Nicolas Fournel has over 25 years of experience in the game industry including positions at Konami, EA and Sony where he specialized in audio engines, tools and general research and development. He is a frequent speaker at international conferences such as GDC, Develop, Cedec and AES, and holds several digital signal processor and procedural audio patents. Nicolas founded Tsugi five years ago in Niigata, Japan. One of Tsugi’s main products is Alto, an audio localization tool routinely helping major localization agencies and game studios around the world to check and deliver audio dialogue in many languages.