He joined in 2006, right before
everyone from Reuters and Showtime, to the U.S. Army became obsessed with Second Life, and he's one of the few members of the
company's initial executive team that lasted this long: founder and CEO Phillip Rosedale stepped down in early 2008 (he
stayed on as Chairman), and co-founder and CTO Cory Ondrejka (now
at EMI) left in 2007.