Manveer Heir is a senior designer working at BioWare MontrĂ©al on Mass Effect 3. Previously he worked at Raven Software in a variety of roles including gameplay programmer, game designer, and lead designer for multiple games including 2009′s first-person shooter Wolfenstein. Manveer graduated from Virginia Tech in 2004 where he received a Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Science and a minor in Mathematics.

Manveer has previously spoken at conferences such as the Game Developers Conference, the D.I.C.E. Summit, Games+Learning+Society, IGDA Leadership Forum, and others. Manveer has occasionally written a design blog, Design Rampage, as well as contributed articles to outlets such as Gamasutra. When not thinking about video games, he can be found enjoying a nice bourbon, if he can find one in Canada.