Eran Egozy is the Chief Technical Officer

Chief technical officer

A chief technology officer is an executive-level position in a company or other entity whose occupant is focused on scientific and technological issues within an organization....

 and VP of Engineering of Harmonix Music Systems

Harmonix Music Systems

Harmonix Music Systems is an American video game development company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the United States...

, a company he founded with Alex Rigopulos

Alex Rigopulos

Alexander Peter "Alex" Rigopulos is the CEO of Harmonix Music Systems, a company he founded with Eran Egozy in 1995. Rigopulos personally cites Japanese game designers Masaya Matsuura, Tetsuya Mizuguchi, and Keita Takahashi as some artists that have inspired his work at Harmonix...

 in 1995.

Personal

Eran is a native of Israel. He moved to Lexington, MA at the age of 12, from Israel. He earned a Bachelor of Science

Bachelor of Science

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 and Master of Science

Master of Science

A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:...

 degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT in 1995, where he worked with renowned electronic music composer Tod Machover

Tod Machover

Tod Machover , is a composer and an innovator in the application of technology in music. He is the son of Wilma Machover, a pianist and Carl Machover, a computer scientist....

 at the MIT Media Laboratory. During his stay at MIT, he met then future co-founder of Harmonix, Alex Rigopulos, in the computer-music department of MIT's Media Lab.

Harmonix

Immediately after graduating, Eran co-founded Cambridge, MA based Harmonix Music Systems

Harmonix Music Systems

Harmonix Music Systems is an American video game development company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the United States...

 with fellow MIT alumnus Alex Rigopulos

Alex Rigopulos

Alexander Peter "Alex" Rigopulos is the CEO of Harmonix Music Systems, a company he founded with Eran Egozy in 1995. Rigopulos personally cites Japanese game designers Masaya Matsuura, Tetsuya Mizuguchi, and Keita Takahashi as some artists that have inspired his work at Harmonix...

. Harmonix is an interactive computer music company specializing in the development of real-time music generating computer programs for the entertainment industry. Currently, Eran is the Chief Technical Officer at Harmonix. Egozy and Rigopulos were listed in Time Magazine's 2008 list of the 100 most influential people

Time 100

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 for their work on Rock Band.

Music

Eran studied clarinet at the New England Conservatory of Music

New England Conservatory of Music

The New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, is the oldest independent school of music in the United States.The conservatory is home each year to 750 students pursuing undergraduate and graduate studies along with 1400 more in its Preparatory School as well as the School of...

, with Jonathan Cohler

Jonathan Cohler

Jonathan Cohler is an American clarinetist, conductor and teacher.-Education:Cohler received a bachelor's degree in physics from Harvard University in 1980....

 and William Wrzecien. Eran has performed with Symphonies in the Greater Boston Area, including the Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, the MIT Symphony Orchestra, MIT's Chamber Music Society, MIT's Gamelan Galak Tika, and the Newton Symphony Orchestra. While he attended MIT, he performed several solo recitals. He also performed the Nielsen Clarinet Concerto with the MIT Symphony. Eran has played with the MIT Chamber Music Society for 7 years, and was a founding member of the now defunct Aurelius Ensemble. He is also credited as a long time participant in the Apple Hill Chamber Music festival. Eran is clarinetist for the critically acclaimed Radius Ensemble

Radius Ensemble

Radius Ensemble is a classical music chamber group based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The mission of Radius Ensemble is to reinvigorate classical music for a new generation.Accessibility is a fundamental philosophy of Radius...

, based in Cambridge, MA.

Games Credited

Game	Year	Publisher
Rock Band Rock Band Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...	2007	MTV Networks MTV Networks MTV Networks is a division of media conglomerate Viacom that oversees the operations of many television channels and Internet brands, including the original MTV channel in the United States...
Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s is a music video game and the third installment in the popular Guitar Hero series...	2007	Activision Publishing, Inc.
Phase Phase (game) Phase is a music-themed iPod game created by Harmonix exclusively for the iPod click wheel interface. It is similar to other Harmonix games Amplitude and FreQuency.- Gameplay :...	2007	MTV Networks MTV Networks MTV Networks is a division of media conglomerate Viacom that oversees the operations of many television channels and Internet brands, including the original MTV channel in the United States...
CMT Presents: Karaoke Revolution Country	2006	Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...  Digital Entertainment, Inc.
Guitar Hero II Guitar Hero II Guitar Hero II is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems and published by RedOctane. It is the second installment in the Guitar Hero series and is the sequel to Guitar Hero...	2006	Activision Publishing, Inc.
Guitar Hero Guitar Hero Guitar Hero is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems and published by RedOctane for the PlayStation 2 video game console. It is the first entry in the Guitar Hero series. Guitar Hero was released on November 8, 2005 in North America, April 7, 2006 in Europe and June 15, 2006 in...	2005	RedOctane RedOctane RedOctane was an American electronic entertainment company perhaps best known for producing the Guitar Hero series beginning in November 2005. RedOctane became a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision in 2006... , Inc.
Karaoke Revolution Party	2005	Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...  Digital Entertainment, Inc.
EyeToy: AntiGrav EyeToy: AntiGrav EyeToy: AntiGrav is a hoverboard game by Sony, released in early November 2004. It was touted as the first "real" game for EyeToy targeted to more seasoned gamers. The earlier games such as Play and Groove were geared towards younger kids for family or party fun. Unlike the earlier EyeToy games,...	2004	SCEA SCEA SCEA can refer to:* Sun Certified Enterprise Architect, a professional certification* Sony Computer Entertainment of America, the American division of Sony Computer Entertainment* Society of Cost Estimating and Analysis* Single Choice Early Action...
Karaoke Revolution Volume 2	2004	Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...  Digital Entertainment, Inc.
Karaoke Revolution Volume 3	2004	Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...  Digital Entertainment, Inc.
Amplitude Amplitude Amplitude is the magnitude of change in the oscillating variable with each oscillation within an oscillating system. For example, sound waves in air are oscillations in atmospheric pressure and their amplitudes are proportional to the change in pressure during one oscillation...	2003	Sony Sony , commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....  Computer Entertainment America, Inc.
Karaoke Revolution Karaoke Revolution Karaoke Revolution and its many sequels are video games for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Nintendo GameCube, Wii, Xbox, and Xbox 360, developed by Harmonix Music Systems and Blitz Games and published by Konami in its Bemani line of music games. The Original Concept for Karaoke Revolution was...	2003	Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...  of America, Inc.
Frequency Frequency Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time. It is also referred to as temporal frequency.The period is the duration of one cycle in a repeating event, so the period is the reciprocal of the frequency...	2001	SCEA SCEA SCEA can refer to:* Sun Certified Enterprise Architect, a professional certification* Sony Computer Entertainment of America, the American division of Sony Computer Entertainment* Society of Cost Estimating and Analysis* Single Choice Early Action...