Eran Egozy

Co-Founder and CTO, Harmonix Music Systems

Eran is the co-founder and chief technical officer of Harmonix Music Systems, one of the pre-eminent game development studios in the world, having developed over a dozen critically acclaimed music-based video games. Harmonix was founded in 1995 on the principle that non-musicians should be able to experience the sheer joy of music creation – normally something only afforded to accomplished musicians. Beginning in 2005, Harmonix developed Guitar Hero and Guitar Hero 2, fueling the explosive growth of the music games category to over $1 Billion in sales.  In 2006, Harmonix was acquired by MTV/Viacom, and shortly after Harmonix launched the innovative, award-winning franchise titles Rock Band and Rock Band 2.  In 2008, Eran and fellow co-founder Alex Rigopulos were named in the Time 100 — Time Magazine’s list of the one hundred most influential people in the world.

Eran brings extensive technical and musical expertise to the Harmonix’s management team. Eran manages the company’s engineering staff, directs intellectual property development, contributes to game design, and helps drive corporate strategy. Prior to co-founding Harmonix, Eran conducted research on combining music and technology at the MIT Media Lab. He performed frequently in MIT’s Balinese Gamelan, Chamber Music Society, and Symphony Orchestra. He currently spends most of his spare time playing clarinet in Boston’s Radius Ensemble. Eran earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.