Brian A. Jackson is the Creative Design Director at Nerjyzed Games Studios, a subsidiary of Nerjyzed Entertainment Inc., an African American owned Digital Multimedia Company in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Nerjyzed Games Studios is a certified Microsoft Developer that was the first African American owned company to create a video game on the Xbox 360, BCFX - The Black College Football Xperience: The Doug Williams Edition. As Creative Design Director, it was his task to build the design team and then to create the vision of the product and instill the vision throughout the company.

Before working for Nerjyzed Entertainment Inc., Brian is a 14 year industry veteran to the realm of Video Game Technology with a reputation of being a dedicated and versatile team player who brings projects in on time and under budget. He is knowledgeable in all areas of production, including contracts, quality control and both internal and external development management. He is also a skilled team leader whose energy and motivation serve as an example to others.

Before joining Nerjyzed Entertainment Inc., Brian has worked for Electronic Arts, Microsoft, and Bethesda Softworks. Games that he has worked on include, BCFX – The Black College Football Experience, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, IHRA Drag Racing – Sportsman Edition, NFL Fever, NBA Inside Drive, NCAA March Madness, Madden NFL Football, and Viewpoint.

Prior to working in the Video Game industry, Brian had also worked for General Electric Aerospace, Martin Marietta, and ALCOA.

Brian is a well versed and speaker on the subject matter of the Systems Analysis and Design and the Software Development Life Cycle. Most recently, he was a Guest Alumni Speaker at “Serious About Games: A Computer and Video Games Workshop and Networking Event” on the campus of Howard University.

Prior to that Brian has spoken on various campuses across the nation on the topic of, “Game Design and the Software Development Life Cycle” to students during career fairs and on campus employer days.

Brian was recently featured, along with CEO Jackie Beauchamp, on the critically acclaimed Mo’Nique Show on BET in January 2010 showcasing Nerjyzed Entertainment Inc., BCFX, and the Drum Line Challenge on National Television. He was also featured along with Ms. Beauchamp in the November 26, 2007 issue of Jet Magazine for his work with Nerjyzed Entertainment Inc., in creating the 1st ever, Black College Football Game. He was also featured in US Black Engineer, January 2001, Article: “Their Work Is All Play, Turning Pastimes into Careers in the Video Games Industry”. Brian was also featured in the September 1998 issue of the Source Magazine, Power Moves Section. Article: “Who Got Game?”

Recently he was featured in an interview by MTV. Here is the link to the interview: http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/04/09/black-professionals-in-games-nerjyzeds-brian-jackson/

Also he was featured in an article in the Baton Rouge Business Report - January 26, 2009:
http://www.businessreport.com/news/2009/jan/26/contraflow-edvl1/

He has also been featured in Uptown Magazine. Check out the article:
http://uptownlife.net/uptownsocial/siteadmin/digest.php?digestID=117

Brian has also been wikipediafied: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_A._Jackson_(Video_Games)

Brian received a Bachelor of Business Administration concentrating in Computer Based Information Systems from Howard University. He is a Life Member of Alpha Phi Alpha, Beta Chapter. He also serves as a regional officer of the Howard University Alumni Association.