Bill Fisher

William Fisher is president and founder of independent studio Quicksilver Software, Inc., developer of dozens of well-known games including Interplay’s Castles, Conquest of the New World, and Star Trek: Starfleet Command. He is one of the first generations of video game designers, having started with Mattel Electronics/Intellivision in 1981. Bill was instrumental in bringing the very first “voice” to a video game with his work on B-17 Bomber for the IntelliVoice. He also wrote two other Intellivision games and headed up Mattel’s Apple II and IBM PC teams. His interests range from strategy game development to simulation-based training and artificial intelligence design to usability and user interface design. He is currently responsible for guiding the development of the company’s cloud-related projects and for the security systems used in the console, cloud services, and physical media.

Outside of Intellivision, he is pioneering new robot technologies as CTO of robotics company Beyond Imagination, Inc., and is active in many IEEE-related activities, including chairing the GameSIG and the GameSIG Intercollegiate Game Showcase. He also served for several years on the Program Committee for the IEEE Games Innovation Conference and as a leader of the IEEE 2200 Standards Committee. He is also on the Curriculum Advisory Committee for the Chapman University School of Engineering.