Storm8 hires Former Zynga Executives

The publisher and developer of Storm8, the creator of the Dragon Story game, invited two people from Zynga to join his team – Tim LeTourneau and Steve Parkis. Letourneau will take the post of creative director, and Parkis will become the head of the game direction.

In the photo, from left to right: Tim Letourneau and Steve ParkisBoth new Storm8 executives have an impressive portfolio.

Prior to Zynga, Letourneau worked for EA for almost 20 years, and Parkis was involved in promoting Disney game projects at the beginning of his career. Both Parkis and Letourneau held leading positions in Zynga on the FarmVille and Zynga Poker projects. 

It’s not the first time Storm8 has hired former Zynga employees. Earlier this year, the company invited Terence Fung, former vice president of corporate development at Zynga, to become Director of Strategic Affairs.  

Storm8 has an audience of 400,000 active players, and nevertheless, the company hopes to increase the number of users with the help of an updated command staff.

A source: http://venturebeat.comStrorm8 is a publisher and developer of mobile games for iOS and Android.

The company was founded in 2009. The headquarters is located in the American city of Redwood City. Strorm8 gets along with the brands TeamLava, Shark Party and FireMocha.