http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2009/04/15/mainstream-shift-to-the-iphone-continues-with-portable-zoo/ Tracking Innovation at the Convergence of Games and Social Platforms Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:17:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2009/04/15/mainstream-shift-to-the-iphone-continues-with-portable-zoo/comment-page-1/#comment-7448 EA Executive Joins Outspark Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:02:41 +0000 http://www.insidesocialgames.com/?p=3891#comment-7448 [...] Mahoney marks the latest on an ever growing list of top brass leaving the mainstream realm and jumping into the casual and social space, and also one of many to come directly from the EA giant itself. So far, this year, we have seen Brandon Barber (former Senior Director of Global Marketing), Colleen McCreary, and Mike Verdu join Zynga as Vice President of Marketing, Chief People Officer, and Vice President of Game Development respectively; Eric Lindstrom (former EA Senior Game Designer) join SGN as Chief Creative Officer; former COO John Pleasants as Playdom’s new CEO; and, of course, Don Traeger, a former EA Sports veteran, who started the iPhone development studio, Portable Zoo. [...] [...] Mahoney marks the latest on an ever growing list of top brass leaving the mainstream realm and jumping into the casual and social space, and also one of many to come directly from the EA giant itself. So far, this year, we have seen Brandon Barber (former Senior Director of Global Marketing), Colleen McCreary, and Mike Verdu join Zynga as Vice President of Marketing, Chief People Officer, and Vice President of Game Development respectively; Eric Lindstrom (former EA Senior Game Designer) join SGN as Chief Creative Officer; former COO John Pleasants as Playdom’s new CEO; and, of course, Don Traeger, a former EA Sports veteran, who started the iPhone development studio, Portable Zoo. [...]

]]> http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2009/04/15/mainstream-shift-to-the-iphone-continues-with-portable-zoo/comment-page-1/#comment-5354 Industry Perspectives: Q&A With Don Traeger, Founder of Portable Zoo Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:08:27 +0000 http://www.insidesocialgames.com/?p=3891#comment-5354 [...] month we profiled new start-up building games for the iPhone called Portable Zoo. Started by EA veteran Don Traeger and four associates from his days at THQ, the company has been [...] [...] month we profiled new start-up building games for the iPhone called Portable Zoo. Started by EA veteran Don Traeger and four associates from his days at THQ, the company has been [...]

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