Alex St. John
CEO, Wild Tangent

Alex St. John is the CEO and co-founder of WildTangent, the leading online game publisher and creators of the WildTangent Games Console, the most ubiquitous gaming platform on the Internet today.

Prior to founding WildTangent in 1998, St. John was responsible for Microsoft's multimedia strategy. St. John was one of the early creators of Microsoft's DirectX technology, which become the foundation for all Windows multimedia applications, 3D graphics, media players, as well as thousands of PC and Xbox games. Several books have been written about St. John's exploits at Microsoft including Renegades of the Empire by Michael Drummond, Opening the Xbox by Dean Takahashi, and Masters of Doom by David Kushner.

St. John is widely considered to have his finger on the pulse of cutting edge technology trends in the online gaming industry and is a frequent speaker at major media & technology events.

Lecturer: The PC Gaming Comeback, Thursday, 5:00 PM, Grand Ballroom