Jeff Briggs is founder, president, and CEO of Firaxis Games, a computer game developer based in Hunt Valley, Maryland. He was previously a game designer at MicroProse but left that company in 1996 along with one of its founders, Sid Meier. President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, universities, and countries. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... Firaxis Games is a computer game developer. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... Hunt Valley is an unincorporated community located in Baltimore County, Maryland just north of the Baltimore, Maryland metro area, on Highway 145 off I-83, by Loch Raven Reservoir. ... A game designer is a person who designs games. ... MicroProse Software, Inc. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Sid Meier publicity photo Sid Meier (born 1954, in Detroit, USA) is a renowned programmer and designer of some of the most commercially and critically successful computer games of all time. ...

Briggs holds a Doctorate in Musical Composition and Theory. His career began in New York City, where he composed music for various events, including dance and theater groups. He took a job as Game Editor and Designer at West End Games where he worked until 1987. He then joined Microprose Software, one of the original premiere computer game development houses. At Microprose, Briggs served as Designer, Writer, Composer, Producer, Executive Producer and, finally, Director of Product Development. He left in 1996 to found Firaxis Games, where he lead the design of Civilization III and oversaw the expansion of the company into a major developer of strategy computer games. Other game design work by Jeff Briggs included co-designing Colonization and Civilization II. Nickname: The Big Apple Motto: Official website: City of New York Location [[Image:|250px|250px|Location of City of New York, New York]] Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R... West End Games is a company that makes role playing games. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A copywriter is a person who writes text, or copy, for clients. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... A game producer is the person in charge of overseeing development of a video or computer game. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Firaxis Games is a computer game developer. ... Sid Meiers Civilization III is a turn-based strategy computer game by Firaxis Games, the sequel to Sid Meiers Civilization II. Also called Civ 3 for short, the game is the third generation of the original Civilization. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Colonialism. ... Civilization II is a computer game, the sequel to Sid Meiers Civilization. ...

In 2003 Briggs was named software "Entrepreneur of the Year" by Ernst & Young, and in 2004 he was named "CEO of the Year" by Baltimore SmartCEO magazine. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ernst & Young is one of the Big Four auditors, and the third largest professional services firm in the world (after PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu) in terms of revenue. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External link

• Jeff Briggs bio at Firaxis Games
• MobyGames' rap sheet on Briggs
• Jeff Briggs Named 'CEO of the Year' by Smart CEO Magazine, Firaxis press release