Primary Job Title VP of Engineering Primary Organization 
Linden Lab
Gender Male
Jeff Petersen is the VP of Engineering and comes to Linden Lab with over 20 years of experience as a game programmer and engineering lead with a passion for well-architected, highly optimized systems.
Prior to joining Linden Lab, he spent 10 years working for Sony Online Entertainment, primarily doing MMO RPG development (with a focus on the
networking, server side, and core technologies), along with PS3 and PSP development.
Titles worked on include: Everquest, Everquest II, Star Wars Galaxies, Planetside, Untold Legends PS3, Field Commander PSP, FreeRealms, and CloneWars Adventures. While at Sony Online Entertainment, Jeff developed the core technology infrastructure that currently serves as the foundation for many development efforts at the company.
He has also held leadership and engineering positions at Harmless Games, SilverPlatter, and Virgin Interactive Entertainment where he created an early entry into MMO gaming called Subspace.
