2 years ago
Quick take:
- Polygon Studios has welcomed caller hires from the web2 companies of Amazon, Google, Youtube, Electronic Arts, Penske Media and Mythical Games
- The determination is portion of plans by Polygon Studios to fortify its gaming initiative
Polygon Studios, the developer narration limb of Polygon Technologies, has announced caller hires to spearhead its maturation successful the Web3 blockchain gaming space.
To statesman with, Polygon Studies has welcomed Michael Blank arsenic Chief Operating Officer and Young Ko arsenic Chief Financial Officer.
Mr. Banks spent astir 20 years with Electronic Arts (EA) wherever helium held antithetic elder enactment roles astatine the company. During his clip astatine EA, Banks served arsenic Senior Vice President of Player Network wherever helium spearheaded the company’s strategy to link and prosecute much than 300 cardinal planetary users. He besides held the relation of Executive Producer for respective crippled franchises astatine EA.
Polygon Studio’s caller CFO, Young Ko, has almost 16 years of progressive fiscal and entrepreneurial expertise crossed entertainment, music, fashion, and existent estate. Mr. Ko spent the past 9 years arsenic the VP of Finance astatine Penske Media, overseeing the finance, accounting, treasury and planetary taxation teams.
Additionally, Polygon Studios has hired Urvit Goel (VP, Gaming Business Development), Charnjit Bansi (VP, Game Design), Ben Watley (Senior Director of Strategy and Gaming) and Will Matteson (Corporate Strategy Manager).
Formerly moving astatine Amazon, Mr. Goel brings a immense wealthiness of acquisition starring teams successful finance, selling and concern development.
Mr. Bansi brings implicit 20 years of cognition successful AAA web2 crippled enactment and improvement from world-class crippled developers specified arsenic Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games (creators of Call of Duty). He precocious served arsenic Director of Product Management astatine Mythical Games.
Ben Watley is simply a seasoned of the gaming manufacture and brings with him a immense wealthiness of acquisition moving astatine Electronic Arts (EA). Mr. Watley volition beryllium moving alongside ex-NASA bundle technologist and Riot crippled strategist, Will Matteson.
The caller hires articulation the recently appointed CEO of Polygon Studios, Ryan Wyatt, who was antecedently the caput of Youtube’s Gaming vertical. Mr. Wyatt welcomed the caller endowment astatine Polygon Studios done the pursuing statement.
We’re thrilled to beryllium attracting specified high-calibre endowment arsenic we physique retired the imagination squad of Web3. The combined expertise and perspectives from some the accepted and blockchain industries volition beryllium invaluable successful increasing the developer ecosystem and bridging the spread betwixt Web2 and Web3.
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