Jon Huffman

Jon Huffman is co-founder and President of Phantom Rowboat Ltd., a small indie studio in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he bounces between everything that isn’t art: studio operations, technical direction, production, and a great deal of paperwork.

He has spent fifteen years building and running live-service games. Most recently he was Lead Programmer at Ubisoft Halifax, and before that he worked in Montreal at Nvizzio, and Behaviour. He has led programming teams throughout his career including on projects such as Assassin’s Creed Rebellion, and RollerCoaster Tycoon Touch.

When Ubisoft Halifax closed, he and four colleagues started what became Phantom Rowboat. He writes about it at phantomrowboat.com/log, and speaks on studio formation, engineering leadership, and what teams actually need to stay healthy.