Tom Hays is a sound designer, musician, leader and tinkerer, who has
has spent his career raising the quality bar for sound in games,
animation and other media.
Tom currently runs Rocket Sound, a company based in North Hollywood
providing dialogue, localization, sound effects and other services.
Built from the former Technicolor Interactive Services, this core team
has been working together for years on major game franchises including
Gears of War, Uncharted, Mass Effect and others, as well as animated
series and features.
Prior to coming to Technicolor in 2005, Tom ran the sound department at
game developer Treyarch, overseeing work on Spider-Man 2, Call of Duty
Big Red One and other AAA multi-platform games. Before this, he was
audio director at developers NovaLogic and Rocket Science Games, and
started Big Sound, one of the first companies focused on sound effects
and mixing for interactive media.