Jeff Briggs (born March 10 1957 in Florence, Alabama) is founder and former President, and CEO of Firaxis Games, a computer game developer based in Hunt Valley, Maryland, United States. He was previously a game designer at MicroProse but left that company in 1996 along with Sid Meier to form Firaxis Games. Briggs holds a Doctorate in Musical Composition and Theory from the University of Illinois. His career began in New York City, where he composed music for various events, including dance and theater groups. He took a job as Game Editor and Designer at West End Games where he worked until 1987. He then joined Microprose Software, one of the original premiere computer game development houses. At Microprose, Briggs served as Designer, Writer, Composer, Producer, Executive Producer and, finally, Director of Product Development. He left in 1996 to found Firaxis Games, where he led the design of Civilization III and oversaw the expansion of the company