2004 Web and Downloadable Games White Paper
IGDA Online Games SIG
Greg Mills
Greg Mills, Senior Business Development Manager, AOL Games. He is currently responsible for the
casual business and content strategy for the AOL Games group. In addition, he is responsible for all
industry and competitor analysis in the online gaming industry for AOL. Before joining AOL, Greg worked
at WorldPlay Entertainment and at The 3DO Company in a variety of marketing and business
development positions. Greg earned his M.B.A. from Santa Clara University and a B.A. in Economics
from Pomona College.
Elonka Dunin
Elonka Dunin is General Manager of Online Community at Simutronics Corporation (www.play.net),
where she has been working since 1990. Simutronics has some of the longest running games on the
internet. The award winning
CyberStrike
opened in 1993,
DragonRealms
has been running continuously
since 1996, and
GemStone
opened in 1989! Also an amateur cryptographer, she has won considerable
acclaim with the cracking of "uncrackable" codes, and is currently helping out with the war on terrorism by
teaching government agents about cryptography and what types of codes that Al Qaeda may be using.
Elonka is a longtime member of the IGDA and has been attending the Game Developers Conference for
more years than she can remember. For contact information, please see http://www.elonka.com .
Jon Estanislao
Jon Estanislao is responsible for business development activities at Activision in the wireless,
online/broadband, and interactive television gaming industries. Formerly, he was a strategy manager in
the Communications, Media and Entertainment Industry practice of Accenture LLP. He specialized in the
interactive entertainment industry and assisted clients, including console manufacturers and software
publishers, with online strategies, competitive analysis, market entry, financial analysis, and customer
registration. Jon has also been a speaker at interactive entertainment industry events, including GDC
2003. Jon has an MBA from the Anderson School at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), a
BS in Business Administration from Georgetown University, and a CPA in the State of California. He can
be contacted at jestanislao@activision.com.
Jennifer MacLean
Jen
s responsibilities as Director, Sports, Entertainment, and Games at Comcast include product and
business development for the country
s largest high speed internet provider, focusing on interactive
products and services that showcase the benefits of a broadband connection.
Jen has had a long and varied career in game development, specializing in online content. After
beginning her career at Microprose Software, she joined AOL in 1996 as a Product Manager in the
Games Channel; during her tenure at AOL, she held numerous positions in the AOL brand programming
division, including Programming Director for the Games Channel.
Jen is a frequent speaker at interactive entertainment industry events, and has earned a BA in
International Relations from the Johns Hopkins University and an MBA with a concentration in
International Business from the Columbia Business School. Jen resides in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania,
with her husband.
Jen can be contacted at jennifer_MacLean@cable.comcast.com.
Dave Rohrl
Dave Rohrl has been producing and designing video games for more than 7 years, delivering more than
two dozen titles. Since joining Pogo.com in 2000 (and EA Online in 2001), Dave has spearheaded many
of Pogo's most popular online games, including Word Whomp, Tumble Bees, Hammerhead Pool, and
Payday Freecell, and has worked to develop new partnerships and business for EA Online. Previously,
Dave worked at The Learning Company, where he led design and development on 10 PC and Mac titles.
In previous incarnations, Dave also worked in senior roles in QA and Tech Support. Dave has been a
game addict since age 8, when a neighbor gave him a copy of Avalon Hill's D Day at a garage sale, and
is actively involved in multiple German style boardgaming groups.
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