 Wilson was 
CEO from Dec 1996 to Dec 1997 and helped grow the company from 8 to 88 employees before exiting due to a highly volatile and public conflict with the third developer partner in the company, Todd Porter, who became CEO after Wilson's departure.Before he left to founded Gathering of Developers, Wilson was instrumental in bringing Warren Spector into the Ion fold, who created the "Deus Ex" franchise out of the Austin office.In January 1998, Wilson, along with Harry Miller, CEO of Ritual Entertainment, and several other independent development studios including 3D Realms, Epic Games, Terminal Reality, and PopTop Software, founded Gathering of Developers.