Named by Next Generation as one of the Game Industry’s 100 Most Influential Women in 2006, Margaret Wallace is an entrepreneur and video game professional. She is most recently a Founder and CEO of Playmatics in New York City, New York -- a company dedicated to bringing rich games and applications. Prior to forming Playmatics, Margaret was CEO of Rebel Monkey, a company focused on creating a massive free-to-play online game and platform. She was CEO of Skunk Studios for 5 years prior to Rebel Monkey, one of the first-ever casual game companies, while based in San Francisco, California.
Margaret has also designed and contributed to scores of online games and “creativity” applications while at Shockwave.com and at several other prominent companies during her career. She has an MA and BS in Communication from the University of Massachusetts/Amherst and Boston University, respectively.