Craig Alexander
Vice President of Product Development, Turbine, Inc.

As the Vice President of Product Development, Craig Alexander oversees the development and production of Turbine's franchises including The Lord of the Rings Online™, Dungeons & Dragons Online™, Asheron's Call®, as well as all future projects.

Craig has over twenty years of engineering and studio general management experience and, most recently, held the position of Vice President and General Manager of Z-Axis, an Activision studio. In this role, he managed the development of multiple console titles, including the 2006 X-Men game. Previously, he was Vice President and Executive Producer for Electronic Arts Partners, managing a portfolio of externally developed PC and console titles, and Vice President of Online for Electronic Arts' Westwood Studios in Las Vegas managing EA's MMO Earth & Beyond.

Prior to EA, he was General Manager for Sierra Online's original development studio near Yosemite National Park, shipping numerous titles and overseeing Sierra's entry into MMOs.

Lecturer: Building Online Games for the Console Generation: Challenges and Opportunities, Thursday, 2:00 PM, Salon EF