Neil Young
Vice President and General Manager, EA Los Angeles

As Vice President and General Manager of EA Los Angeles (EALA), Neil Young oversees all aspects of the studio that is responsible for the blockbuster franchises, Medal of Honor™, Command & Conquer™ and The Lord of the Rings™. Notably, Young was instrumental in securing the ground-breaking long term agreement with Academy Award® winner Steven Spielberg who is currently collaborating with the game makers at EALA to create three new original franchise properties.

Prior to taking the helm of EALA, Young was General Manager of the award-winning Maxis studio, where he was responsible for delivering The Sims™ 2, the sequel to the best-selling PC game of all time. In 2002 and 2003, Young led the development of the first The Lord of the Rings games at EA Redwood Shores - The Lord of the Rings™, The Two Towers™ and The Lord of the Rings™, The Return of the King™.

British-born Young began is career in the interactive entertainment industry in 1988, as a programmer and then producer at UK based Imagitec & Probe Software respectively. In 1992 Young joined Virgin Interactive when he moved to the United States. At Virgin, he produced a number of Disney™-licensed titles and was promoted to Vice President for Product Development. By 1997, Young moved on from Virgin and was named Vice President and General Manager of ORIGIN Systems, a subsidiary of Electronic Arts. During his time at ORIGIN Systems, Young supervised the launch of the world's first Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing game, Ultima Online™.

Since that time, Young has flourished at EA. He was the creator and driving force behind Majestic™, the first Internet-based interactive game that places players in the center of an unfolding conspiracy-thriller. Majestic blurred the line between fiction and reality by engaging players through non-traditional gaming media such as the telephone, email, and fax.