User:SteeleMichael

International Game Developers Association

[edit] Michael Steele

Michael is currently the corporate "Evangelist", for Emergent Game Technologies, a middleware technology and services company addressing the development needs of the game industry. This role has him working closely with game development teams all over the world in order to influence current and future Emergent technologies and tools. Speaking frequently at industry events on technology trends, concepts, directions and vision, Michael participates actively in the worldwide game developer community. He also writes/edits various industry newsletters, blogs, videos, and organizes community gatherings.

Prior to joining Emergent, Michael was the founder of a research and consulting firm for publishers of massively multiplayer online services and served as Director of Operations for Ubi.com, Ubisoft’s online division in Montreal, building the online operations infrastructure for ubi.com (Shadowbane, Uru: The Ages Beyond Myst). A few of his other roles have included; Vice President of Development for Turbine Entertainment (Asherons' Call), Director of Software Development for Hasbro/Microprose and Director of Engineering for Disney Online. Michael has been making games professionally since 1989.