Justin Watts

Hey, I’m Justin Watts, also known as “nanowatts” in gaming and internet circles. I’m a product guy¹ living in the Seattle area and am currently making League of Legends at Riot Games. I mostly work on strategy and features for League’s ranked and matchmaking systems.

Before games, I spent much of my career building and delivering healthcare software. Healthcare in the USA is fundamentally broken and I’m grateful to have spent a sizeable part of my life chipping away at hard problems in that space. I had the pleasure of working with teams at Sharecare, Elation Health, and 98point6.

Much of my personal time is spent playing games. Halo is my favorite past time and I still host a yearly LAN in my garage.²

I was on the PRIMEGUARD team that achieved the world’s first clear of Vault of Glass, Destiny’s first raid. Later, I co-founded the clan Math Class with a few of my best friends.

Outside of games, I’m in the mountains whenever possible. My wife, Chrissy, introduced me to skiing in 2018 and it’s been my favorite thing to do ever since. I picked up photography during the pandemic and am still happily chasing good light.

You can talk at me on Twitter.

1. I make products and do science! This includes setting direction for what we're building, why, and then working alongside the team to execute, deliver, and iterate on it.
2. Halo 3 is the greatest game ever made. It is a generational piece of software that has ruined the rest of gaming history because it is so good.