Simon Jeffery joins ngmoco
Mobile phone publisher (with a focus on iPhone and iPod Touch games at the moment) ngmoco has named former SEGA of America president and COO Simon Jeffery as its chief publishing officer to helm the company’s new Plus+ Publishing group. The new initiative is focused on signing up and working with partner companies, who will gain access to ngmoco’s publishing framework, including the new Plus+ Network. Plus, as names go, Jeffery is a recognized leader in the interactive entertainment industry, which means an easier time drawing attention to the company and what it is doing.
“I am delighted to join ngmoco,” Jeffery said. “It’s a very exciting time to be shaping a new games landscape with a super-talented team. With Plus+ Publishing we are going to be able to create a system for great developers to plug directly into an incredible, proven publishing framework & network technology to help accelerate their games.”
Simon Jeffery brings 22 years of experience to ngmoco after more than four years as president and COO of SEGA of America, where he oversaw all publishing and product development activities for the publisher. Prior to SEGA, Jeffery was president and COO of LucasArts. Jeffery moved to LucasArts in 1998 after working in a number of marketing, business, and development roles for Virgin Interactive and Electronic Arts, both in the United States and Europe.
Plus+ Publishing will offer an infrastructure for developers to take advantage of ngmoco’s publishing systems, provide access to the Plus+ Network and give custom support to participating partners, according to today’s announcement.
