Amanda Wixted

Amanda Wixted (born November 23, 1981) is an American video game programmer and founder of Meteor Grove Software.

Early life Wixted was born on November 23, 1981, in Paris, France. At the age of two, she moved to Kuwait City, and at the age of nine, to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and at age 15 moved again to attend Stevenson School, a boarding school in Pebble Beach, California.

As tech lead, Wixted widely expanded the company's social gaming network on the iPhone. She led development teams on game applications such as LivePoker, Mafia Wars, Street Racing, Vampire Wars and FarmVille.

In 2011, Wixted co-founded Hyperspace, Inc. in the Greater New York City area. There, she worked on Turf Geography Club, a mobile location-based game.

Wixted then started Meteor Grove Software in Austin, Texas in 2011 and consults on and developing iOS software.

Wixted is currently CTO of Homer, an educational startup that helps kids learn to read.

Personal life In 2014, Wixted married Timothy Fitz. The two currently live in Austin, Texas with their child Ruby Polaris who was born on March 27, 2015.