John Riccitiellothe controversial director of the video game industry, has ceased to be the CEO of Unity. According to him release shared by the company, Riccitiello is retiring, although his departure will take place with immediate effect. Curiously, this move comes weeks after Unity made changes to the graphics engine’s business model, a situation that caused an avalanche of criticism from the developer community.
Evidently, Unity has begun a search process to choose John Riccitiello’s successor. While that happens, James M. Whitehurst to take over management on an interim basis. It is worth mentioning that the aforementioned did not work at Unity. In the past he was CEO of Red Hat and, after the acquisition of the system by IBM, he served as a senior advisor to the technology company.
“It has been a privilege to lead Unity for nearly a decade and serve our employees, customers, developers and partners who have been instrumental in the company’s growth. I look forward to supporting Unity during this transition and beyond the company’s future success.” “Commented Riccitiello.
For his part, Whitehurst said: “I am honored to join Unity as CEO and interim president at this important time in its evolution. With the company’s experienced leadership and passionate employees, I am confident that Unity is well positioned to continue improving its platform.”
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