Timothy Jenson . Strategy
As president and chief executive officer, Tim Jenson is responsible for the company's overall strategic direction and performance. He develops and maintains relationships with key business partners, and leads strategic initiatives aimed at differentiating the company in the marketplace and accelerating profitable growth. Mr. Jenson joined the company in August 2005.
Prior to joining the company, Mr. Jenson was president and chief executive officer of a strategic and financial consulting company, Blue Springs Enterprises, LLC. From 1993 to 2004, Mr. Jenson was employed by Merisel, Inc. a software licensing company, holding various positions including chief financial officer and most recently president and chief executive officer.
While in his various executive roles at the Merisel, Mr. Jenson is noted for strengthening operations and positioning the company for future success. He set in place appropriate strategic positioning, improved capital structure, established excellent financial systems and controls, financially positioned the company for future growth and returned it to sustained profitability. Prior to joining Merisel, Mr. Jenson held senior positions with Citigroup and Bank of America.
Mr. Jenson has served in various capacities for certain charitable organizations and earned both a BA in business management and an MBA in finance from Brigham Young University.
Shane Hensley - President of Product Development
Shane Lacy Hensley was the studio head for Superstition Studios on an unannounced project before becoming the President of Game Development at CME.
Shane started in the interactive entertainment industry as a freelance designer and writer over 20 years ago, creating dozens of card games, roleplaying games, miniature games and novels for such companies as TSR / Wizards of the Coast/ Hasbro, West End Games, FASA, Harper-Collins, Topps, WizKids and his own company, Pinnacle Entertainment Group.
He first joined the computer game industry in 1992 when he worked as a scenario designer for SSI’s Panzer General series and tester for numerous other projects. Most recently, Shane served as a lead on Cryptic Studios’ City of Heroes / Villains® before working on a number of prototype projects there. He left his good friends at Cryptic in 2006 only to work on a project of his own creation.
Shane is a frequent guest at gaming conventions around the world and loves to talk games and game design with fans and friends. He graduated from Virginia Tech with a BS in History and Political Science, and received his MA in Special Ops from the American Military University. Mr. Hensley served in the Virginia National Guard and lives with his wife and two sons in beautiful Gilbert, Arizona.
Jeremy Taylor . Director of Marketing
Jeremy Taylor, a veteran of Microsoft, Disney, THQ, and several startups serves as the company.s Director of Publishing and Marketing.
Jeremy joined the company in 2007 and brings over 12 years of video game and consumer software marketing experience to his role. With experience in a variety of titles including sports, MMOs, educational, and fantasy titles across console and PC platforms he has managed product portfolios of over $25m per annum. In the past he has specialized in dealing with licensed IP.s and has dealt with Nickelodeon, Disney, Paramount, Fox and MGM amongst others.
He is currently responsible for creating and maintaining a solid publishing infrastructure including all marketing, PR, customer service, technical operations and business development to support the launch of multiple titles in the company.s product portfolio.
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