George went into Information Technology ("IT") straight out of high school, though he later obtained both a Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree (both in Business Administration) from University of Phoenix. He has spent his career dealing with large-scale IT issues, and prior to Bungie worked first at Microsoft Corp. (managing Microsoft's 250+ email servers for 60,000 global employees) and then at a large marketing and advertising agency as its IT manager. George worked for Bungie through an outside vendor from late 2010 until July 2011, when he joined Bungie as a full-time employee.