 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.