Turbine, Inc. - Expands Leadership Team

Turbine sent us the following PR:

TURBINE EXPANDS LEADERSHIP TEAM

Nate Jones to Lead Corporate and Business Development for Online Entertainment Leader

WESTWOOD, MA – May 26, 2009 – Turbine, Inc., the premier creator and operator of massive, persistent online worlds that foster powerful social gaming communities, today announced the appointment of a new Vice President of Corporate and Business Development. Nate Jones will be responsible for overseeing worldwide content and licensing partnerships, joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions for the company.

“Nate brings extensive strategic planning and corporate dealmaking experience to our executive team that will be crucial as Turbine scales its global operations,” said Jim Crowley, President and CEO of Turbine, Inc.  “We continue to add firepower to our senior team and Nate’s strong record both as an investment banker and as a senior executive in the gaming industry will be a great asset to our growing business and we are delighted to have him join our team.”

Most recently, Jones held the position of Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development at Glu Mobile Inc., one of the largest publicly traded mobile game publishers.  While at Glu, he drove the acquisitions of Mig and Superscape as well as strategic initiatives focused on the iPhone and other gaming platforms.  Prior to his tenure at Glu, Nate was a Vice President at Lazard, one of the world’s preeminent financial advisory firms, where he focused on technology and media mergers and acquisitions and advised both established and emerging organizations in the video games industry including Microsoft, EA, Jagex and Major League Gaming, among others. [...]