Shawn Lohstroh

Shawn is an engineering leader and a maker at heart. He started his career in PC security and encryption and also worked with VOIP in its early days. Transitioning to games, Shawn joined Ensemble Studios and helped develop the Age of Empires franchise and Halo Wars. Moving into mobile, he was the first engineer on the hit game Words with Friends, bringing the title to Mobile and Facebook scaling it to over 25M DAU. Shawn has lead teams for over a decade and has a passion for developing engineering teams through best practices and great organizational structure. When you don't see him at work, you will often find him learning and tinkering with new languages, technologies, and devices.