John Smith
Kevin Burgess
Larry Ahern
Lissa Klanor (Sakson & Taylor)
Marvin Washington (Sakson & Taylor)
Michael S Chavez (FILTER)
 Peter Zahn
Rick Hudson
Rick Welsh
Stephen Hauer
Steven V Villanueva (Sakson & Taylor)

Audio
David Henry

Data & Process Operations

Nadeem Karim (muhamk)

Design
Brandon Seltz (Sakson & Taylor)
Jason Ford (Sakson & Taylor)
John Feil (FILTER)
Justin Wood
Paul Lange

Development
Adam Szofran
Andrew Perhach (Volt Services Group)
Ben Taggart (Excell Data Corporation)
Brian Syme
Dave Denhart
Doug Matthews
J. Brian Smith
Joe Stacy
John Kane
Josh Lindquist
Kevin Kahl
Lyndon Kidwell (Siemens Business Services Inc)
Mike Ruete
Mike Schroeter
Rafael Cintron
Richard Stallworthy (Volt Services Group)
Scott Honji
Sean Anderson
Sebastien St-Laurent
Sergey Bezruchkin
Steve Lacey
Steve Setzler
Susan Ashlock
Tim Gregson
Tim Hoar (Aditi)
Victor Santodomingo

Geodatabase and Tools Team

Andrew Serak (Sakson & Taylor)
Bill Chism
Craig Green (Volt Services Group)
Gene Vaatveit
John Southmayd
Josh Lindquist
Leon Rosenshein
 Matt Manolides (Filter)
Maxwell Perry (Filter)
Nicolas Coderre
Nicolas Gauvin
Percy Fitter (Aditi)
Pete Apostle (Sakson & Taylor)
Ryan Tremblay
Travis Crowell

Group Assistants
Heather Baisa
Samantha Dougherty-Sindell

Localization
Alessandra Vincenzi (Binari Sonori Srl)
Barry OSullivan (CPL)
Ben Cahill
Brian Fox
Chiara Comini (Binari Sonori Srl)
Daishiro Hori (Recruit Staffing Co., Ltd)
Giuseppe Graziano (Keywords International)
Hideaki Nire
Ignacio Granados (Lionbridge International)
Jamie OConnell
Jason Shirley
Jee Hoon Oh (WiseHR)
Jrme Terroir (Keywords International)
Ji Young Kim
John Byrne
Jonathon Young
Jorge Siepenkothen (Lionbridge International)
Kaoru Ito
Kazuyuki Kumai
Kazuyuki Shibuya
Lana Peng
Marcin Dziadowiec (Keywords International)
Marc Riedel (Keywords International)
Masaru Hidaka (Digital Scape)
Michael Ivory
Palma Cedele (Binari Sonori Srl)
Paola Tarocchi (Binari Sonori Srl)
Patricia Pinilla (Lionbridge International)
Paul Vigneron (Keywords International)
Sachiko Nagasawa
Sean Wu (104)
Stefano Pocar (Binari Sonori Srl)
Takayuki Tsuchiya
Taiyo Yea (Keywords International)
Tina Stark (Lionbridge International)
Wen-Chin Deng
Vincent Tsai (104)
Whi Young Yoon (WiseHR)
Yutaka Hasegawa

Marketing
Craig Davison
 Cameron Payne
Genevieve Waldman
Jerret West
Justin Kirby
Leslie McBride
Nancy Ramsey

Mission Voices
BJ Ward
Brad Abrell
Chris Edgerly
David Kaye
Fred Tatasciore
James Horan
Moira Quirk
Nolan North
Patty Mattson
Ron Snow
Wally Wingert

Music
Original music composed and produced by Stan LePard

Print Design
Chris Lassen
Jeannie Voirin
Raquel Robertson (Sakson & Taylor)

Product Activation Solutions

Nabin Khanal (nabink)

Program Management
Eric Matteson
Hugh Finnan
Kevin Griffin
Michael Zyskowski
Mike Gilbert

Product Support
Phil Saitta

Test
Anthony Ervin (Volt Information Sciences, Inc.)
Arman Salimi (Excell Data Corporation)
Ben Gerrald (Volt Information Sciences, Inc.)
Brent Conklin
Caleb Cha
Chong Kim (Volt Information Sciences, Inc.)
Cody Roesch (Excell Data Corporation)
Dan Bell
Dominic Ferraro (Volt Information Sciences, Inc.)
Ernest Wu (Excell Data Corporation)
George Townsend (Excell Data Corporation)
Greg Swanson
Hal Bryan
Henry Kessay (Volt Information Sciences, Inc.)
 Isaiah Schubert (Volt Information Sciences, Inc.)
Jeff MacDermot
Jeff Olsen (Volt Information Sciences, Inc.)
Joe Djorgee
Jon Burns
Jon Stanley
Karie Daniel
Karl LeDoux (Volt Information Sciences, Inc.)
Karley Donnell (Excell Data Corporation)
Kim Frazier (Volt Information Sciences, Inc.)
Kirk Lennstrom (Excell Data Corporation)
Kyle OBrien (Volt Information Sciences, Inc.)
Lee Stoiser (Volt Information Sciences, Inc.)
Leonard Provencher (Volt Information Sciences, Inc.)
Mathew Coyne (Volt Information Sciences, Inc.)
Matthew Gamboa (Volt Information Sciences, Inc.)
Matt Renne (Volt Services Group)
Robert Max Martin (Excell Data Corporation)
Michael Giusty (Excell Data Corporation)
Michael Merwin (Volt Information Sciences, Inc.)
Michelle Schultz-Schroud
Mike Lambert
Mog Osgood Graver (Volt Information Sciences, Inc.)
Norah Hogoboom
Patrick Ascolese
Patrick Barker
Patrick McConnell (Excell Data Corporation)
Paul Grimes
Piyali Jana
Scott Anderson
Scott Grant
Sean Roffe (Volt Information Sciences, Inc.)
Shawna Williams (Volt Information Sciences, Inc.)
Steve Alliston
Steve Wilson
Tamara Williams
Theodore Lankford (Volt Information Sciences, Inc.)
Thomas Snyder (Volt Information Sciences, Inc.)
TJ Duez
Todd Dyment (Volt Information Sciences, Inc.)
Tony Bradley

TNT
Craig Henry
Dave Templin
Dennis Ham (Volt Services Group)
Jennifer Boespflug
Matt Gradwohl
Mike Pietraszak
Rich Bonny
Shane Evans
Will Pournasseh (Volt Information Sciences, Inc.)

User Experience
Alan Theurer
Brent Metcalfe
 Brian Hunt
Heidi Wartelle
Jack Turk
Jon Seal
Mike Singer
Peter Turcan
Rich Bixby

User Research
John Davis
Keith Steury
Kevin Goebel
Mark Burdick
Ramon Romero

Voice Casting and Production

Alexandra Dorris
Blindlight
Dave Lieber
Dawn Hershey, C.S.A.
Wes Gleason

Windows SPP (Software Protection Platform)

Ann Chung (achung)
David Maralack
Dongmei Gui
Mark Svancarek
Mark Zagorski (Excell Data Corporation)
Ning Zhang
Philip Tham (Excell Data Corporation)
Scott Sipe
Tarik Soulami
Toby Whitney

Management Team
General Manager, Microsoft Games Studios
Shane Kim

ACES General Manager

Dave Luehmann

ACES Studio Manager

Shawn Firminger

ACES Group Business Development Manager

Scott Andersen

ACES Development Manager

Carl Edlund

ACES Group Program Manager

John Licata

ACES Group Design Manager

Patrick Cook
 ACES Community Development Manager
Brett Schnepf

ACES Audio Director

David Henry

ACES Art Director

Jason Waskey

ACES Test Manager

Brent Conklin

ACES Group Assistant

Samantha Dougherty-Sindell
Heather Baisa (Kelly Services Inc)

Group User Experience Manager

Matt Whiting

Group User Research Manager

Dennis Wixon

ATC Voices
Barry Dowsett
Brian Hunt
Caitlin Sullivan
Christine Hill
Hal Bryan
Kathy Osborne
Kevin Burgess
Kevin Griffin
Michael Zyskowski
Mike Singer

Special Thanks
Akiho Takaki
Carl Anselmi
David Makonnen
Flight Simulator X Beta Testers
Friends of Flight Sim
Heather Kane
Herry Sutanto
Humberto Castaneda
Maciek Sarnowicz
Michael Berg
Rico Malvar
Yasmine Nelson
Zbigniew Krupowicz

Aircraft Consultation
Alteon Training (a Boeing company)
The Boeing Company
Bombardier Aerospace Flight Operations, Business Aircraft, Commercial Aircraft,
and de Havilland Canada
 Cessna Aircraft Company
Galvin Flying Service
Garmin
Jeremy Ainsworth (Maule)
Kenmore Air, Inc.
Larry Teufel (Grumman Goose owner)
Rick Edriss

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