GEARBOX LEADERSHIP

Guardian of the studio's most beloved franchises. He guides both the Gearbox Narrative team and the studio's cross-functional creative work, ensuring the worlds Gearbox builds stay true to themselves across games, transmedia, licensing, and beyond.

Randy is a life-long creative and gamer. He spent his early career at Macromedia working on graphic design tools like FreeHand and Fireworks during the birth of the internet. He transitioned into game development through QA at Ensemble Studios and eventually production leadership at MumboJumbo before joining Gearbox in 2009. Over 17 years at Gearbox, he’s been Producer, Creative Director, President of Properties, and now has the pleasure of helping channel all of Gearbox’s creative talent.

When he's not shepherding universes, Randy is a lifelong omnivore of media, consuming games, books, movies and other forms of entertainment at an alarming rate. You can always talk to him about Borderlands, Star Wars and Legos, at least when he’s not trying to make it through his ever-present backlog of PC games or comics.

Randy and his wife Carrie live in the Dallas area. He is immensely proud of his two adult kids, Rachel and Graham, and may be a bit obsessed with his Parti Yorkie, Gus.

After growing up a gamer and then making games and game engine technology through high school and university, Steve Jones joined Gearbox in 1999.  As a programmer, Steve worked on Gearbox’s expansions for Half-Life and then on the port of Half-Life to PlayStation 2.  That led to working on the client/server network model for the port of Halo to PC and leading the programming team on the multiplayer component for Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30.

Steve was then the Technical Director for Borderlands and Borderlands 2.  Following the post-launch content for Borderlands 2, he led technology for all of Gearbox. During this time leading technology Steve continued to actively program on games until September 2021 when he transitioned into a new role overseeing all of Gearbox Entertainment’s game development.

Today Steve continues in this capacity as Gearbox’s Chief Development Officer. In this role he ensures that Gearbox’s development teams around the world operate as a cohesive unit and provide support for every project. Steve relocated to Gearbox’s studio in Montréal, QC in summer 2024 after calling Gearbox’s Frisco studio home for the past three decades so as to be more central to all of Gearbox’s work across both the U.S. and Canada.  

Andrew Reiner has spent three decades in the video game industry and currently serves as the global creative executive officer at Gearbox Entertainment. Gearbox creates award-winning and genre-defining video games with rich universes that are expanded upon via transmedia storytelling, live experiences, and consumer products.

Before joining Gearbox, Andrew spent 28 years working at Game Informer magazine, the pre-eminent and largest video game magazine in the world. He began his time there as a journalist who served as a trusted voice for players all over the world to get their news about the latest games. He authored cover stories, conducted in-depth interviews with a veritable who’s who of the video game industry, and was among the first to review games that would later go on to be global icons.

In addition to his decades of experience at Game Informer, Andrew was also the longtime host of Video Games Weekly on iHeart Radio and was the in-house video games expert for Howard Stern’s Geektime segment.

During Andrew’s time at Game Informer and while hosting multiple radio shows he built a deep, first-hand understanding of how game publishers and studios approach the game development process. He has been on the frontlines as the industry has evolved over multiple generations of gaming platforms, introduced countless new global franchises, and been a part of the unparalleled growth and expansion of the industry.

In 2022 this all came full circle as he joined Gearbox Entertainment to become its first-ever Global Creative Executive Officer. A key aspect of Andrew’s role is to work closely with creative teams across Gearbox’s multiple projects – from video games to transmedia properties to consumer products – and provide a perspective that ensures everything that Gearbox creates brings joy and happiness to people all over the world.

Andrew’s responsibilities are immense as his overarching vision is key to infusing a connected identity for what Gearbox creates so that players and fans recognize each game, graphic novel, tabletop game, or action figure is truly representative of Gearbox regardless of whether they live in Dallas, Tokyo, and everywhere in between.

Mark DeDecker is an accomplished executive with more than two decades of experience leading enterprise transformation, strategic operations, and organizational performance initiatives across the entertainment, video game, media, and technology sectors.

Mr. DeDecker is the Chief Operations Officer at Gearbox Entertainment, a company that creates award-winning and genre-defining video games with rich universes that are expanded upon via transmedia storytelling, live experiences, and consumer products.

In his role, he oversees Information Technology, Human Resources, Finance, and Studio Operations, driving operational alignment and scalable infrastructure to support creative and business growth. Known for combining strategic vision with operational discipline, he brings a leadership style grounded in collaboration, transformation management, and data-driven execution. Mark originally joined Gearbox as Chief of Staff to the founder, where he partnered closely with executive leadership on strategic planning, organizational execution, and operational integration initiatives.

Prior to Gearbox Entertainment, Mark held multiple executive leadership roles at 21st Century Fox, including Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff for Enterprise Operations & Insight. In those roles, he helped transform Fox’s operations into a world-class digital supply chain organization, leading large-scale operational and organizational initiatives across global teams. He spearheaded enterprise transformation efforts that significantly improved operational efficiency, scalability, cost optimization, and profitability while supporting rapid business growth and increasing transaction complexity. Earlier in his tenure, he led global ERP modernization initiatives, enhanced financial operations and governance, strengthened accounting controls, and accelerated financial close processes across international business divisions.

In addition to his corporate leadership experience, Mark has advised organizations such as a Business Performance and Analytics Consultant, helping clients leverage analytics, simulation modeling, SaaS technologies, and data infrastructure to improve decision-making and operational performance.

Mark played NCAA football and was later selected as a player-coach in the European Football League. Mark, married to Tammy Tavares, an actor and stand-up comedian, has two Chow Chows and enjoys spending time with them, watching movies, and traveling.

Mark holds an MBA from USC Marshall School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Accounting from Liberty University.

Dan Hewitt is a seasoned communications executive with a track record of building brands, shaping narratives, and leading high-performing teams across some of the most dynamic corners of the media and entertainment landscape.

Currently serving as Chief Communications Officer at Gearbox Entertainment Company, Dan drives the strategies that keep the game studio — and the people behind it — in the spotlight. Under his leadership, Gearbox's founder earned recognition as "CEO of the Year" by Tech Titans, and the company has been celebrated as a top workplace by both The Dallas Morning News and the Dallas Business Journal.

Before joining Gearbox, Dan spent over a decade at the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the trade association for the U.S. video game industry, rising to VP of Media Relations and Event Management. There, he oversaw a team of 40 and helped produce E3, the world's largest video game convention. He also guided the industry through high-profile government investigations and played a key role in communications surrounding a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case protecting the First Amendment rights of video game creators. On the digital side, he led a redesign of ESA's online presence that resulted in a 200% increase in traffic and engagement.

Earlier in his career, Dan honed his communications craft at Burson-Marsteller and the Glover Park Group, two of Washington's most respected public affairs firms.

Dan holds a BA in Politics from The Catholic University of America and has been recognized with multiple industry honors, including PR News' "Event Marketer of the Year." He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Washington National Cathedral.