International Game Technology (IGT) has hired former Zynga game executive Jim Veevaert as the new vice president of games for its DoubleDown Casino division.
Jim Veevaert of IGT.
Veevaert joins IGT after the founders of Seattle-based DoubleDown Interactive, Greg Enell and Cooper DuBois, left IGT two weeks ago. They set in motion a boom for social casino games in January 2012 when IGT, the world’s biggest slot-machine maker, acquired DoubleDown Interactive for $500 million.
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