Former THQ executive Markus Schneider tapped to grow games market for xaitment
Los Angeles/Saarbrücken, Germany – July 22, 2008 – xaitment GmbH, one of the leading developers and service providers of artificial intelligence for the games and simulation industries, announced today that it has hired Markus Schneider as Executive Vice President of Sales. Schneider, who officially began at xaitment on July 1, 2008, will have responsibility for all of xaitment?s sales activities in Europe and North America.
?I am extremely pleased to appoint someone of Markus? experience to this important position,? said Group CEO, Dr. Andreas Gerber. ?His extensive understanding of the games market, as well as his outstanding contacts at publishers and developers, will play a central role in expanding opportunities for our artificial intelligence and executing our global business strategy.?
Markus Schneider possesses more than 15 years of management experience in leading technology and consumer products companies. He spent the last five years as CFO for the German branch of THQ Entertainment and influenced the development of the International Publishers in Germany. Prior to that, Schneider held various positions at Siemens AG, Siemens Mobile Test Equipment GmbH, and U.S. Filter Corp., and was the Managing Director at Veolia Deutschland GmbH.