Playtika Announces Hiring of Vice-President of Blockchain Technology

HERZLIYA, Israel, March 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Playtika Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: PLTK) introduced in the present day the hiring of Dr. Jacob Mendel as the corporate’s Vice-President of Blockchain Expertise. Dr. Mendel will leverage his deep experience in blockchain expertise as the corporate additional explores progress alternatives in GameFi and Web3.0 extra broadly.  

“Net 3.0 represents a disruptive new wave of commerce, product, and group engagement, and we imagine best-in-class experience in blockchain expertise might be a key determinant of the last word winners on this new frontier. Expertise has at all times been on the coronary heart of Playtika’s success in cell gaming and leisure, as evidenced by our Recreation Operations-enhancing Enhance Platform,” stated Eric Rapps, Playtika’s Chief Technique Officer. “We’re excited to proceed our expertise management as we glance to increase into Web3.0, beginning with GameFi, a pure extension of our cell gaming enterprise. I’m thrilled to have Dr. Mendel, one of many world’s main specialists in blockchain expertise and cybersecurity, be part of our staff to guide this new progress initiative.”

“I’m delighted to be becoming a member of the distinctive staff at Playtika and convey to bear my two-plus many years of expertise main superior blockchain and cybersecurity initiatives,” stated Dr. Mendel. “Playtika has a confirmed, distinctive experience in creating subtle expertise in its merchandise and day-to-day operations. I’m excited to hitch this staff and increase Playtika’s attain into Web3.0 and GameFi.”

Previous to becoming a member of Playtika, Dr. Mendel led blockchain expertise initiatives at Intel and most just lately J.P. Morgan. He holds 16 patents and is the Director of the Blockchain Analysis Institute at Tel Aviv College. Dr. Mendel holds an MBA from Ben-Gurion College of the Negev in Israel and a PhD from Poznan College of Economics and Enterprise in Poland.

About PlaytikaPlaytika (NASDAQ: PLTK) is a cell gaming leisure and expertise market chief with 35 million month-to-month lively customers throughout a portfolio of a number of video games titles. Based in 2010, Playtika was among the many first to supply free-to-play social video games on social networks and, shortly after, on cell platforms. Headquartered in Herzliya, Israel, and guided by a mission to entertain the world by means of infinite methods to play, Playtika has 20 places of work worldwide and employs over 4,000 workers.

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