Alex Rigopulos, CEO of Harmonix Music Systems

Alex Rigopulos is the CEO of Harmonix Music Systems, a company he founded with Eran Egozy in 1995. Rigopulos personally cites Japanese game designers Masaya Matsuura, Tetsuya Mizuguchi, and Keita Takahashi as some artists that have inspired his work at Harmonix. Rigopulos and Egozy were listed in Time Magazine's 2008 list of the 100 most influential people for their work on Rock Band.

Chuck Bergen, President of VTree LLC

Chuck Bergen is CEO of VTree llC and has been designing video games and virtual reality software for the past twelve years exclusively for special needs individuals. His company has partnered with EA Sports and he works with several Fortune 500 companies in promoting the needs for accessible software systems.

Ben Heckendorn, Modder / Hacker and Internet Personality

Ben is one of the most well known game hardware modders in the world. He has used his talents to enabled disabled gamers by creating custom modified hardware. He is the host of the internet show. "The Ben Heck Show" where he highlights a mod'ing project.

Suzanne Robitaille, Founder and Editor abledbody.com

Suzanne is a writer, author and blogger who has real experience with a disability. She lost her hearing at age four and grew up profoundly deaf. In 2002 she received a cochlear implant, which she credits as “the ultimate assistive technology.” Suzanne was the former assistive technology columnist for BusinessWeek.com, giving rise to her fascination with technology that helps people with disabilities surmount barriers in the workplace and life space. She is a trusted source of disability information for The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek.com, Media Post, Ability magazine, HealthDay, Disaboom and other publications and she serves on the advisory board of the National Center on Disability and Journalism. She is also the author of a new book, The Illustrated Guide to Assistive Technology. She holds a Master’s degree in Journalism from the Medill School of Northwestern University and a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She resides in Greenwich, Conn.