Mike Olsen Joins Glu as Senior Vice President of Studios
January 26 2017 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Former Electronic Arts GM to join creative
leadership team at Glu
Glu Mobile Inc. (NASDAQ:GLUU), a leading global developer and
publisher of free-to-play mobile games, today announced that Mike
Olsen has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Studios.
Olsen brings an extensive background in creative direction, game
design, studio management and live game operations. He joins a
strong team of existing leaders at Glu as the company looks to a
successful future driven by highly creative and proven leaders.
“I am incredibly pleased to welcome Mike Olsen as Glu’s SVP of
Studios where he’ll build a talented team of developers to create
innovative new products,” said Nick Earl, Glu’s President and CEO.
"As I enter my first year leading the company, I plan to invest in
and empower leaders with the same industry prowess as Mike."
“Glu’s talent model is focused on hiring the industry’s finest
and arming them with world-class infrastructure, tools, funding and
support to create phenomenal products while eliminating the risk of
going at it alone,” continued Earl. "It’s under the guidance of
experienced and fearless creative leaders that I believe Glu will
deliver best-in-class entertainment products in 2017 and
beyond.”
“As a leading developer of mobile games for over a decade, Glu’s
industry-leading success is something I’ve recognized for quite a
while,” said Olsen. “I am tremendously excited to join the Glu
team to apply my breadth of game development experience to drive
the company’s product innovation into high-gear.”
A twenty-year industry veteran spanning mobile, console, online
and PC gaming, Olsen joins Glu from Electronic Arts where he most
recently led the Capital Games studio in Sacramento, California.
During his tenure at EA, Olsen served in various roles where he led
the design and creative direction for 25 titles including Star
Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, The Godfather, Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf,
NCAA March Madness, NCAA Football, Knockout Kings, Dungeon Keeper
and more. Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes has been downloaded over 30
million times, has generated more than $100 million in revenue and
received Apple’s Editor’s Choice and Google’s Best Picks. Olsen has
been honored as an EA inventor, having been named as a co-inventor
on three registered patents for his work with the company.
Cautions Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains certain “forward-looking statements”
related to the business of Glu Mobile Inc., including statements
regarding: the company looks to a successful future driven by
highly creative and proven leaders; Mr. Olsen will build a talented
team of developers to create innovative new products; Glu plans to
invest in and empower leaders with the same industry prowess as Mr.
Olsen; Glu’s talent model is focused on hiring the industry’s
finest and arming them with world-class infrastructure, tools,
funding and support to create phenomenal products while eliminating
the risk of going at it alone; we believe Glu will deliver
best-in-class platform entertainment products in 2017 and beyond;
and that Mr. Olsen is tremendously excited to join the Glu team to
apply his breadth of game development experience to drive the
company’s product innovation into high-gear. Such forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties,
including, but not limited to, the risk that we do not realize the
expected benefits from our hiring of Mr. Olsen; the risk that
consumer demand for smartphones, tablets and next-generation
platforms does not grow as significantly as we anticipate or that
we will be unable to capitalize on any such growth; the risk that
we do not realize a sufficient return on our investment with
respect to our efforts to develop free-to-play games for
smartphones, tablets and next-generation platforms; and the risk
that our recently and newly launched games are less popular than
anticipated or decline in popularity and monetization rates more
quickly than we anticipate. Certain of these risks and
uncertainties are or will be described in greater detail in our
public filings with the SEC. Glu is not under obligation to (and
expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its
forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.
About Glu Mobile
Glu Mobile (NASDAQ:GLUU) is a leading global developer and
publisher of free-to-play mobile games. Glu is focused on creating
compelling original IP games such as CONTRACT KILLER, COOKING DASH,
COVET FASHION, DEER HUNTER, DESIGN HOME, QUIZUP, RACING RIVALS, and
TAP SPORTS BASEBALL, and branded IP games including GORDON RAMSAY
DASH, KENDALL & KYLIE, and KIM KARDASHIAN: HOLLYWOOD on the App
Store, Google Play and Amazon Appstore. Founded in 2001, Glu is
headquartered in San Francisco with U.S. offices outside Seattle
and in Burlingame, San Mateo, Long Beach and Portland, and
international locations in Canada, China, India, Japan, and Russia.
Consumers can find high-quality entertainment wherever they see the
‘g’ character logo or at www.glu.com.
For live updates, please follow Glu via Twitter at
www.twitter.com/glumobile and on Instagram at
www.instagram.com/glumobile, or become a Glu fan at
www.facebook.com/glumobile.
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