President

Philip Chu is the owner and operator of Technicat, LLC in Huntington Beach, CA, providing software consulting and developing services, and developing games under the Fugu Games label.

His career has spanned corporate research and development, defense and government projects, computer graphics, video games, and dot-com startups (see worthless stock certificate).

Phil's education includes bachelors and masters degrees in computer science and engineering from MIT and Johns Hopkins University, respectively.

Phil enjoys writing and, in addition to tech briefs for a Boston press relations firm, a white paper published by the Nintendo Software Development Group, and the software essays on this site, has contributed one line to a published video game and written voiceover dialogue for three levels of a cancelled game. Now he aimlessly blogs and makes pictures with words.

The accompanying portrait of Oliver Wendell Jones was kindly provided and autographed by Berkeley Breathed at Iowa City West High School, where Phil discovered the Apple II and learned to program in study hall.

CTO

Cappuccino, the first Chief Technicat Officer, was discovered at the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Cappuccino now rests at the Sea Breeze Pet Cemetery.

Jiggs, the current Chief Technicat Officer, was recruited from the Seal Beach Animal Care Center and vacations at the Westminster Veterinary Group.

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Network

Technicat relies on a trusted network of advisors, colleagues and industry partners, including:

Testing, feedback and suggestions from Kenneth Chin, a veteran of the New England high-tech industry with bachelors and masters degree in electrical engineering from MIT, Jon Kranc developer of 3D content creation tools and multiple game titles for Activision and Hyper Entertainment, and Alexander Chang, who has appeared on Sesame Street.

Management consultants and business analysts Larry Smith, an expert in 3D graphics, motion capture and game development with an MBA from the UCLA Andersen School of Business, and Tiger Advisors consultant to top industry executives on resource management and planning.

Web site operator Eric Chu of Bike Mecca

Graphic designer Shane Nakamura Designs, who created the Technicat and Fugu Games logos.

Content providers ElektraShock, a CG studio for for games and film, and T. Hite Audio Productions, composer of sound effects and scores for games and film.

Legal experts James Wong, Emil Chang, and Tom Buscaglia.

Financial planner Troy Wirth, who provides financial management advice to small business owners.

Industry executives Aaron Pulkka, who oversees PC and console development, and Li-han Chen, an entrepeneur in the mobile games and virtual worlds spaces.