Michael "Mike" Yamada is the Co-Founder of Extracurricular Activites, an Instructor at the Concept Design Academy, and a visual development artist at both Walt Disney Animation Studios and DreamWorks Animation. He studied Bachelor of Science, Product Design at the Art Center College of Design (200-2003), and previously worked as a guest lecterur at the Clifornia Institute of the Arts (2012), a concept illustrator at Lightstorm Entertainment (2005), and as an Instructor at the Otis College of Art & Design (2004).