Founder of Digital Extremes James Schmalz announced today he intends to step down as CEO of the company. The current Chief Creative Officer Steve Sinclair will assume the CEO duties effective immediately. Sinclair is a 24-year veteran at Digital Extremes. Schmalz will remain on the board of directors to offer insight and guidance to the company moving forward.
“It’s been a long journey from Epic Pinball to Soulframe. I feel immensely privileged to have been able to play my part in shaping our industry; building our stellar team has been a fulfilling life work. I feel in Steve we have the ideal leader to take us and our growing community of players into a new era and can’t wait to see what can be accomplished under his leadership.”
– James Schmalz, Founder of Digital Extremes
If you’ve watched any big Warframe event stream or attended Tennocon, you will be familiar with Steve Sinclair. As Chief Creative Officer, he’s been front and center through the development of Warframe and is currently leading development on Soulframe.
