Chris Melissinos
Christopher Melissinos | |
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Melissinos at the Game Developers Conference in 2026 | |
| Born | New York, New York |
| Citizenship | American Greek |
| Known for | Chief Gaming Officer at Sun Founder of Javagaming.org Guest Curator and Creator of "The Art of Video Games" at the Smithsonian American Art Museum |
| Awards | 13th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards - Industry Ambassador |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer gaming Computer science |
| Institutions | Sun Microsystems |
Christopher Robert Melissinos is a Java programmer who served as Sun Microsystems' Chief Evangelist and Chief Gaming Officer. During his tenure at Sun, he was responsible for the creation of their Game Technologies Group and was a driving political force behind the formation of several open source Java gaming technologies including Project Darkstar, and Java bindings for OpenGL, OpenAL and Jinput.
He was the host of JavaOne in 2009.