Jam City (previously known as SGN) has hired Rod Humble, the ex-CEO of Second Life developer Linden Lab and former head of The Sims team at Electronic Arts. Humble is now general manager of Jam City’s San Francisco studio.
Rod Humble will run Jam City’s San Francisco studio.
The company also hired Los Angeles tech attorney Robert Zakari as general counsel and executive vice president of corporate development. Zakari was previously the top legal executive at The Lucky Group, an e-commerce company. Jam City has added more than 130 employees since June through hiring and acquisitions.
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