Amber leaders: Brian Waddle (left), Jaime Gine, and Mihai Pohantu.
Amber leaders: Brian Waddle (left), Jaime Gine, and Mihai Pohontu.
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Amber gets a new CEO as it goes global with game dev outsourcing

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Former Keywords Studios executive Jaime Gine will become the new CEO of Amber, a game development services firm based in Bucharest, Romania.

Former CEO Mihai Pohontu will become executive chairman, and veteran game developer Brian Waddle will join as the head of business development. Pohontu will the company’s strategic initiatives in the areas of innovation, community, and growth.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.