Kayla Lakey - Senior IT Manager at Powerhouse Animation Studios

 Kayla Lakey has served as the IT Manager for Powerhouse Animation Studios (Castlevania, Masters of the Universe, Tomb Raider) for 2 and a half years in Austin, Texas. She manages equipment, budgets, & software needs specific to keeping productions going. Outside of Powerhouse, Kayla has been a Conference Associate two years in a row for the Game Developer's Conference in San Francisco, where she spends the week making sure attendees have the experience of a lifetime, from assisting attendees like the Godfather of Tekken - Katsuhiro Harada - with their panels to ensuring attendees are welcomed and pointed in the right direction. She's also an active participant in the Global Game Jam and a Girls Make Games Fellow. 
Outside of her service to the animation and video games industry, Kayla is a Chili's Rewards Member and a lover of all kinds of games. She adores Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, and Baldur's Gate 3! She also has 3 wonderful cats who have dramatically escalated the crime rate in her apartment. Anything Taylor Swift or Sleep Token related is bound to get her chatting with you!