He serves on the board of the Entertainment Software Association, the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy and the environmental non-profit Ten Strands.Jake earned his J.D. Chris is responsible for the marketing of EA’s global brands, global publishing and demand planning, analytics and insights, and marketing communications.Chris is a proven brand visionary and thought leader, having held leadership positions at Starbucks and Amazon.com. That's why today, I'm pleased to welcome John Riccitiello onto the Unity team as our new CEO. The studios are working on some of the most popular games in the industry, including Battlefield, Star Wars, Need for Speed, the EA SPORTS portfolio, The Sims, Bejeweled and Mass Effect. I will be around for a couple of weeks, and I hope to have the chance to say goodbye to many of you.
Probst is likely to be seen by investors as a safe pair of hands, to give the board a chance to vet a suitable replacement.Riccietello said in the press release announcing his departure:EA is an outstanding company with creative and talented employees, and it has been an honor to serve as the Company's CEO. He and his wife Debbie live in the San Francisco Bay Area.Joel Linzner serves as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Business Affairs where he manages EA’s partnerships and business development around the world. At Amazon, Chris oversaw marketing and public relations teams and led a team of software developers responsible for Amazon Wish Lists and gift registry services.Chris is also the executive sponsor of SomosEA, the Latino employee resource group, supporting a culture where Hispanic/Latino employees thrive and creating access to opportunities in gaming for the Hispanic community. I am proud of what we have accomplished together, and after six years I feel it is the right time for me pass the baton and let new leadership take the Company into its next phase of innovation and growth. In his spare time, you can find him playing games, surfing and training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. In addition, he previously served as vice president and executive producer of all EA SPORTS FIFA games, growing the property into one of the largest videogame franchises of all time.A native of Geelong, Victoria, Australia, Andrew began playing games at a young age and got his start working for a consortium of online companies that specialized in the creation of content and services for sports and entertainment media.Andrew has been named one of the “Top People in Business” by Andrew is a member of the Intel Board of Directors and is the Chairman of the Board for the World Surf League. And for that, I am 100 percent accountable. The big investments you’ve made in creating EA’s own platform are now showing solid returns. Advertisement Former EA CEO and board chairman Larry Probst … Previously, Laura Miele served as Executive Vice President of Global Publishing overseeing publishing and customer experience for Electronic Arts. Regardless, many sequels - The latest issue, around the long-anticipated remake of Gamers who have set their face against Riccitiello's EA will see his departure as a victory - certainly, there is likely to be a sort of triumphant afterglow in the wake of his departure.
It currently looks like we will come in at the low end of, or slightly below, the financial guidance we issued to the Street, and we have fallen short of the internal operating plan we set one year ago. In a few weeks, I will be leaving EA physically. Laura brings her expertise to empower transformative innovation at the creative heart of EA to deliver amazing games and experiences for our players around the world.In more than 22 years with EA, Laura has held a variety of strategic leadership roles across publishing, marketing and analytics. After March, I will be cheering wildly for EA from the sidelines. John Riccitiello is an American business executive who is chief executive officer of Unity Technologies.