Stephen Clarke-Willson

Stephen Clarke-Willson

Position

Studio Technical Director

Department

Programming

Stephen Clarke-Willson, Ph.D, is a computer scientist, producer and programmer. At ArenaNet he worked as a Studio Technical Director, but moved on to become the Vice-President of Technology at NCSoft. He continues on behalf of ArenaNet as the product owner for the original Guild Wars.

Jobs

ArenaNet

• Game Director, Guild Wars Classic
  • April 2024 - Present

NCSoft

• Vice-President of Technology
  • March 2019 – April 2024

ArenaNet

• Programmer in the role of Studio Technical Director
  • 2013 – 2019

• Programmer in the roles of Server Programmer / Server Team Lead
  • 2005 – 2013

Previous

• Programmer / Owner (Above the Garage Productions)
  • 2004 - 2005

• Vice President and Executive Studio Director (Amaze Entertainment)
  • 2000 - 2004

• Programmer / Owner (Above the Garage Productions)
  • 1994 - 1999

• Senior Lead Client Programmer (Cavedog Entertainment)
  • 1998 - 1999

• Vice President, Worldwide Product Development (Virgin Interactive)
  • 1990 - 1994

• Software Architect (PDA Engineering)
  • 1988 - 1989

• Member, Research Technical Staff (Northrop Corporation Research and Technology Center)
  • 1986 - 1988

• Programmer (DayFlo)
  • 1984 - 1985

External links

The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on Stephen Clarke-Willson.

• Wikipedia article