A former member of the CSE Alumni Board, Matt Shea (BS, Computer Science '97) has now become Chief Executive Officer at the games company, WildTangent, where he has worked for 13 years. Two years ago the Puget Sound Business Journal named Shea to its list of "40 Under 40" leading executives in the region where WildTangent is based (in Redmond, WA). The company makes the ORB device that converts a PC into a high-end videogame console, and WildTangent focuses on the distribution and monetization of mobile and online apps. Prior to becoming CEO, Shea was responsible for the company’s technology and product development, as co-creator of both the ORB game console and WildTangent’s WildCoins digital currency. Prior to WildTangent, Shea was engineering manager at InfoSpace's games group and engineering director for games at Go2Net, where he oversaw large-scale, online game sites including PlaySite, Lycos Games, and Hasbro’s Games.com. Shea got his start in the games industry at Sony Interactive Studios, working on 3D graphics and massively multiplayer games while earning his undergraduate degree from CSE.