Darren Monahan

Darren Monahan is the chief information officer and producer of Obsidian Entertainment and one of Obsidian's founders. Monahan works in the game industry, having worked for Interplay Entertainment in various capacities, including as a senior producer for Black Isle Studios, manager of quality assurance, and a programmer on many of Interplay's titles. As a producer, Monahan managed the development of six published products, including the entire Icewind Dale and Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance series.

Career Darren Monahan started out in the quality assurance department for Interplay Entertainment. Monahan met Feargus Urquhart while working in QA on one of his titles. Monahan then moved out of QA to become a programmer as part of Interplay's Tech Group. Monahan later transferred to Black Isle Studios and became an associate producer on Icewind Dale. Monahan was the producer for Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance at Black Isle Studios. He also produced Icewind Dale II.

Monahan was one of five developers who formed Obsidian Entertainment in June 2003, along with Chris Parker, Urquhart, Chris Jones and Chris Avellone. Monahan, along with the other four company owners, was responsible for developing role-playing game titles including Fallout and Knights of the Old Republic II.