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Ray Muzyka

January 01, 1970

Raymond Alexander Muzyka CM is a Canadian investor, entrepreneur and physician. Originally trained as a medical doctor and practicing as an emergency department and family physician after graduation, he is the co-founder of video game developer BioWare, and was CEO, senior vice president, and general manager of the BioWare label of Electronic Arts.[2][3] In October 2012 he announced that he was embarking on a 'third career' mentoring and angel investing in technology, new media, medical and social entrepreneurs, and impact investing at ThresholdImpact.[4][5]

Ray Muzyka
CM
Muzyka at interview by G4TV at E3 2011
Born
Raymond Alexander Muzyka

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Other namesRaymond Muzyka
Known forFounder of BioWare
AwardsAIAS Hall of Fame Award (2011)[1]

Career edit

Muzyka co-founded BioWare, which was incorporated in 1995, with Greg Zeschuk and Augustine Yip, in the early 1990s after they earned their medical degrees at the University of Alberta.[6][7] After selling BioWare to Electronic Arts in 2008, Muzyka became a general manager and vice president at EA in addition to his CEO role at BioWare, and subsequently was promoted to senior vice president and general manager of the BioWare label at EA.

In addition to his project development role, Muzyka has also managed the financial, human resources, operations, marketing and legal business side of BioWare, and he completed his executive Masters in Business Administration (MBA) program in 2001 at the Ivey School of Business, UWO.[8] He completed his Medical Doctorate (MD) in 1992 from the University of Alberta, and subsequently obtained his specialization from the Canadian College of Family Physicians (CCFP) in 1994.[9] Muzyka was named as one of Canada's "Top 40 under 40"[10] in 2001, received Ernst and Young's Entrepreneur of the Year award (Software and Information, Prairies) in 2001,[11] and the BDC Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in 1997.[11] Muzyka also graduated from Old Scona Academic High School in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada where he took the International Baccalaureate program, finishing fourth worldwide and first in North America the year he graduated.[12] Muzyka was inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame in 2011.,[13] received the Lifetime Achievement award from the International Game Developers Choice Awards in 2013,[14] and was named as the 2017 Allard Chair in Business at MacEwan University.[15] He was named into the Alberta Business Hall of Fame in 2018.[16] On December 27, 2018, Muzyka was appointed to the Order of Canada.[17] In 2019 Muzyka received the Rod Charko Service Award from the Venture Capital Association of Alberta for his service to the startup entrepreneurial community in the province of Alberta.[18]

Muzyka is an active member of the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO),[19] and a Charter Member of the A100 since 2012.[20] He has also served as the Founding Chair of the University of Alberta Venture Mentoring Service since fall 2013,[21] a program intended to help develop, uplift and inspire University of Alberta student and alumni entrepreneurs by creating excellent mentorship experiences for both entrepreneurs and mentors.[22] Muzyka served from 2014 to 2020 as a member of the University of Alberta Board of Governors, and as Chair of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee.[23] He serves as a mentor in the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL West Prime and Health, CDL Rockies Prime, CDL Toronto Health).[24] Muzyka was a board member of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences from 2001 to 2008. He also served the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation as a volunteer Director on their Board of Trustees from 2012 to late 2015.[25]

In October 2012 Muzyka announced on the BioWare website that he was retiring from the video game industry and that he is moving on to a 'third career chapter', mentoring and investing in entrepreneurs in technology, new media, medical innovation, and social entrepreneurs and impact investing.[4][2] He announced his new company, Threshold Impact,[5] in early 2013, to be focused on "sustainable, profitable impact investing".[26]

An avid poker player who plays in the WSOP and other events each year, Muzyka won the inaugural DICE poker tournament,[27] in 2006 which featured a range of notable poker celebrities such as Scott Fischman, Chris Ferguson and Perry Friedman, playing heads-up with Mike Morhaime from Blizzard Entertainment at the final table. He also became the only player thus far to win the DICE tournament twice, when he chopped the final table with three other players for first place again in the 2010 DICE tournament. He competed in the 2008 WCPC CPT Main Event (Western Canadian Main Event, Canadian Poker Tour) and chopped the final table with the final four players to take home the 2008 WCPC ring. He finished 374th of 7319 players in the 2010 Main Event of the WSOP.

BioWare projects credited with platforms and dates edit

Awards and recognition edit

In 2009, he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100 game creators of all time alongside BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk.[32]

At the Game Developers Choice Awards, on March 27, 2013, Muzyka was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award.[33]

On December 27, 2018, Muzyka was appointed to the Order of Canada.[17]

References edit

  1. ^ "D.I.C.E Special Awards". Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  2. ^ a b Ray Muzyka (2012). "From Ray Muzyka". BioWare. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
  3. ^ BioWare (2012). "Ray Muzyka & Greg Zeschuk Retire". BioWare. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
  4. ^ a b BioWare Community Team (18 September 2012). "From Ray Muzyka". bioware.com.
  5. ^ a b "Threshold Impact".
  6. ^ Onstad, Katrina (October 23, 1999). "The West's new Gold Rush: Two young Edmonton doctors who created the Baldur's Gate phenomenon plot their next move: Doctors with an obsession for video games have created Baldur's Gate – a game that's selling feverishly", National Post, p. 2.
  7. ^ Ewalt, David M. "Obsessed With Imagination: BioWare's Co-Founders On Storytelling And The Future Of Mass Effect". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
  8. ^ . Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2013-07-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ . Cpsa.ab.ca. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
  10. ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-05. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
  11. ^ a b . Alberta Venture. 2002-01-19. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
  12. ^ . New Trail. 2014-05-12. Archived from the original on 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
  13. ^ . Archived from the original on 2011-12-08. Retrieved 2012-04-08.
  14. ^ "Game Developers Choice Awards | Archive | Lifetime Achievement". Gamechoiceawards.com. 1997-10-04. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
  15. ^ "Allard Chair in Business - MacEwan University".
  16. ^ . janorthalberta.org. Archived from the original on 2018-10-25.
  17. ^ a b . 21 December 2018. Archived from the original on 19 November 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  18. ^ "6th Annual Rod Charko Service Award Winner". vcaa.ca. 2019-11-08. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  19. ^ "Username / Password Sign In". ypowpo.org.[permanent dead link]
  20. ^ . The A100. 2012-09-18. Archived from the original on 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
  21. ^ . News.ualberta.ca. 2013-11-06. Archived from the original on 2014-02-14. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
  22. ^ Canada. "UAlberta Venture Mentoring Service – Alumni and Friends". Alumni.ualberta.ca. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
  23. ^ "University Governance" (PDF). www.ualberta.ca. 2015-01-22. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
  24. ^ "From the ER to the Video Game Hall of Fame: Ray Muzyka of BioWare on Building a World Class Organization". creativedestructionlab.com. 2018-11-18. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
  25. ^ . Stollerykids.com. 2012-09-18. Archived from the original on 2013-12-21. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
  26. ^ "About". Threshold Impact. 4 September 2012.
  27. ^ . Archived from the original on February 3, 2008.
  28. ^ . 2007-06-21. Archived from the original on 2007-06-25. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  29. ^ a b "Dragon Age Inquisition". Dragonage.com. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
  30. ^ a b "Mass Effect". Mass Effect. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
  31. ^ "Star Wars: The Old Republic". Swtor.com. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
  32. ^ . IGN. Archived from the original on 2014-04-20. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
  33. ^ Makuch, Eddie (11 February 2013). "BioWare founders getting Lifetime Achievement Award". Gamespot. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.

External links edit

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Raymond Alexander Muzyka CM is a Canadian investor entrepreneur and physician Originally trained as a medical doctor and practicing as an emergency department and family physician after graduation he is the co founder of video game developer BioWare and was CEO senior vice president and general manager of the BioWare label of Electronic Arts 2 3 In October 2012 he announced that he was embarking on a third career mentoring and angel investing in technology new media medical and social entrepreneurs and impact investing at ThresholdImpact 4 5 Ray MuzykaCMMuzyka at interview by G4TV at E3 2011BornRaymond Alexander MuzykaEdmonton Alberta CanadaNationalityCanadianOther namesRaymond MuzykaKnown forFounder of BioWareAwardsAIAS Hall of Fame Award 2011 1 Contents 1 Career 2 BioWare projects credited with platforms and dates 3 Awards and recognition 4 References 5 External linksCareer editMuzyka co founded BioWare which was incorporated in 1995 with Greg Zeschuk and Augustine Yip in the early 1990s after they earned their medical degrees at the University of Alberta 6 7 After selling BioWare to Electronic Arts in 2008 Muzyka became a general manager and vice president at EA in addition to his CEO role at BioWare and subsequently was promoted to senior vice president and general manager of the BioWare label at EA In addition to his project development role Muzyka has also managed the financial human resources operations marketing and legal business side of BioWare and he completed his executive Masters in Business Administration MBA program in 2001 at the Ivey School of Business UWO 8 He completed his Medical Doctorate MD in 1992 from the University of Alberta and subsequently obtained his specialization from the Canadian College of Family Physicians CCFP in 1994 9 Muzyka was named as one of Canada s Top 40 under 40 10 in 2001 received Ernst and Young s Entrepreneur of the Year award Software and Information Prairies in 2001 11 and the BDC Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in 1997 11 Muzyka also graduated from Old Scona Academic High School in Edmonton Alberta Canada where he took the International Baccalaureate program finishing fourth worldwide and first in North America the year he graduated 12 Muzyka was inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame in 2011 13 received the Lifetime Achievement award from the International Game Developers Choice Awards in 2013 14 and was named as the 2017 Allard Chair in Business at MacEwan University 15 He was named into the Alberta Business Hall of Fame in 2018 16 On December 27 2018 Muzyka was appointed to the Order of Canada 17 In 2019 Muzyka received the Rod Charko Service Award from the Venture Capital Association of Alberta for his service to the startup entrepreneurial community in the province of Alberta 18 Muzyka is an active member of the Young Presidents Organization YPO 19 and a Charter Member of the A100 since 2012 20 He has also served as the Founding Chair of the University of Alberta Venture Mentoring Service since fall 2013 21 a program intended to help develop uplift and inspire University of Alberta student and alumni entrepreneurs by creating excellent mentorship experiences for both entrepreneurs and mentors 22 Muzyka served from 2014 to 2020 as a member of the University of Alberta Board of Governors and as Chair of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee 23 He serves as a mentor in the Creative Destruction Lab CDL West Prime and Health CDL Rockies Prime CDL Toronto Health 24 Muzyka was a board member of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences from 2001 to 2008 He also served the Stollery Children s Hospital Foundation as a volunteer Director on their Board of Trustees from 2012 to late 2015 25 In October 2012 Muzyka announced on the BioWare website that he was retiring from the video game industry and that he is moving on to a third career chapter mentoring and investing in entrepreneurs in technology new media medical innovation and social entrepreneurs and impact investing 4 2 He announced his new company Threshold Impact 5 in early 2013 to be focused on sustainable profitable impact investing 26 An avid poker player who plays in the WSOP and other events each year Muzyka won the inaugural DICE poker tournament 27 in 2006 which featured a range of notable poker celebrities such as Scott Fischman Chris Ferguson and Perry Friedman playing heads up with Mike Morhaime from Blizzard Entertainment at the final table He also became the only player thus far to win the DICE tournament twice when he chopped the final table with three other players for first place again in the 2010 DICE tournament He competed in the 2008 WCPC CPT Main Event Western Canadian Main Event Canadian Poker Tour and chopped the final table with the final four players to take home the 2008 WCPC ring He finished 374th of 7319 players in the 2010 Main Event of the WSOP BioWare projects credited with platforms and dates editShattered Steel PC and Mac 1996 Baldur s Gate PC and Mac 1998 Baldur s Gate Tales of the Sword Coast PC and Mac 1999 MDK2 Dreamcast and PC 2000 Baldur s Gate II Shadows of Amn PC and Mac 2000 Baldur s Gate II Throne of Bhaal PC and Mac 2001 MDK2 Armageddon PS2 2001 Neverwinter Nights PC and Mac 2002 Neverwinter Nights Shadows of Undrentide PC and Mac 2003 Neverwinter Nights Hordes of the Underdark PC and Mac 2003 Neverwinter Nights Kingmaker PC and Mac 2005 Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic KotOR Xbox and PC and Mac 2003 Jade Empire Xbox 2005 PC 2006 Mass Effect Xbox 360 2007 PC 2008 PlayStation 3 2012 Sonic Chronicles The Dark Brotherhood 2008 28 Dragon Age Origins PC Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 and Mac 2009 29 Mass Effect 2 Xbox 360 PC 2010 PlayStation 3 2011 30 Dragon Age II PC Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 2011 29 Star Wars The Old Republic PC 2011 31 Mass Effect 3 PC Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 2012 30 Awards and recognition editIn 2009 he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100 game creators of all time alongside BioWare co founder Greg Zeschuk 32 At the Game Developers Choice Awards on March 27 2013 Muzyka was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award 33 On December 27 2018 Muzyka was appointed to the Order of Canada 17 References edit D I C E Special Awards Retrieved 22 January 2017 a b Ray Muzyka 2012 From Ray Muzyka BioWare Retrieved 2012 09 18 BioWare 2012 Ray Muzyka amp Greg Zeschuk Retire BioWare Retrieved 2012 09 18 a b BioWare Community Team 18 September 2012 From Ray Muzyka bioware com a b Threshold Impact Onstad Katrina October 23 1999 The West s new Gold Rush Two young Edmonton doctors who created the Baldur s Gate phenomenon plot their next move Doctors with an obsession for video games have created Baldur s Gate a game that s selling feverishly National Post p 2 Ewalt David M Obsessed With Imagination BioWare s Co Founders On Storytelling And The Future Of Mass Effect Forbes Retrieved 2023 04 14 Archived copy Archived from the original on 2014 07 14 Retrieved 2013 07 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