Hands-On Mobile Names Linden Lab’s Wade CEO

Hands-On Mobile

Nearly six months after former CEO Niccolo de Masi quit to join rival Glu Mobile (NSDQ: GLUU), mobile game firm Hands-On Mobile has finally found a replacement. The company has hired Judy Wade, a VP of strategy and emerging business at Linden Lab, as CEO.

Wade joins as Hands-On Mobile, which was once the fourth largest U.S. mobile game publisher, has gone through a series of strategic shake-ups. The company, which had already shed both its European and Korean operations two years ago, followed up those deals by selling its HOMBRE division to GoTV Networks this month.

Hands-On Mobile now says it is making a push into the social gaming sector. It just launched its World Poker Tour-branded Texas Hold ‘Em Poker game on Facebook. More about Wade in the release here.

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