MATTHEW HAWLEY
Senior Game Producer
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.
As senior game producer on Blizzard Entertainment’s Overwatch development team, Matthew Hawley
works closely with all development disciplines to build and iterate on new systems, with the goal of
introducing these as compelling features for the game. His primary focus is to partner closely with the
developers and empower them so that programmers can code, designers can craft systems, and artists can
make everything look amazing. Hawley has also spearheaded a variety of special project initiatives for
Overwatch.
Hawley began his career at Blizzard in 2006 as a producer working on Battle.net, Blizzard’s industryleading game platform. His expertise has been drawn upon to support the development and launches of
StarCraft II, Diablo III, World of Warcraft, and now Overwatch. Before Blizzard, he used to work at
Appliance Park, General Electric Consumer & Industrial’s self-sufficient appliance manufacturing plantcity.
Matthew is a Trekkie and a fan of science fiction in general. He also enjoys all things Disney. Whenever
he can, he goes backpacking in the White Mountains of New Hampshire with his family.