Gaming company Bluberi made two significant hires last week.
Mike Brennan was added to its executive leadership team in the role of chief product officer. An industry veteran with a proven record of success, Brennan will lead the company’s product strategy and game development efforts.
“We are excited to add Mike to the team in this key role,” said Bluberi CEO Andrew Burke. “Mike has a rich history across many disciplines including product management, market research, and intellectual property, just to name a few, and a passion for developing games that will impact the market and drive play. With Mike’s expertise, Bluberi is poised to become a top player in the market.”
Brennan joined Bluberi after more than 16 years with Atronic/GTECH, now IGT, ending his tenure there as vice president of product management. He led market-facing global product teams and visited properties throughout the world, observing player, operator and industry needs first-hand for well over a decade.
“I couldn’t be more excited to lead Bluberi’s R&D and product management efforts, joining a skilled management team and a talented design group within a company with such a rich tradition,” said Brennan. “In this competitive industry, we must stand out, so we’re busy prepping compelling products with content designed to strategically disrupt the market, all built with the unique approaches of an agile group. It’s a dream fulfilled to be able to collaboratively execute what is the lifeblood of our industry: making the games that our players play and pursue.”
And Ray Suarez has joined Bluberi as the company’s vice president of operations. Suarez is an industry veteran with more than 40 years of military and business experience, having served in the U.S. Marine Corps before entering the business world and finally the gaming industry.
He spent eight years at Konami Gaming as vice president of sales operations, and then became a consultant focusing on supply-chain management, operations, manufacturing, procurement and product launch for both gaming and non-gaming clients.
“The operations role is key to everything we do as a gaming supplier, and we are happy to have an experienced veteran such as Ray join the team in this important role,” said Burke. “Ray brings over 13 years of gaming operations experience to the company, and his exemplary discipline and focus will help us to streamline the process of manufacturing our games and getting them into casinos across the country. Ray is filling a pivotal role for the company that will assist us with our growth strategy into 2022 and beyond.”
