Todd Northcutt
Director, GameSpy Technology, GameSpy (A subsidiary of IGN Entertainment)

Todd is the director for the GameSpy Technology group at IGN Entertainment. He left the stodgy world of academia and organometallic chemistry in 1999 to join GameSpy in hopes of providing game developers the means of making a richer online gaming experience. To date GameSpy's technology has powered the online component of over 500 PC, Sony PS2, PSP and PS3, Xbox, Nintendo DS and Wii titles, including the first online Sony PS2 title (Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3) and first online Nintendo DS title (Tony Hawk's American SK8land) and first online Nintendo Wii title.

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