Two Microsoft Employees Honored in Forbes’ 2013 “30 Under 30: Games” Feature

We are proud to share that Microsoft Senior Producer Jessie Coombs (28) and Industrial Designer Andrew Kim (22) were both honored on the Forbes “30 Under 30” list in the Games category.  Here’s what Forbes had to say about these two rising stars:

Jessie Coombs, Senior Producer

“Coombs is a senior producer within the core publishing organization of Microsoft Game Studios, and has helped drive several multimillion dollar games, including Halo Reach, Gears of War: Judgment, Sunset Overdrive and Destiny. Outside of work, she’s a passionate board game enthusiast and Magic the Gathering player.”

Andrew Kim, Industrial Designer

“While he was a student at the Art Center College of Design in California, visual and industrial designer Andrew Kim created a project that proposed radical redesigns and rebranding for technology giant Microsoft. Now he’s working at the company and helping create the next generation of Xbox products. He also maintains a popular design blog, Minimally Minimal.”

Congratulations to both Jessie and Andrew! We’re thrilled to have such talented people working on our team.

Forbes’ third annual “30 Under 30” features the “brightest stars in 15 different fields under the age of 30.”