Dwayne Waite Jr. is a Pittsburgh, PA native who was always drawn to marketing, communications and human behavior. A marketer by trade and consumer behavior enthusiast by interest, Dwayne has always been fascinated about why people behave and make decisions the way that they do. Dwayne has a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration with a marketing emphasis from the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business at Elon University.

Dwayne spent several years in agency life and consultancy, spending several years working with startup brands. With a background in marketing and consumer behavior, Dwayne then decided to go into teaching. 

Dwayne taught multiple marketing classes at a comprehensive high school in Charlotte, North Carolina, where several students under his tutelage reached DECA International Competition. 

After teaching, Dwayne and his family moved back to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he served as the marketing manager at Schell Games, the largest independent entertainment and education game design and development games studio in the United States. There he managed the studio’s social and digital advertising efforts, the influencer marketing program, and the studio’s trade show and event program. Then he became the Marketing Director of Gaming Events for ReedPop, a branch of Reed Exhibitions that is in charge of some of the largest gaming conferences in the world. There he managed the marketing strategy for E3, PAX, and EGX events. Now he's back at Schell Games as its associate director of marketing.

He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife Mackenzie and their two children.