Lisy Kane
Co-founder & games producer
Award-winning videogames producer who started SheMakesGames and co-built AI High.
Lisy’s story
Lisy is a videogames producer with a global footprint — the only Australian on Forbes 30 Under 30: Games (2017). At Melbourne studio League of Geeks her work includes award-winning title Armello; she oversees international releases across Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch and mobile.
She’s in high demand on the speaker circuit for gaming, tech and STEM education — including for NASA — and can often be found streaming DOTA 2 on Twitch.
What Lisy has built at Girl Geek Academy
- Curated Australia’s first all-female game-making day in 2015, which grew into SheMakesGames.
- Built AI High with Sarah Moran, first delivered with the Telstra Foundation.
- Champions longer careers for women and non-binary people in games.
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In Lisy’s words
“We need more women and non-binary talent in senior games roles, and to make sure they have extended careers.”
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