Stuart Muckley

CEO @ Code Wizards Group, TIGA Board Member, and BAFTA Member - Online Player Services, Server Scaling, and Game Support Specialists - Code Wizards | Multiplayer Wizards | Studio Wizards

Theale, England, United Kingdom

About

I'm a videogames and esports Veteran who started as an engineer and co-founded Code Wizards to help studios make games. I'm now in my 24 year of playing "CEO simulator" and I seem to be getting better at it... As the CEO of Code Wizards Group I run the world's leading company for everything around Online Player Services. We build systems to create the best backend services, manage cloud infrastructure, run game servers 24x7x365, and secure & optimise game studios' environments. The group is broken into 3 companies: Code Wizards, Multiplayer Wizards, and Studio Wizards. Code Wizards make games more awesome by creating multiplayer servers, live-ops engineering and Online Player Engines, data analytics, and orchestration for game scaling. Multiplayer Wizards make games super reliable and super efficient while giving players the best experience on the planet. Studio Wizards run the vital infrastructure and workstations for game studios; ensuring they're secure, optimised for the staff, and able to prove they're ready for any publisher and franchise/IP holder. I'm incredibly lucky to have the nicest (and brightest) team of people in the world too. Our motto of "Don't be a Dick" flows through all we do and is the keystone of our approach.

Experience

  • Chief Executive Officer at Code Wizards Limited
    Mar 2006 - Present · 20 yrs 4 mos

    Helping Game Studios create More Awesome Games. Since 2003 I've been CEO of Code Wizards Group. My teams create award winning game servers orchestration and management, data analytics pipelines, backend & online player services, cloud engineering, and IT management and support to run studios. I operate to a "Don't be a Dick" mantra and try and help others as much as possible.

  • Co-Founder at iSpyExplore (Bright Things Technology)
    May 2016 - Jul 2020 · 4 yrs 3 mos

  • Consultant (Enterprise and Solution Architecture) at GAME Digital plc
    Apr 2011 - Mar 2018 · 7 yrs

    Please note: All Code Wizards Consultants' work is covered by NDA

  • Architecture & Strategy Consultant at Universal Music Group
    2007 - Apr 2011 · 4 yrs 4 mos

  • Technical Manager at BMG Music Publishing
    2007 - 2007 · Less than a year

    Technical Manager - Copyright & Royalties Systems