Jon Horsley
Jon Horsley
Jon Horsley is an accomplished video game executive with extensive experience in team building, studio management, intellectual property development, and business operations. He has worked in various executive roles such as CEO, COO, Studio Head, Game Director, and startup Founder. Jon has managed development product creation costs of up to $100M per title and generated $4B+ topline revenue. His expertise lies in building and managing local teams of 300+ cross-functional game developers, developing highly complex online connected action games from preproduction through launch, and post-launch game-as-a-service model. He is an analytical and creative communicator who is skilled in building and strengthening relationships vital to business and product development.
Jon's educational background includes a Bachelor's Degree in English Major/Business Minor from Washington State University. Outside of the professional realm, Jon is a multi-talented individual who has showcased his creativity through other artistic endeavors such as sculpture making, novel writing, and comic series authoring.
Jon's professional experience includes being the Head of Development at 31st Union, Senior Director of Product Development at Sledgehammer Games, President at Sugarcane Games, Head of Production at Tilting Point, General Manager at Activision, Executive Producer at Electronic Arts, Vice President Product Development at Crystal Dynamics, and Producer at Electronic Arts (EA).