Ray Muzyka, formally Raymond Alexander Muzyka, is a Canadian physician turned entrepreneur and investor who co-founded the video game developer BioWare. After earning medical degrees at the University of Alberta he practised as an emergency department and family physician, then built BioWare with fellow doctors Greg Zeschuk and Augustine Yip. He served as chief executive of the studio and, after Electronic Arts bought it in 2008, as senior vice president and general manager of the BioWare label at EA, also running the financial, human resources, operations, marketing and legal side of the business. BioWare under his leadership produced role-playing franchises including Baldur's Gate, Mass Effect and Dragon Age. In 2012 he left the games industry for mentoring and impact investing through ThresholdImpact. His honours include the Order of Canada.
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Defining ContributionCo-founded BioWare and revolutionized the role-playing genre with franchises such as Baldur's Gate, Mass Effect and Dragon Age 1 Connections
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is a Canadian investor, entrepreneur and physician
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1. Governor General of Canada: Dr. Raymond Alexander Muzyka, Member of the Order of Canada
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he revolutionized the role-playing genre by creating such groundbreaking franchises as Baldur's Gate, Mass Effect and Dragon Age
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is a Canadian investor, entrepreneur and physician
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he is the co-founder of video game developer BioWare
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he is the co-founder of video game developer BioWare
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he is the co-founder of video game developer BioWare
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in addition to his CEO role at BioWare
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