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Unity names new human resources chief in wake of harassment suit

Unity Technologies has named a new head of human resources in the wake of a sexual harassment lawsuit. Scott Pitasky, a former executive at Microsoft and Amazon, will serve as the new chief people officer at San Francisco-based Unity, maker of the popular Unity game development engine. John Riccitiello, the CEO of Unity, was previously serving as CPO. The former CPO, Elizabeth Brown, left the company in the fall of 2019.

The lawsuit dates back to June 2019, when Anne Evans, former vice president of talent acquisition, alleged that Unity had a “highly sexualized” workplace where executives talked openly about their sexual conquests. On top of that, Evans alleged that Riccitiello solicited her for sex on multiple occasions. She sued, and the case was pending in court, last I checked.

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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.