For his entire career, Joe has been at the forefront of change, through 4 console transitions and the explosion of mobile. Feeling the pull of his home country, Joe has returned to Canada to build a new team of the industry’s best people, and together creating a great new company - Timbre Games Studio. Most recently Joe was the Vice President and GM of Electronic Arts - Maxis, leading the Sims franchise to record breaking results, and a deep focus on both live service and mobile gaming.
She is also an avid Wonder Woman fan and lives with her husband and their two cats, Leeloo Dallas Multipass and Obi-Wan Kenobi in Vancouver, BC. She is committed to helping more diverse people enter and succeed in the game industry and finding ways to encourage their voices to not only be heard but listened to, creating an environment where everyone can do their best work. Zöe launched and co-led the Women in Games employee resource group at The Coalition creating advocacy pathways and community for the women of the studio. Most recently Zoë was the Production Director of the Story Campaign for the massively popular Gears of War series at The Coalition shipping Gears of War 4, Gears 5, Hivebusters DLC and the New Game Plus addition to the Gears 5 Campaign including a best in class update for the Xbox Series X/S. For the past 18 years Zoë has held production positions at a range of companies that have spanned working with eccentric artists in the Canadian Rocky Mountains at the Banff Centre, to smaller independent companies to large powerhouses such as Riot Games and Electronic Arts.
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