Archive for the ‘People’ Category

Patrick Mork Moves to Google

August 8th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Following his career at Glu and then GetJar, Patrick Mork is now moving to Google as their new Marketing Director for Mobile Applications. He announced his move on his own blog.

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John Chasey Joins The Board at Metaflow

June 7th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Digital content management specialist Metaflow today announced that long-time industry veteran John Chasey is joining their board of directors.

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Apple Hires Nintendo and Activision PR Guys

April 11th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Gaming is an important element in the sales strategy for iOS devices, so important that Apple has decided to hire two marketing vets from Nintendo and Activision in the UK.

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Mr. Goodliving to Close Down

February 15th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, People | No Comments »

Twitter is a great medium for short messages. This afternoon we received a tweet with just a URL and that one URL says it all. Mr. Goodliving is closing down and many of it’s staff is looking for a new job.

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Nokia Replaces US President

February 13th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Nokia’s US president Mark Louison has immediately been replaced by Chris Weber. The interesting about this news is that Chris, just like Elop, is a former Microsoft vet.

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Rovio Preparing for Massive Console Development

February 4th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Rovio has hired Petri Järvilehto, developer of the Max Payne and Alan Wake franchises as Senior Vice President of Console Development. His task it to setup console development teams for the Angry Birds franchise.

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Larry Page to Replace Google CEO Eric Schmidt

January 20th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Eric Schmidt has announced to step back at Google. Co-founder Larry Page will become the new CEO of the search and mobile giant. Schmidt made the announcement on the Google blog.

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Head of iPhone Game Technology Leaves Apple

December 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Graeme Devine, the person heading the iPhone Game Technology department in Apple has left the company. Graeme Devine has been working for Apple for a year now after leaving id Software.

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Darren Newnham Surfaces at TeePee

December 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Following a career as business developer for the famous SEGA Europe company and a role as Head of Licensing at the notorious publisher Telcogames, Darren Newnham now surfaces at Tony’s TeePee Games.

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Glu Strongly Reduces EU Headcount

November 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, People | No Comments »

The rumors have been flying around for some time, but I think we and most of our readers have been expecting this for a while. Last week, lot’s of Glu employees in Europe received their termination notice.