MARGARET WALLACE
Co-Founder & CEO, Skunk Studios
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Margaret Wallace is a Co-Founder and CEO of Skunk Studios, a San Francisco-based game development group, known for creating high-quality original games for the mass market. Prior to the establishment of Skunk Studios, she produced and designed games and other interactive content for Shockwave.com and for Mattel's Hot Wheels brand. Margaret also collaborated on CDROM and online content while at Mindscape Entertainment (then encompassing SSIGames Online & RedOrb Games) and also at PF.Magic, creators of the pioneering "virtual life" series of "Petz" programs. Margaret is a Steering Committee member of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) Online Games Group. She holds a B.S. with Distinction in Communication from Boston University and an M.A. from the University of Massachusetts/Amherst in Cultural Studies. Because her academic interests dealt largely with the intersection of popular culture and emerging technologies, Margaret was drawn into the world of games and its potential for engaging people on a worldwide scale.