Leadership
Management
David Baszucki – Founder & CEO
David is the founder, co-creator and CEO of ROBLOX. Prior to founding ROBLOX, David was a private investor. Previously, David was VP and General Manager of MSC.Software, where he ran the desktop simulation division. Prior to MSC.Software, David founded Knowledge Revolution and grew it to be the volume leader in mechanical simulation software and physics educational software. Knowledge Revolution was acquired by MSC.Software. Prior to founding Knowledge Revolution, David worked as a product manager and electronic designer. David was the General Motors scholar in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. @DavidBaszucki
Erik Cassel – Co-Founder & Chief Scientist
Erik is the co-creator of ROBLOX, where he holds the title of Chief Scientist. Prior to ROBLOX, Erik was Director of R&D at Outhink Inc., a startup developing P2P collaboration technology. Erik began his career as the 4th employee at Knowledge Revolution, where he became Vice President of R&D. When Knowledge Revolution was acquired by MSC.Software, Erik managed the engineers of the newly formed local division, was product manager, and served as chief technical liaison to corporate headquarters. Erik earned a BA in Physics from Cornell University. @CasselErik
Keith Lucas – Vice President of Web Engineering and Operations
Keith is Vice President of Web Engineering and Operations at ROBLOX, responsible for scaling, site operations, and engineering management. Prior to ROBLOX, Keith served as Director of Product Development at Enfold, an early stage health-IT company, and as Director of Internet Technology at Progio, a mobile fitness coaching platform. Keith co-developed the physics engine at Knowledge Revolution, and became an engineering manager at MSC.Software after the acquisition. Keith holds a Ph.D. in Aeronautics & Astronautics from Stanford University and a Masters in Public Policy from UC Berkeley. @kvlucas
Matt Finick – Chief Financial Officer
Matt is Vice President of Finance at ROBLOX and is responsible for keeping the lights on. Prior to ROBLOX, Matt worked at Marvel Entertainment, where he initially built the team of analysts that handled all Forecasting, Strategic Planning, Analytics and Corporate development. After 4 years in NY, he transferred to LA, where he was the senior finance/operations executive that played a key role in successfully launching the studio division that self-produced the Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk feature films in 2008. Prior to working at Marvel Entertainment, Matt was a VP in Equity Research at Thomas Weisel Partners. Matt has a BS in Business from Skidmore College. @MattFinick
Product Leads
John Shedletsky - Product Management, Creative and Content Lead
Life long game developer and designer. Professional dreamer. Maker of grandiose claims. Liar. Scoundrel. Thief. @shedletsly
Matt Dusek - Scalability
Champion of service-oriented architecture, distributed systems, concurrent computing and data modeling at ROBLOX. @mattdusekwho
Tim Brown - Web Lead
Passionate about creativity, education, and video games. Empowering others is his goal, and games are his way of getting there. @timothybrownsf
Tim Loduha - Client Usability
ROBLOX Player/ROBLOX Studio, User Experience, and occasional physics engine guy. @timloduha
Jonathan Jahr - Art
Studied mechanical engineering and industrial design before landing on graphic design. @jonjahr
Simon Kozlov – Client Engine
Uses his deep understanding of CPUs, GPUs, and rendering techniques to drive ROBLOX graphics and performance. @sim0nsays
Kevin He – Client Physics and Networking
Former World of Warcraft developer, network byte cracker, Linux hacker. Now committed to a mission of breathing physics realism into a massively multiplayer online world for creative minds.@GongfuTiger
Vasily Khudyakov - Client Core
Masters degree in physics, wrote his first Basic program 20 years ago and hasn't stopped writing code since. @vasilykh
Isaiah Merill - Web Economy
A waggish, winsome web developer. He appreciates intuitive, well designed systems. Internet evangelist and postback defenestration enthusiast. @isaiahsized
Board Of Directors
David Baszucki, CEO, @DavidBaszucki
Anthony Lee, Altos Ventures, @aplee
Chris Fralic, First Round Capital, @ChrisFRC
Greg Baszucki, Founder and CEO, Wheelhouse