JON LANDER

Veteran leader across development, publishing and business disciplines. Ran global product and publishing operations at Bethesda Softworks, led business and publishing for the Elder Scrolls Online at ZeniMax Online Studios, captained EVE Online and kicked off VR trailblazer EVE Valkyrie. Jon brings together 15 years experience across the breadth of the video game industry with deep live‑ops insights and brings over a decade experience in other industries through his former consulting career. 

Jack-of-all-trades and master of many: a veteran leader of development, publishing, business and operations teams across Bethesda Softworks, ZeniMax Online Studios and CCP Games.

Modern Publishing: Drove the evolution of Bethesda Softworks into an integrated, global, AAA developer / publisher and led product and publishing operations.

Scalable MMO production at ZeniMax Online: turned the studio into an integrated developer / publisher and headed up the leadership team of Elder Scrolls Online generating over $2B in revenue.

Live‑service turnaround: guided EVE Online through player riots, refocused on core experience and shipped four expansions on time to record effect.

Player‑governed economies: designs governance models that let players create emergent content while protecting game balance.

VR first‑mover: Kicked off EVE Valkyrie, adapting AAA processes to early Oculus hardware constraints.

Transparent change‑management coach: steers teams through restructures without burning out talent.

Media‑savvy evangelist: charismatic storyteller who translates complex systems into hype‑ready narratives.