Mobile Industry Veteran Billy Wright Appointed as Global Head of Mobile Activities for Warner Bros

August 11th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Billy Wright has been named Vice President, Worldwide Wireless, Warner Bros. Online, it was announced today by Kevin Tsujihara, Executive Vice President, Corporate Business Development and Strategy, Warner Bros. Entertainment and Jim Noonan, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Warner Bros. Online. Read on …

MFORMA Hires Senior Vice President of Product Management and Marketing

June 24th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

MFORMA, the world-leading publisher and distributor of mobile entertainment, announced today that Gina Centoni, former vice president of product management at leading animation software company Macromedia, has been appointed senior vice president of product management and marketing. In her new role, Centoni assumes responsibility for MFORMA’s global product and marketing strategy and will be creating and managing MFORMA’s product roadmap for the development and delivery of MFORMA’s products and services worldwide. More …

Mobile Division Recognized for Recent Growth and Success; Namco America Announces Promotion of Three Key Executives in Mobile Division

June 17th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Namco America Inc., a leading publisher of wireless games and content, today announced the advancement of three top-level executives in its wireless division. The promotions, which are effective immediately, will better position the mobile division to achieve its goals and reflect its recent success as a leader in the industry.

As Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Scott Rubin is responsible for the overall business and marketing direction of the wireless division, as well as maintaining relationships with strategic partners, including wireless carriers. Maurice Molyneaux, Director of Product Development, will establish the strategic product roadmap and quality of new titles. Umesh Ghodke will develop strategic technology plans as well as websites, portals, and IT infrastructure as the Director of Information Technology. More …

Namco Europe Appoints New Mobile Development Engineer

June 14th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

The rapidly growing Web & Mobile Content division of Namco Europe, today announced the appointment of Gareth Evans to the new role of Mobile Development Engineer.

Gareth has in-depth knowledge of an experience in the mobile games sector. After completing his degree in 2003, Gareth established and ran his own game development studio, creating and releasing a number of games titles for the Windows Smartphone platform.

Gareth’s responsibilities at Namco’s Web & Mobile Content division encompass a wide range of quality control and post-production services. These include bug tracking and repair, conversion and porting of mobile games, and submission to and compliance with mobile network operators and portals. More …

Ex-Microsoft Games manager is new CEO of Exit Games USA

May 12th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Exit Games, the leading service provider for mobile entertainment software, is proud to announce a top-flight personnel acquisition as part of its US expansion. In the beginning of May, Tom Sperry has taken on the leadership of Exit Games USA. More …

Jeffrey Lapin joins In-Fusio as vice chairman

May 6th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Mobile games publisher In-Fusio announced this week that the company’s shareholders have confirmed the appointment of Jeffrey Lapin as Vice Chairman of the company’s supervisory board. More …

John Chasey and George Fraser join InfoSpace European executive team

May 6th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

InfoSpace, a company specializing in private-label search and mobile
entertainment, announced two additions to the company’s European
executive team. John Chasey and George Fraser have joined the company
as Vice President of European Operations and Vice President of European
Sales and Marketing, respectively. More …

Interview CEO JamDat: Fun for Fingers

March 14th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Mitch Lasky has a serious addiction. In recent years the CEO of L.A.’s Jamdat Mobile, a company that develops games for mobile phones, has challenged hundreds of other gamers to Bejeweled, a head-to-head brain twizzler. In it, players

Terraplay Systems Appoints Sven Halling as New CEO

February 14th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Sven Halling, the former CEO of It’s Alive, a leading Swedish mobile game developer responsible for such successful multiplayer titles as "Botfighters", has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Terraplay Systems. It’s Alive merged last year with Daydream, a publicly traded Swedish games publisher. Sven also has long international experience in mobile infrastructure and service platform sales. More …

Richard Eyre appointed Chairman of Digital Bridges

December 23rd, 2004 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Digital Bridges, a world leader in the creation and distribution of mobile entertainment solutions, today announced the appointment of Richard Eyre, one of the most respected names in the media and entertainment industry, as Chairman of its Board.

Previously a non-executive director of Digital Bridges, Eyre has increased his commitment to the company at an explosive stage in the company’s growth. Coming at the end of a year which has seen the company’s Q3 revenue grow by more than 30% over Q2, and in which the company has reinforced its presence in the US and Asia, this appointment will help bring an enhanced focus in the next phase of the company’s development. More …