Videogame Industry Veteran Kathy Schoback Joins CMP Technology as Group Director of CMP Game GroupFormer AGEIA, Eidos and SEGA Exec to Helm Group Responsible for Industry-Leading Game Developers Conference, Game Developer Magazine and Gamasutra.comPRNewswire SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- CMP Technology, the leading marketing solutions provider to the global technology industry, has appointed videogame industry veteran Kathy Schoback to the position of Group Director of the CMP Game Group. The Game Group is the producing organization of the world's largest game industry-only event, the Game Developers Conference, as well as the Austin Game Conference and the industry-leading media Game Developer Magazine and Gamasutra.com, among other notable event and media products. Schoback will be responsible for directing and coordinating all activities of the Group to maximize profitability and growth, and will help set and implement the Group's overall global strategy. Kathy Schoback's game industry experience spans nearly 15 years, with the majority of her career spent at SEGA of America. She most recently served as VP of Content Acquisition for AGEIA Technologies, where she and her team licensed the PhysX SDK to over 140 developers and publishers. As Director of Product Operations at Eidos, Schoback created and managed processes for game release scheduling and platform-holder certification. In her nine years at SEGA, she occupied a variety of relationship management and business development positions, in which she routinely exceeded sales and revenue targets. Schoback serves on the Game Developers Conference advisory board, was a longtime board member and former Chair of the International Game Developers Association, and participates in the steering committee of Women in Games International. She is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. "Kathy Schoback is far and away the best possible person to lead the CMP Game Group," said Philip Chapnick, senior vice president, Applied Technologies Group, CMP Technology. "Her deep game industry expertise managing relationships with developers and publishers, developing new business opportunities and overseeing complex scheduling across a multitude of projects, not to mention her intimate knowledge of the Game Developers Conference, made our choice an easy one." As the leading games industry media group, the CMP Game Group is dedicated to editorial integrity, industry growth, facilitating strategic partnerships, networking, and education. As Group Director, Schoback will oversee the financial management of the Game Group, work with business development to create new products and manage their execution and integration into the existing business. Schoback will also lead the Group's relationship-building efforts, interacting with major game industry companies. About the CMP Game Group (http://www.cmpgame.com/) A core provider of essential information to the professional game industry, the CMP Game Group offers market-defining content, and drives community through the Game Developers Conference, Game Developer magazine, the Webby Award-winning Gamasutra.com, the Serious Games Summit D.C., GDC Mobile, GDC Europe, the Independent Games Festival, the Game Developers Choice Awards, GDC London, the London Games Summit, GDCTV, GDCRadio, and the GDC Focus On event series. For more information, please visit http://www.cmpgame.com/. About CMP Technology (http://www.cmp.com/) CMP Technology is a marketing solutions company serving the technology industry. Through its market-leading portfolio of trusted information brands, CMP has earned the confidence of more technology professionals than any other media company. As a result, CMP is the premier provider of access, insight and actionable programs designed to connect sellers and buyers in ways that yield superior return on investment. CMP Technology is a subsidiary of United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $3 billion. SOURCE: CMP Game Group CONTACT: Sibel Sunar, sibel@forty47seven.com, or Brian Rubin, Web site: http://www.cmpgame.com/ |