Gordon Walton

Company: Maxis

Current title: Vice President, Executive Producer

Current project: The Sims Online

Favorite game that you've worked on: Ultima Online

Current favorite game to play: Ultima Online

Favorite game of all time: Ultima Online

Mr. Walton has been authoring games and managing game development since 1977. He has a bachelor of science from Texas A & M in computer science. He has personally developed over two dozen games and managed the development of hundreds more.

Mr. Walton has spoken at every Game Developers Conference since it began , on topics ranging from game design to programming to business. He has had his own development company (twice), been development manager for Three-Sixty Pacific and Konami America, vice president of development for GameTek, senior vice president and general manager of Kesmai Studios, vice president online services for Origin Systems managing UO, and is currently vice president and executive producer of The Sims Online at Maxis. He is personally committed to building the medium of MMP games to surpass the reach and impact of standalone computer games.