Jesse N. Schell (born June 13, 1970) is an American video game designer and author, as well as the CEO of Schell Games,[2] and a distinguished professor of the practice of entertainment technology at CMU's Entertainment Technology Center (ETC), a joint master's program between the College of Fine Arts and School of Computer Science in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

In 1995 he joined Walt Disney Imagineering, where he worked for seven years in the capacity of programmer, manager, designer, and creative director on several projects.

During his time at Disney, he met Carnegie Mellon professor Randy Pausch, who was taking a sabbatical in the lab where Schell worked.

When Pausch founded the Entertainment Technology Center at CMU, he invited Schell to become a faculty member.

[8] As of August 2018, Schell noted that he is actively talking to Disney about obtaining the rights to Toontown Online.