Gupta Hired as CEO at Big Blue Bubble
SOURCE: Big Blue Bubble Inc.
February 10, 2015 09:00 ET
Big Blue Bubble Poises For Massive Growth, Hiring Industry Veteran Vikas Gupta As New CEO
LONDON, ON and TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - February 10, 2015) - Big Blue Bubble, the largest independent mobile games developer in Canada, announced today that Mr. Vikas Gupta has taken the helm as the new Chief Executive Officer of the company.
Mr. Gupta is an industry veteran, most recently serving as CEO & President of TransGaming Inc., where he currently remains Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors. He joined the company during its early stages and established TransGaming as a global leader in the cross platform deployment of video games and also as the largest cloud gaming company in the world, with distribution agreements with most major TV OEM and numerous Managed Service Operators. Under his leadership TransGaming's proprietary technologies were applied to the biggest gaming franchises in the world with the most notable publishers globally.
"This is an important period of transformation for Big Blue Bubble and Vikas Gupta is the ideal new CEO to lead the company to new heights," said Damir Slogar, Big Blue Bubble's founder. "Vikas is an effective leader with a proven track record of growth. Vikas knows how to forge a compelling business vision to catapult Big Blue Bubble into the global echelons of mobile games companies."
Mr. Slogar will remain with the company as Chief Strategy Officer and President, providing continuity and overseeing the creative and analytical components of Big Blue Bubble. In addition he will take on the role of Chairman of the Board of Directors.
"Big Blue Bubble's mobile games have brought smiles to over one hundred million users around the world. All of the elements to rapid growth are in place: a strong core foundation of technology, well developed franchises, an outstanding team, and a corporate culture that aspires to achieve great things," commented Vikas Gupta. "The opportunity ahead is exciting. I want to bring exponentialism to the company which means clearly defining our vision, executing our business plan flawlessly, growing our audiences with greater acceleration, and setting our sights higher than ever. The team and I are determined to rank Big Blue Bubble among the dominant mobile games companies in the world."
About Big Blue Bubble
Big Blue Bubble is an acclaimed developer of mobile games, today ranking as the largest independent mobile games company in Canada. The company has released games that have been enjoyed by in excess of one hundred million users globally with major titles such as Home Sweet Home, Burn The Rope, My Muppet Show. The company's greatest success to-date is the much beloved and critically acclaimed mobile game My Singing Monsters, an original IP that is the recipient of several awards and a global fan base of tens of millions of players and growing. My Singing Monsters became a top ranking title for both downloads and highest grossing games on the iOS App Store and Google Play and has maintained this position since. The game continues to draw new audiences at record levels, with over one million new players being added monthly.
Image Available:https://www.marketwire.com/library/MwGo/2015/2/9/11G032734/Images/Vikas_Profile_Photo-119374281255.jpg