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David Catlin is the technical director at Next Level Games, a role he has held since "September 2002" (this is likely an error, as Next Level Games was founded in October, the following month). Catlin has overseen the development of Super Mario Strikers, Mario Strikers Charged, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, Metroid Prime: Blast Ball and Metroid Prime: Federation Force. Prior to joining Next Level Games, Catlin worked as a programmer at Radical Entertainment (from 1998-2000) and at EA Black Box from 2000-2002.