Ex-King CTO and Havok Co-Founder Steve Collins Will Join Unity As New Chief Technology Officer
31 October 2024 - 12:00AM
Business Wire
Unity Strengthens Technical Leadership As It
Accelerates Transformation
Unity (NYSE: U), the leading platform to create and grow games
and interactive experiences, today announced Steve Collins will
join Unity as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), adding key technical
leadership to accelerate product innovation, quality, and
stability.
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Steve Collins brings decades of experience from his tenure as
CTO at King, the studio behind hits like Candy Crush, and as
co-founder and CTO of Havok, the pioneering physics engine that
helped define modern gaming. He also served as CTO at Swrve, a
real-time marketing automation cloud for mobile applications. An
academic pioneer, he founded the computer graphics research group
at Trinity College Dublin and launched its MSc program in computer
game technology.
“We’re elated to have Steve join us at this pivotal time,” said
Matt Bromberg, President and CEO of Unity. “He has deep technical
expertise in both gaming and marketing technology and he
understands what developers need. Steve will play a key role as we
continue to deliver more innovation, quality, and stability to our
customers."
"I've followed Unity for nearly two decades as it changed the
world of games and real-time 3D content development, enabling
creators to realize their artistic visions and reach global
audiences across a wide range of devices," said Steve Collins. "I'm
super excited to be joining the very talented team behind the Unity
Engine, and I look forward to helping make Unity an even better
partner for its community."
About Steve Collins
Steve Collins brings over 30 years of experience in gaming tech
strategy, entrepreneurship, product development and leadership.
Previously, as King’s CTO, Steve led the company's technology
strategy and managed its Shared Technology group. He also
co-founded Havok, a pioneering game engine middleware company,
where he served as CTO, as well as Swrve, a real-time marketing
automation cloud for mobile apps. He holds a PhD in computer
graphics and global illumination.
About Unity
Unity [NYSE: U] offers a suite of tools to create, market and
grow games and interactive experiences across all major platforms
from mobile, PC, and console, to extended reality (XR). For more
information, visit Unity.com.
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