Major Nelson

Lawrence "Larry" Hryb /ˈhɜːrb/ also known by his Xbox Live Gamertag "Major Nelson", is an Emmy Award–winning Director of Programming for the Microsoft gaming network Xbox Live. His blog "Xbox Live's Major Nelson" provides an inside look at operations at Microsoft's Xbox division. He picked the Gamertag "Major Nelson" after a character by the same name on the 1960s U.S. television comedy I Dream of Jeannie after it was recommended to him by his TiVo.Larry dedicated his Gamertag to Larry Hagman after his death in 2012.Prior to joining Microsoft in 2001, he was a former programmer and on air host with radio broadcaster Clear Channel Communications.Hryb graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in Television, Radio and Film production from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.