2024 -now GM, Game Content and Studios, Central Services and Technology @
2022 -2024 Head of Games Expansion @
2021 -2022 Head of Games and Brand Production @
2021 -2021 Head of Platform Engineering @
2019 -2021 Group Program Manager - Minecraft Platform Team @
2014 -2019 Excutive Producer - Minecraft Redmond Team @
2011 -2014 Cofounder and Creative Director - You vs. the Internet @
2010 -2011 Co-founder @ You vs. the Internet LLC
2005 -2011 Senior Program Manager @
1999 -2005 Software Design Engineer in Test Lead @
1995 -1997 Summer Intern @
John Thornton Education
Purdue University
Bachelor of Science (BS) (Computer Science)
1993-1997
John Thornton Skills
Software Design
DirectX
Distributed Systems
Agile Project Management
Windows
User Experience
Windows Phone
Agile Methodologies
Scrum
Software
Mobile Applications
Java
Testing
Gaming
Microsoft Excel
Customer Service
Scalability
Software Engineering
Research
Software Development
Software Project Management
C#
John Thornton Summary
John Thornton, based in Redmond, WA, US, is currently a GM, Game Content and Studios, Central Services and Technology at Microsoft. John Thornton brings experience from previous roles at Mojang Studios. John Thornton holds a 1993 - 1997 Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Science @ Purdue University. With a robust skill set that includes Software Design, DirectX, Distributed Systems, Agile Project Management, Windows and more. John Thornton has 3 emails and 1 mobile phone numbers on RocketReach.
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