Luc Barthelet

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Luc Barthelet (born 1962) is the CTO of Unity Technologies. [1] Formerly he was CTO and President of Technology at Electronic Arts. [2] He joined Unity Technologies in December 2018. [3] [4]

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Between 1998 and May 2008 he worked for Electronic Arts. In the gaming community he engages with players on blogs and in discussion boards.[ citation needed ] [5] In his previous post of Group Studio Head, Electronic Arts, he was also instrumental in the development of persistent state worlds, a responsibility that included Majestic , Motor City Online , Earth and Beyond , Ultima Online and The Sims Online . Before ascending to that position, Barthelet was general manager of Maxis where he led product development for titles such as The Sims , The Sims 2 , SimCity 4 and SimCity 3000 .

He was executive director at Wolfram Alpha (December 2010 – May 2014). [6] Prior to this he was CEO of TirNua, Inc, a games company, which developed an eponymous MMO virtual world. TirNua was acquired by RockYou! in December 2010. [7]

Between 2014 and 2018, he circumnavigated on his catamaran with his wife Sarah Flannery and his children. [8]

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  1. ↑ "Luc Barthelet, CTO, on why passion for games and continued learning are key to the next phase of Unity tech".
  2. ↑ "Unity hires former EA exec Luc Barthelet to lead cloud services". finance.yahoo.com.
  3. ↑ "Unity hires former EA exec Luc Barthelet to lead cloud services". GameDaily.biz.
  4. ↑ "Faces of Unity: Luc Barthelet - Unity Technologies Blog". blogs.unity3d.com. December 21, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Stocks". Bloomberg.com.
  6. ↑ "About Wolfram|Alpha: Making the World's Knowledge Computable". www.wolframalpha.com.
  7. ↑ "RockYou acquires TirNua for next-generation 3D social games (exclusive)". December 3, 2010.
  8. ↑ "6 ways of preparation to sail around the world, from the planner to the opportunist". Yachting World. Future Publishing Limited Quay House. June 15, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2023.

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