EA's new chief technology officer might have the know-how to prevent another SimCity-like fiasco

Publisher Electronic Arts is grabbing talent from the tech industry to help build up its digital platform so that it won’t buckle under heavy demand — as it did during the infamous launch of SimCity in 2013.

The company revealed today that it is bringing in Ken Moss as its new chief technology officer. EA is responsible for two of the unsteadiest launches in recent gaming history with 2013’s SimCity and Battlefield 4, and Moss might have the skills and experience to prevent that happening again. Moss previously worked at eBay and Microsoft. At the Internet auction site, Moss led the data team that kept the company’s global marketplace functioning. At Microsoft, he spearheaded the development of what would eventually turn into Bing. Now at EA, Moss will apply his experience to help the publisher build and maintain reliable digital platforms.