Tom Cadwell

Tom Cadwell (aka Zileas) was a Game Designer at Blizzard Entertainment.

Work

Cadwell worked at Blizzard from September 2002 to August 2005.

- Led and executed the play balance process of Warcraft 3 (post-launch) and Warcraft 3: The Frozen throne, to drive high player engagement and facilitated the success of the Warcraft 3 e-sports community.

- Strong contributor in the design of several key WoW gameplay systems, including the WoW talent system.

- Led ad-hoc teams of developers and support staff to rapidly evaluate and deliver filtered actionable feedback regarding beta-phase outdoor zone content to help deliver a great 1-60 leveling experience.

- Led teams to optimize the 1-6 leveling and zone experience of WoW to maximize conversion of new players to long-term players.