Mike Capps (executive)

Mike Capps
Mike Capps at GDC 2011
Occupation	Former president, Epic Games

Michael Capps, PhD, was the President of Epic Games, based in Cary, North Carolina. He stepped down from the post in December 2012.

Mike Capps attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, graduating summa cum laude with degrees in math and creative writing. He also earned his MS in Computer Science from UNC-CH. Capps then went on to complete a SM in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, followed by a PhD in Computer Science from the Naval Postgraduate School.

Prior to entering the game industry, Capps served as a professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, where he specialized in defense and entertainment collaboration, virtual reality and computer graphics. For his work in these areas, he was one of 50 graphics pioneers interviewed for the ACM SIGGRAPH documentary, "The Story of Computer Graphics." While at the Naval Postgraduate School, Capps was the producer, designer and lead programmer of the America’s Army computer game.

Dr. Michael Capps has been a game designer, executive producer, head writer, lead programmer, research professor, and studio executive. He is best known for his decade as the president of Epic Games, makers of the mega-hit Gears of War and Infinity Blade franchises and the award-winning Unreal Engine. Under his leadership, Epic was named Studio of the Year at the 2006 Spike Video Game Awards.

In 2009, Michael was named NCTA's Technology Executive of the Year.

In 2012, Mike was named CEO of the Year for the WRAL Tech Wire Full Steam Ahead Awards. Mike was also an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist.

In 2016, Mike was awarded the Beacon Award for Lifetime Achievement from NCTA.

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