User:DolbierGeorge

International Game Developers Association

[edit] George Dolbier

CTO Games & Interactive Entertainment
IBM
georged@us.ibm.com

[edit] Bio

George Dolbier is in the position of CTO for IBM's team focusing Games and Digital Entertainment. As a technical executive with global responsibilities George works with both Entertainment Industry Giants, as well independent and startup studios. There is organizations building virtual worlds, Massively Multiplayer Games(MMOGs), Computer Animation for Television, Film, Advertising. In addition to working with companies producing and running Entertainment, George also works with Enterprises to understand and integrate simulation and immersive virtual world technologies. George's unique and insightful perspective has be developed by a diverse 20+ years of professional experience. The diversity comes from a career that includes notable technical and management roles. Mr. Dolbier technical experience was gained from software engineering roles at Oracle, Informix and Sequent Computer Systems. His busines process experience was gained from roles such as IT operations manager, running the largest (in number of supported users) open systems datacenter of it’s time (1989). Just prior to joining IBM Mr. Dolbier was Director of Engineering for a small .COM, where he lead the development of Web enhanced consumer electronics that included VOIP communications and input devices for games. George has also provided technical leadership for several IBM emerging markets initiatives outside of games including software as a service, Linux and Open Source for small businesses. Mr. Dolbier is a sought after speaker and panelist most notably at the Game Developers Conference, FMX, AGC, MIGS to name a few.