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Wednesday July 9 5:14 PM EDT
Company Press Release
Source: MicroProse
MicroProse Names John C. Leonhardt Vice President of Licensing
ALAMEDA, Calif., July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Interactive entertainment software publisher Spectrum HoloByte, Inc.
(Nasdaq-NNM:SBYT) announced today the appointment of John C. Leonhardt as Vice President of Licensing.
Leonhardt, 32, will be responsible for worldwide licensing programs for the company. Leonhardt's chief responsibilities include
the identification and licensing of entertainment properties for game development, the expansion of broad-based licensing
programs for proprietary MicroProse(R) content, the sub-licensing of the MicroProse product line across multiple gaming
platforms, and the establishment and maintenance of relationships with entertainment partners.
Leonhardt joins the company from Sega of America, where he was Director of Licensing and Character Development responsible
for entertainment, sports and branded properties. Acquisitions at Sega included Batman Forever, Garfield, Congo, Berenstein
Bears, Lion King and Major League Baseball, NFL, NBA and NHL. Prior to that, Leonhardt was Director of Business/Creative
Development with MCA Universal Family Entertainment where he secured Back to the Future (Animated), An American Tail
(Animated), Shelly Duvall's Bedtime Stories and Exosquad properties. Leonhardt holds a BA in Economics and Business from
UCLA.
``I am pleased to announce the addition of John Leonhardt to the licensing management team.'' said Derek McLeish, senior vice
president of marketing at MicroProse. ``John brings a wealth of experience and invaluable entertainment relationships to his role
as Vice President of Licensing.''
Spectrum HoloByte, Inc. is a leading developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software for use on CD-ROM-based
personal computers under the MicroProse(R) brand name. The company is also developing software for use on next generation
32/64-bit console machines, the Internet and on-line gaming services. The company has five development studios located in:
Alameda, California; Hunt Valley, Maryland; Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Austin, Texas and Chipping Sodbury, England.
Products are available nationally and internationally under the MicroProse brand and are sold through major distributors, retailers
and mass merchants. Product and company information are available for download from the MicroProse World Wide Web site
at microprose.com. |
