Oberon Media, the world´s leading multi–platform casual games company, today announced the promotion of Don Ryan to Chief Operating Officer. Formerly senior vice president, publishing, Ryan will oversee all publishing, development, and platform operations.
"Don has been an important part of the executive team at Oberon since he joined," said Tomer Ben Kiki, CEO of Oberon Media. "We are delighted to put his leadership, enthusiasm, and passion for games to work in this new, expanded role."
"It´s been an amazing ride so far, and I´m thrilled and honored to keep it going in this new role, " said Ryan. "I look forward to working closely with our world–class team of executives and employees to continue to enhance Oberon´s leadership in the casual games space."
Don Ryan was a driving force behind Microsoft´s cross–platform casual–games strategy prior to joining Oberon in 2006. Ryan led the team that designed and implemented the downloadable games service for MSN, the MSN Messenger Games service, and Xbox Live Arcade service for Xbox 360. He is widely credited with bringing casual games to the masses and establishing the strong foothold that those products now have in the entertainment software industry.
About Oberon Media
Oberon Media, the world´s leading multi–platform casual games company, is the first company to deliver global, integrated casual–games solutions across online, mobile and interactive TV platforms, following its acquisitions of I–play and PixelPlay, respective leaders in the mobile games and iTV casual games markets. The Oberon Game Center platform is the industry standard and has been adopted by some of the world´s largest corporations including Microsoft, Comcast, Verizon, Electronic Arts, MySpace, France Telecom and NHN. The platform combines casual–game content, merchandizing and features to fulfill each partner´s specific needs. Oberon Media´s publishing arm works with the industry´s best, award–winning game developers to produce the top–selling casual games, which can be played in more than a dozen languages across online, mobile, console and iTV platforms. Founded in 2003, Oberon Media is headquartered in New York with offices across North America, Europe and Asia, and is backed by Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Oak Investment Partners and Lehman Brothers.
