Rob Pardo was vice president of game design at Blizzard Entertainment. He started work at the company during the "StarCraft days." Amongst many other games, he worked on the design and game balance of StarCraft and was the lead designer of StarCraft: Brood War. Pardo left Blizzard in 2014. In 2016, he founded Bonfire Studios, working with other fellow former Blizzard staff members.