Acclaim Entertainment Names John Pasierb President of Acclaim Coin-Operative Entertainment.GLEN COVE Glen Cove, city (1990 pop. 24,149), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on the north shore of Long Island, at the entrance to Hempstead Harbor; settled 1668, inc. as a city 1918. , N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MARCH 11, 1997--Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :AKLM AKLM Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. (stock symbol) ), a leading worldwide interactive entertainment company, today announced the promotion of John Pasierb to president of Acclaim Coin-Operative Entertainment, Inc., based in Mountain View, Calif. Pasierb assumes responsibility for the development, marketing and distribution of Acclaim's video games See video game console. for the arcade market. Pasierb joined Acclaim in 1994 as vice president of research and development. He has been the catalyst behind the growth of the Company's Coin-Op division, which will soon release the arcade game based on "Magic:The Gathering." It will premiere this week at the Amusement Showcase International held in Las Vegas. "We are pleased to have an executive of John Pasierb's experience and insight to lead our Coin-Op division, enhancing and strengthening Acclaim's standing in the video arcade industry," said Gregory Fischbach, Acclaim co-chairman and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . Pasierb joined Acclaim from Albuquerque-based American Laser Games American Laser Games was a company based in Albuquerque, New Mexico that created a wide variety of light gun laserdisc video games. The company was founded in the late 1980s by Robert Grebe, who had originally created the system to train police officers under the company name ICAT , where he was vice president of engineering. He earlier was vice president of lottery systems development at Scientific Games, a division of Bally manufacturing in Atlanta. Pasierb earlier was vice president and 14-year veteran of Midway Manufacturing. Pasierb attained his master's degree in engineering from Western Michigan University Western Michigan University, at Kalamazoo, Mich.; coeducational; founded in 1903 as Western State Normal School, became accredited in 1927 as a college, gained university status in 1957. . Acclaim Entertainment Background Information Acclaim Entertainment, Inc., a leading worldwide publisher of software for Nintendo, Sega, Sony and personal computer hardware systems, also publishes comic books under a variety of imprints. In addition, Acclaim develops coin-operated arcade games; operates motion capture studios; and, through A.D.I., globally sells and distributes products from a variety of entertainment software publishers including Interplay and others. Visit Acclaim's web site, www.acclaimnation.com. CONTACT: Madalyn Martin Acclaim Entertainment 516.656.5000 mmartin@aklm.com |
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