Tom Frisina joined TGC in 2010 as their non-executive Chairman and currently serves as Board Advisor. Tom has a long and distinguished career in both the consumer electronics and interactive digital media businesses. His most recent accomplishment was as VP and General Manager of EA Partners, a division of Electronic Arts he established in 1997as a business and product development initiative which generated more than $3B in revenue since its inception. The world class franchises he brought to EA includes Battlefield, Bond, Lord of the Rings, Simpsons, Valve, Rock Band, and Crysis. During the later stage of his tenure he was EA’s Strategic Talent Development Executive while on the Faculties of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts and the Center for Digital Media, Vancouver, B.C.

In early 2010 Tom began a consulting business for independent game development studios. He also serves on the Boards of EA International, Bally Technologies, and is Chairman of Tilting Point Media. He continues today in an Endowed Professors Chair at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. He also serves on two non-profits Boards, The State Street Ballet of Santa Barbara, and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.