Doug Whately
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Founder and CEO, BreakAway Games (Hunt Valley)
Doug Whatley is CEO and Founder of BreakAway, one of the world’s leading developers of entertainment games and game-based technology products.
Doug has over 20 years of successful game development and management experience in the interactive entertainment industry. He began his career at America Online where he was instrumental in helping to create the AOL client/server infrastructure. After that, he held senior-level management positions at MicroProse, ABC Sports, and Disney where he worked on critically acclaimed software titles such as Darklands, Gunship 2000, Sid Meier's Civilization, and ABC's Monday Night Football.
Since founding BreakAway, Doug has positioned the company as a global leader in developing and applying game technology to solve real world problems in the military, healthcare, homeland security and corporate arenas.
Doug was named an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for 2004 and was recognized as a Top 10 Cutting Edge Designer by Business Week in 2006. In recognition for their sustained growth, BreakAway has been named to Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for three consecutive years.
