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Plan A Games: This new UA funding outfit broke cover last week, and is led by several former leaders at Big Fish.
CEO Gary Rosenfeld has previously held leadership roles at Big Fish, Pixel United, Fox, THQ and more. Cofounder Rob Hodgkinson is also a former advisor at Big Fish owner Pixel United.
They are joined by three more former Big Fish leaders: Huy Nguyen (chief data officer), Janette D’Alessio (head of bizdev) and Glen MacKay (data and engineering director).
Unity: The engine maker has appointed Chris Feo as SVP of programmatic, sales and partnerships. He was formerly chief revenue officer at Taped and chief business officer at Experian.
Miniclip: Former Dream Games senior performance marketing specialist Deniz Göçtü has joined the Tencent-owned developer and publisher as a senior UA specialist.
Rovio: The Angry Birds maker has hired Mirza Hasanzade as senior creator manager. They previously spent eight years at influencer marketing campaigns firm Matchmade, before founding their own creator marketing agency, Paced Media.
Supercell: The Brawl Stars make has hired Irina Maria Ionescu as analytical lead for player care. Her former roles include insights and strategy manager for MENA at Google.
Offroad Games: Former Space Ape Games chief financial officer Hong Nguyen is leaving his finance role at Supercell for the position of COO at Chrome Valley Customs maker Offroad.
Mistplay: Sampsa Jaatinen is the new chief data and AI officer at the mobile gaming rewards platform. He joined following 11 years at Unity, where he most recently served as director of data.
Oh BiBi: The Paris-based Frag Pro Shooter maker has hired Romain Blanchais as chief technology officer. He was formerly director of technology and production at Darewise Entertainment, and main lead programmer at Spiders.
Netflix: Former senior director of engineering for gaming, George Tsipolitis, has been promoted to VP of engineering for gaming. Prior to joining the streaming giant in 2023, he spent nine years at Amazon, where his roles included director of Fire TV and GM of cloud gaming streaming service Luna.
Scopely: Former senior product analyst Yanir Ashkenazi has been promoted to lead product analyst on Monopoly Go.
Small Giant Games: Creative marketing manager Tuomo Kälviäinen has left the Empires and Puzzles maker and will be starting a new, unspecified role later this month. Before joining the Helsinki-based Zynga studio, he served in media roles at Seriously and Rovio.
Elo: The influencer marketing company has hired Joost van Dreunen as advisor for gaming and insights. He is the founder and former CEO of SuperData, and more recently established Aldora, a data and insights firm focused on the games business.
