Archive for the ‘People’ Category

William J Miller to Lead Glu – UPDATED

December 2nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Back in July, Greg Ballard announced he would be leaving Glu, but he would hang around until a replacement had been found. Now, William J Miller will follow up as Interim President and CEO.

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Volker Joins Scoreloop

November 25th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Having just revived the BlueBeck Studios about a month ago, Volker Hirsch is now joining Scoreloop as strategic advisor. With many years of experience in mobile and social platforms, this could be a perfect match.

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Hands-On Restructuring Results in Layoffs

October 21st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, People | No Comments »

Earlyer this week, we reported that Hands-On was changing its focus again and that David White, the CEO, left. As a result of the restructuring, several employees will be sent home by the company.

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Ian Aaron Leaves Twistbox Entertainment

October 9th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Twistbox Entertainment (or WAAT Media) is one of the bigger players in the aggregation market for mobile games. The company is now losing it's CEO as Ian Aaron has chosen to step down.

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Frank Keeling Leaves Glu

September 21st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Glu has lost it's EMEA managing director Frank Keeling. His job will be split up between James Scalpello (EMEA Marketing Director) and Olivier Bernard (EMEA Sales Director).

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ngmoco Hires Jason Oberfest

September 17th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

ngmoco has announced the hiring of MySpace's former SVP of Business Development Jason Oberfest. He will take the role of VP of Social Application at the iPhone publisher.

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Popcap Hires Robert Chamberlain as CFO

August 18th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Popcap has appointed Robert Chamberlain as their new CFO. Robert built up experience with F5 Networks, Onyx Software and Watchguard Technologies and several other companies in the technology sector.

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Handmark Appoints Jason Ford

August 14th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Handmark announced it has appointed Jason Ford as its Vice President of Games he will play a key role in ramping up the company’s games development and further expand its presence in the mobile gaming market

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Mike Yuen Leaves Qualcomm for Zeebo

August 7th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

It was to be expected as Mike Yuen had been involved in the startup of console maker Zeebo last year, but now Mike Yuen, probably the face of Qualcomm for mobile gaming, is leaving the company.