ANN-MARIE BLAND, Studio Executive
Prior to joining Cecropia Ann-Marie had 15 years of interactive gaming experience. She has worked for both developers and publishers: including Papyrus, Sierra, Hasbro Interactive and Atari (formerly Infogrames). She was just previously at Hasbro Interactive/Atari as Business Unit Director, where she was responsible for a $100 MM business unit, having overall revenue and profit target accountability. Her portfolio included key franchises such as Rollercoaster Tycoon, Civilization III, Monopoly, Scrabble, Game of Life, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Deer Hunter, Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, and NASCAR: Dirt to Daytona. Prior to Hasbro Interactive, Ann Marie worked for Viaweb, a technology company that provided secure online shopping software which was sold to Yahoo! in 1998. Her career started while handling all marketing and PR efforts for Papyrus, the PC leader in racing simulations, which was sold to Sierra On Line.
Ann Marie likes playing games, board and video, cooking, reading, listening to music and gardening.