About Speaker

"Since 2014, Lisa and David Spira have published well-researched, rational, and reasonably humorous escape room reviews, design tips, player tips, and industry commentary on Room Escape Artist. Their mission is to share their love of exploring giant puzzles and to push the makers of those giant puzzles to create the best experiences they can. They strive to grow the community of amazing people who love solving the puzzles together. They host Escape Immerse Explore, curated escape room destination tours for groups of 24-60 people. They also host The Reality Escape Convention (RECON), the premier event for escape rooms and immersive games, hosted digitally in August of 2020. Lisa is an onomastician who turned her lifelong obsession with names in a career in language technology. She currently works as Head of Content Intelligence at Persado. Lisa holds a degree in linguistics from Syracuse University and also works as a private baby name consultant."