Glu Mobile names Olivier Bernard as EMEA Sales Director
London - February 12, 2008 - Glu Mobile Inc. (Nasdaq: GLUU), a leading global publisher of mobile games, today announced the appointment of Olivier Bernard to the position of Sales Director, EMEA. Bernard joined Glu in 2006 as territory manager for France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
In this role, Bernard achieved the company's strongest revenues to date in the region, including growing Glu's position in France from no. 5 to no. 2 publisher in France, according to the leading carriers in that region.
"Glu's success as a global publisher is the result of our ability to leverage capabilities worldwide while maintaining deep focus within each country and region within which we operate," said Frank Keeling, managing director of publishing, EMEA, Glu Mobile. "Olivier has been an exemplary leader within the organization and has demonstrated his ability to establish and build upon a local presence to become a leader on a regional level."
As sales director, EMEA, Bernard's primary role will be to manage and develop Glu sales in each territory within EMEA. Prior to Glu, Bernard served as Global Game Operations Manager at Vodafone. Before joining Vodafone, Bernard held positions as senior product manager for console and mobile services at Babelmedia and as planning manager at Atari.
About Glu Mobile
Glu (NASDAQ: GLUU) is a leading global publisher of mobile games. Its portfolio of top-rated games includes original titles Super K.O. Boxing!, Stranded and Brain Genius, and titles based on major brands from partners including Atari, Activision, Konami, Harrah's, Hasbro, Warner Bros., Microsoft, PlayFirst, PopCap Games, SEGA and Sony. Founded in 2001, Glu is based in San Mateo, Calif. and has offices in London, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Hong Kong, China, Sao Paulo and Chile. Consumers can find high-quality, fresh entertainment created exclusively for their mobile phones wherever they see the 'g' character logo or at www.glu.com.
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