Ed Cebula

Ed Cebula was an American pinball designer and engineer whose career spanned from the post-war electromechanical era to the rise of solid-state pinball in the 1990s. Beginning in the late 1940s at Genco, he later played a pivotal role in shaping the game lineups at Game Plan, Inc. during the late 1970s and early 1980s. His most significant contributions came as a founding member and lead designer at Data East Pinball, where he co-created some of the industry's most successful licensed machines, including Back to the Future (1990), The Simpsons (1990), and Jurassic Park (1993). Over his decades-long career, Cebula helped bridge the transition between traditional mechanical pinball design and the modern digital age.