Mobile mover: After leaving Kabam, Andrew Sheppard is now the chief operating officer at Gree

Last week, Andrew Sheppard left Kabam after five years overseeing the mobile publisher’s worldwide studios. Now, he has taken an officer role with Japanese mobile company Gree.

Gree announced today that Sheppard is its new chief operating officer. In this position, he is responsible for the company’s product development, marketing, and other game-production divisions. The new executive will oversee these teams from Gree’s San Francisco office. This comes after Sheppard has helped to turn Kabam into one of the top mobile and social game publishers — and Gree is looking for someone to lead it to that next level of success.