24th July 2012

New THQ Executive VP of Production Announced

THQTHQ has announced Ron Moravek has been appointed Executive Vice President, Production reporting directly to THQ President, Jason Rubin. Moravek joins THQ’s management team as the company is moving quickly to embrace new strategic business models, digitally connected experiences, and a more focused, high-quality game slate.

Moravek has over 14 years of experience in the videogame industry as both a creative development executive and business entrepreneur. Moravek co-founded and was COO of Relic Entertainment where he was a key member of the Relic Entertainmentexecutive team that negotiated the sale of the studio to THQ in 2004, and served as the studio’s general manager until 2006. Over the next several years Moravek was VP and COO of Electronic Arts, Canada and co-founded and ran two different software companies. Most recently, Moravek served as a senior nucaptchaadvisor to NuCaptcha, a Canadian cloud-based internet security platform, where he was responsible for developing the go-to-market and business growth strategy for their enterprise platform.

“Ron is an exceptional development executive with unique perspective on the industry from both a creative and business point of view,” said Rubin. “His entrepreneurial experience as well as his ability to drive dynamic teams is a great fit for our strategic objectives. Additionally, Ron’s experience building high-quality products will help us continue to deliver great games and build upon our foundation to innovate digitally in the future.”

“I am thrilled to be re-joining THQ and to be working with Jason and the development teams around the world to deliver high-quality games and digitally connected experiences,” said Moravek. “There are many exciting changes affecting the videogame industry today, and I look forward to building new games and experiences with Jason and the team at THQ.”

Moravek holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies from Wilfrid Laurier University.

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  1. Tami Quiring (@VillageGamer)
    1:10 am on July 24th, 2012

    .@RelicGames co-founder & @nucaptcha Advisor Ron Moravek Named as @THQ EVP, Production http://t.co/nnXlBj1X

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