Wilene Dozier

Wilene Dozier (30 October 1955 - ) is founder and CEO of SWIGames [http://www.zoominfo.com/people/level2page10599.aspx] now Edocero [http://www.tsu.edu/academics/law/alumni/classNote.asp] a faith-based games developer and publisher

Background

Dozier was born in Jacksonville, Florida. She received her B.A. from Florida State University, a M.S.L.S. from Clark Atlanta University and J.D.from Texas Southern University

Career

She practiced law throughout the 1990s, eventually forming a game publishing company, [http://bw.zoominfo.com/Industries/toy-mfg/toys-games/interactive-software-development.htm] specializing in Christian games. The company's first game, [http://www.austin360.com/recreation/content/recreation/video_games/features/religious_games.html EXODUS,] entered the Christian games market in 2003. One of a few female CEO's in the game industry and the only African-American female CEO she regularly attends the Microsoft sponsored [http://www.tech.port.ac.uk/staffweb/eylesm/wig-website/conf-2007/speakers.html Blacks in Gaming] networking event held at the annual [http://www.gdconf.com Game Developers Conference.]

Initiatives

In keeping with the mission to diversify the games industry, Edocero and other sponsors, such as [http://clickteam.com Clickteam] offers the [http://www.edocero.com/summercamp/index.html Urban Game Design Camp] for African-American middle school and high school students on the campus of Edward Waters College,a HBCU, where she is an adjunct professor.

Community Service

She co-founded PRIDE Book Club [http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/050306/new_21754031.shtml] , 14 years ago, an African-American club of avid readers.