North American esports organization Evil Geniuses announced Friday that it has hired Renee Hall as its new director of gaming operations. Prior to joining EG, Hall worked for nearly four years at Red Bull Media House as a partnerships marketing manager and a partnerships & events specialist. Before that, she worked for Red Bull for […]
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Vindex Hires Former Yum! Brands Exec Keith Siegner as its new CFO – The Esports Observer
Vindex will announce Wednesday that it has hired former Yum! Brands executive Keith Siegner as its new chief financial officer. Yum! Brands owns such popular restaurant franchises as KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell, and has more than 50,000 franchisees in 150 countries and territories around the world. Siegner spent nearly five years in multiple […]
Minnesota RØKKR Hires New Director of Partnership Strategy & Activation
Call of Duty League team Minnesota RØKKR has hired Jenna Johnson as its new director of partnership strategy & activation. Prior to joining RØKKR, Johnson worked for NYC-based TLC Marketing Worldwide as its director of operation for a year. Before that, she spent more than eight years at Connecticut-based agency Octagon in various roles. Minnesota […]
Riot Hires Another Former Netflix Exec for Entertainment Division
Riot Games has hired Ryan Crosby as its new head of marketing and consumer products. Prior to joining Riot, Crosby worked in various marketing and public relations roles at Netflix, Hulu, Activision, Microsoft’s Xbox division, and En Masse Entertainment. Crosby joins Shauna Spenley, another former Netflix executive who was hired in December by Riot to […]
Team Vitality Hires Former Paris Saint-Germain GM Bruno Martini
Paris-based esports organization Team Vitality has hired Bruno Martini as its new esports general manager. Martini, a former professional handball player who represented France twice at the Olympics, joins Team Vitality from Paris Saint-Germain, where he spent the last eight years managing the club’s handball team. Team Vitality said in a release that it has […]
FanAI Hires David Bachowski as its New Chief Technology Officer
Sponsorship data platform FanAI has hired David Bachowski as its new chief technology officer. Bachowski comes from Mission Capital, a subsidiary of Marcus & Millichap, where he served as director of technology for four months after serving for more than three years at the financial and mortgage services company in a similar role. Prior to […]
Luckbox hires Ran Kaspi as Chief Financial Officer – Esports Insider
Esports betting company Luckbox has appointed former 888.com Economic & Performance Team Leader Ran Kaspi as its new Chief Financial Officer. Kaspi also brings with him six years of experience following his tenure at 888.com, including having previously served as the CFO of ASX-listed ParaZero LTD, who develop drone safety solutions. RELATED: Luckbox CEO: Going public is […]
Astralis Group hires Kasper Sindt as Commercial Director – Esports Insider
Danish esports organisation Astralis Group has announced the hiring of the National Danish Football Association’s Kasper Sindt as its new Commercial Director. Sindt joins the organisation after a three and a half year tenure as head of commercial partnerships, sales, and marketing at the Danish Football Association. He will commence his new role from March 1st. RELATED: Astralis launches talent development initiative […]
Nerd Street Gamers hires Jonathon Oudthone as Director of National Programming – Esports Insider
Esports infrastructure company Nerd Street Gamers (NSG) has announced the hiring of Jonathon Oudthone as its Director of National Programming. Oudthone will be responsible for the development of live events across North America alongside establishing new revenue generation opportunities. RELATED: Complexity and Nerd Street Gamers announce 2021 VALORANT Invitational John Fazio, CEO and Founder of Nerd Street Gamers, spoke […]