{"id":9602,"date":"2010-12-06T10:18:15","date_gmt":"2010-12-06T00:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=9602"},"modified":"2010-12-06T10:18:15","modified_gmt":"2010-12-06T00:18:15","slug":"activision-names-ben-graetz-senior-vice-president-of-asia-pacific-publishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=9602","title":{"rendered":"ACTIVISION NAMES BEN GRAETZ SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF ASIA PACIFIC PUBLISHING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney, Australia \u2013 December 6<sup>th<\/sup>, 2010 \u2013 Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced the appointment of Ben Graetz as Senior Vice President of Asia Pacific Publishing, where he will drive the company\u2019s strategy and growth initiatives for the region.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Graetz brings a wealth of experience in the Information Technology and Entertainment industries in Australia, the United States and Asia Pacific. Based in Sydney, Australia, Mr. Graetz will report to Brian Hodous, Chief Customer Officer of Activision Blizzard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted to welcome a professional of Ben\u2019s calibre to Activision,\u201d said Brian Hodous.\u00a0 \u201cBen will be a tremendous asset to the business with over 20 years of experience in international management, strategy, business development and sales and marketing, and his appointment reflects Activision\u2019s commitment to the Asia Pacific region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining Activision, Mr. Graetz was the Chief Operating Officer of Microsoft\u2019s Entertainment and Devices Division for Asia Pacific. In this role he was responsible for defining the product and business strategy for the region, as well as overseeing marketing, sales, business development and supply chain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to join the Activision business at such an exciting time,\u201d said Mr. Graetz. \u201cThis is a region with tremendous potential, and I look forward to continuing to build our leading position in Australia and New Zealand as well as expanding our efforts in Asia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Graetz replaces Philip Earl who has moved to Santa Monica, California, to head Activision\u2019s global <em>Call of Duty<\/em> business unit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products.<\/p>\n<p>Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, South Korea, China and the region of Taiwan. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company\u2019s website, <a title=\"http:\/\/www.activision.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.activision.com\/\">www.activision.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney, Australia \u2013 December 6th, 2010 \u2013 Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced the appointment of Ben Graetz as Senior Vice President of Asia Pacific Publishing, where he will drive the company\u2019s strategy and growth initiatives for the region.\u00a0 Mr. Graetz brings a wealth of experience in the Information Technology and Entertainment industries in<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=9602\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9603,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9602\/revisions\/9603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}