DeLoura is a Game Developer's Conference Advisory Board Emeritus member after having served on the board for more than ten years, and is the author of the
Game Programming Gems series of books. DeLoura has been the Vice President of Technology at
THQ, Technical Director of
Ubisoft North America, Manager of Developer Relations at
Sony Computer Entertainment America, Editor in Chief of
Game Developer magazine, and Lead Engineer at
Nintendo of America. In 2010, he joined Google as a video game developer advocate. In 2013, DeLoura was appointed to the position of Senior Advisor for Digital Media at the White House
Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). Started by the Obama administration, the position was created to understand how video games and media can be applied to improve education and engagement around civics, healthcare, education, and
citizen science. In this role, DeLoura led the Federal Games Guild. On September 7, 2014, DeLoura hosted the first ever "Game Jam" to be held at the White House. This event was attended by 102 game developers divided into 23 teams, who created game prototypes in categories including science, math, healthcare, and politics. Attending developers included
Playmatics,
Red Storm Entertainment,
Rovio,
GlassLab (an
Electronic Arts joint project with educational institutions), the
Smithsonian Institution,
BrainPOP, and game industry veteran
Graeme Devine. ==References==