Name: | Brad Wardell |
Occupation: | Entrepreneur |
Gender: | Male |
Birth Day: | June 24, 1971 |
Age: | 49 |
Country: | United States |
Zodiac Sign: | Cancer |
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Before Fame
He studied electronic engineering at Western Michigan University.
Biography
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Wardell built PCs and worked as a check proofer while studying at Western Michigan University. He graduated in 1994 with a degree in Electronic Engineering, specializing in Computer Engineering.
Wardell is co-founder and webmaster of WinCustomize, a site specializing in the distribution of skins and themes for computer software. He is also an administrator and – through Stardock – the largest single shareholder of technology news site Neowin. He was a regular on the PowerUser.TV podcast, run by WinCustomize and Neowin, and organized the GUI Olympics (later GUI Championships), a semi-annual skinning competition starting in 2002.
Wardell was a member of Crain’s Detroit’s 40 under 40 in 2003, and has been a finalist for Ernst & Young’s Michigan Entrepreneur of the Year in 2002-4 and 2007.
Wardell is regularly interviewed by game industry magazine Gamasutra. In 2009, he was chosen as a judge for Intel’s “Level Up” game demo contest. He was also a columnist for game websites The Adrenaline Vault and Quarter to Three.
Wardell designed Galactic Civilizations for Windows and its sequel, which became GameSpy’s Game of the Year. He subsequently designed The Political Machine and Elemental, as well as two expansions (Dark Avatar and Twilight of the Arnor) to Galactic Civilizations II. In 2012 he was the producer of Elemental: Fallen Enchantress.
In mid 2013, Stardock announced that it had promoted Derek Paxton to succeed Wardell in the running of Stardock Entertainment in order for Wardell to have more time for other projects. These other projects included co-founding new game studios including Oxide Games and Mohawk Games with Soren Johnson.
In 2013, he and Soren Johnson cofounded Mohawk Games to develop strategy games. Their first video game was Offworld Trading Company.
Upcoming Birthday
Currently, Brad Wardell is 51 years, 0 months and 8 days old. Brad Wardell will celebrate 52nd birthday on a Saturday 24th of June 2023.
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