Scopely adds 2 board members, including former Activision Blizzard president

Mobile game publisher Scopely added two new board members — initial public offering adviser Marcie Vu and former Activision Blizzard president Coddy Johnson. You could say this is a sign that Scopely is preparing for going public, though the company itself isn’t specifically saying that yet.

Vu is a former executive at Qatalyst and Morgan Stanley, where she was an adviser on numerous IPOs for companies such as Alibaba.com, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, and Zynga. Johnson was the No. 2 executive at Activision Blizzard, which has $8 billion in revenues and a market value of $74 billion. Johnson has a lot of experience leading one of the largest gaming companies in the world, and Scopely said it is sending an important signal to the industry as it cements its position as a leading private gaming company gearing up for this next stage of growth.