Max Hoberman aka Yeroen is a former employee of Bungie Studios and was a designer for the multiplayer feature of the Halo games. Born in 1978 in Austin, Texas, USA, he grew up and pursued a career in photojournalism. He started at Bungie Studios in 1997, effectively ending that career before it began. He has done many jobs at Bungie, including graphic designer, web monkey, community team manager, ui designer--and is now responsible for multiplayer, UI and Xbox Live design for Halo 2. He is married, presumably with children, his profile claims he has "10 sets of identical twins, each named after a Halo level.