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Matthew V. BootyNumber of Employees 900
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Warner wins approval for Midway Games takeover
A US bankruptcy court has approved Warner Brother's USD33m takeover of Midway Games' assets. The games publisher, which owns the Mortal Kombat franchise, filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this year, and Warner emerged as the sole bidder for the company last month. Through the deal, Warner will receive the...
Warner Bros is only bidder for Midway Games
Warner Brothers has emerged as the sole bidder for bankrupt videogame publisher, Midway Games, which owns the Mortal Kombat franchise. Warner is expected to buy Midway for as little as USD33m, after Midway's attempts to start a bidding war failed. ...
Warner bids USD33m for Midway Games
Warner Brothers Entertainment is bidding USD33m for Mortal Kombat developer Midway Games. A court-supervised ?stalking horse? agreement between bankrupt Midway and Warner could see Warner take control of the developer’s business and assets. Warner would acquire studios in Chicago and Seattle in the deal, but would not take over...
Midway Creditors Attack Board: Shrewd Dealings or Illegal Manipulation?
Seth Gilbert submits: Bankruptcies are rarely a lender’s friend. They’re a worst case scenario that often means a best outcome of pennies returned on the dollars of investment. Midway Games' MWY ongoing bankruptcy process has been a demonstration in point. Triggered by debt covenants and a sketchy...
Will Midway's Employees Choose to Jump Ship or Right the Ship?
Seth Gilbert submits: A talented staff can be a company’s greatest asset but in tough times it can also be a significant liability. It comes down to motivation and retention. Can employees be kept happy and on the job or will they flee to a more stable, more...
Midway Games' Bankruptcy: More to the Story Than Meets the Press
Seth Gilbert submits: Monday, several stories seizing on a blog post from Gawker Media’s Kotaku suggested struggling Midway Games MWY might be in the process of selling off its Mortal Kombat game franchise. Several of the articles (on the basis of part of the story, as well) also...
Midway Creditors Cry Foul Play over Approval of Bankruptcy Motions
Seth Gilbert submits: Over the concerns of some lenders, Tuesday Midway Games got a green light from the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware to continue to run its U.S. operations as usual as it moves forward. The authorization for the “first day motions” will allow the ...
Midway Games Loses the Fight, Files for Bankruptcy
Seth Gilbert submits: Midway Games MWY fought the good fight, twice extending debt repayment deadlines, but ultimately extensions weren’t a solution. With time again running out, today the company gave in and sought the protection of Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The full court document is embedded below Midway had been under...
Midway Gets Wiggle Room with New Forbearance Agreement
Seth Gilbert submits: Much is relative. Last week was bad for Circuit City; on a comparative scale, not so much for gamer Midway Games MWY. Despite the crippling pressure of massive lingering debt potentially due ahead of its time, the company managed to do what the big retailer...
Midway Manages to Buy Time on Debt Decision
Seth Gilbert submits: Much is relative. Last week was bad for Circuit City; on a comparative scale, not so much for gamer Midway Games MWY. Despite the crippling pressure of massive lingering debt potentially due ahead of its time, the company managed to do what the big retailer...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Matthew V. Booty | President & Chief Executive Officer |
| Ryan O'Desky | Interim CFO |
| Steven M. Allisoon | CMO & Senior Vice President, Marketing |
| Martin Spiess | Executive Vice President, Intl |
| Deborah Fulton | General Counsel, Secretary & Senior Vice President |
| Miguel Iribarren | Senior Vice President, Publ |
| James R. Boyle | Controller, Vice President, Finance & Assistant Treasurer |
| Dave Kissel | Partner |
| Richard Rouse | Director of Game Design |
| Sarah McIlroy | Director-In-Game Advertising-Promos |
| Stephan Martinere | Visual Design Director |
| Stephan Martiniere | Creative Visual Director |
| Carole Anne Hussey | Attorney |
| Jim Bonney | Senior Composer |
| Justin Muir | Producer |
| Richard White | Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Kenneth D. Cron | Chairman |
| Harold H. Bach | Board of Directors |
| Joseph A Califano Jr. | Board of Directors |
| Peter C. Brown | Board of Directors |
| Robert J. Steele | Board of Directors |
| Robert N. Waxman | Board of Directors |
| William Bartholomay | Active Board Member |
Prior to becoming our CEO and President, Matthew V. Booty served as our Senior Vice President — Worldwide Studios since June 18, 2004. Prior to that, since June 1999 he served our wholly-owned subsidiary, Midway Amusement Games, LLC in various capacities in its product development organization, ultimately being promoted to Vice President — Product Development in June 2002.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Midway Games Inc. | President & Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Midway Games Inc. | Senior Vice President, Worldwide Studios | Former |
Ryan G. O'Desky has been our Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since February 4, 2008. He also serves us as Vice President — Finance, Controller, and Assistant Treasurer since November 9, 2007 and served as Chief Internal Auditor from May 2007 to November 8, 2007. Prior to joining us, from June 2002 until May 2007, Mr. O’Desky served as a Senior Manager of Audit within the Audit and Enterprise Risk Services Division of Deloitte & Touche LLP, a professional services firm. From 1998 to 2002, Mr. O’Desky served as an experienced senior auditor within the Assurance & Business Advisory Department of Arthur Anderson LLP, a professional services firm.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Midway Games Inc. | Interim CFO | Current |
Steven M. Allison joined us as Senior Vice President — Marketing and Chief Marketing Officer on December 22, 2003. Prior to joining us, he was Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, Atari/ Infogrames, from December 2001 to December 2003. Prior to that, he served as Infogrames’ Vice President of New Business Development and Production Content, from 2000 to December 2001, Vice President of Licensing and Product Planning from 1999 to 2000, and Director of Product Marketing in 1999.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Midway Games Inc. | CMO & Senior Vice President, Marketing | Current |
Martin Spiess has served as the Managing Director-Europe of our wholly-owned subsidiary, Midway Games Limited, since May 13, 2005. Prior to joining us, from February 2003 to March 2005 he was Senior Vice President of European marketing at Atari, Inc., a video game publisher and distributor. In his role as Senior Vice President of European marketing at Atari, Mr. Spiess was responsible for developing and implementing pan-European marketing strategies.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Midway Games Inc. | Executive Vice President, Intl | Current |
Deborah K. Fulton has served as our Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel since January 30, 2002. She served us as Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel from May 2000 to January 2002. She was employed by us as Senior Counsel from 1998 until May 2000 and by WMS as Senior Counsel from 1994 to 1998. Formerly, she was employed by the law firm of Gardner Carton & Douglas from 1988 until 1994.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Midway Games Inc. | General Counsel, Secretary & Senior Vice President | Current |
| Gardner Carton & Douglas Llp | Former |
Miguel Iribarren is our Vice President of Publishing. Prior to joining Midway, Mr. Iribarren was a Vice President, Research for Wedbush Morgan Securities. At Wedbush, where he was employed from May 2000 to February 2002, Mr. Iribarren was responsible for research on the interactive entertainment industry. From 1993 to May 2000, Mr. Iribarren was employed by the Atlantic Richfield Corporation, an oil and gas company, in various finance and planning positions, ultimately serving as Manager, Corporate Finance.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Midway Games Inc. | Senior Vice President, Publ | Current |
| Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc. | Vice President, Research | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Midway Games Inc. | Controller, Vice President, Finance & Assistant Treasurer | Current |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers | manager | Former |
With more than 20 years of accomplishments as both an agency and client leader, Dave has helped achieve enterprise growth for companies of all sizes through marketing innovation. He is currently a partner at Zocalo Group, Omnicom Group's only word-of-mouth marketing agency, where his clients include DuPont, State Farm Insurance, Hewlett-Packard and Midway Games. Before joining Zocalo in July 2008, Dave worked for DDB Chicago, where he led that agency's two largest businesses, State Farm and McDonald's. He helped design and craft marketing strategy, brand advertising, interactive communications and direct marketing solutions.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Midway Games Inc. | Partner | Current |
| Ketchum Perspectives | Partner, Zocalo Group, Chicago | Current |
| Zocalo Group | Partner | Current |
| Zocalo | Current | |
| The Aji Network | Board of Directors | Current |
| University of Illinois | Former |
Richard is a game designer and writer who has been working in computer and video game development for more than a decade. Currently he is director of game design at Midway Games, where he consults on a number of next-generation titles. Most recently, he was creative director and writer on the hit action/horror title THE SUFFERING and its sequel, THE SUFFERING: TIES THAT BIND. During his time in the industry, Richard has led the design on a number of games, including CENTIPEDE 3D, DAMAGE INCORPORATED, and ODYSSEY: THE LEGEND OF NEMESIS, as well as contributing to the design on DRAKAN: THE ANCIENTS' GATES. He has written about game design for publications including Game Developer, SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics, Develop, Gamasutra, and Inside Mac Games, and has lectured on game design at the Game Developers Conference and the Electronic Entertainment Expo. Richard's popular and sizable book about game design and development titled Game Design: Theory & Practice was released in an expanded second edition in 2004.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Midway Games Inc. | Director of Game Design | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Midway Games Inc. | Director-In-Game Advertising-Promos | Current |
Stephan Martiniere is an internationally renowned Science Fiction and Fantasy Artist. He is also an accomplished concept artist who has worked on movies such as I Robot, Star Wars Episodes 2 & 3, Virus, Red Planet, Sphere, and the Time Machine. As a visual design director for Cyan, Stephan was also responsible for creating and overseeing the look of the games URU, Ages Beyond: Myst as well as its two expansion packs and upcoming title. Stephan is currently the Visual Design Director for Midway Games in Chicago .
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Midway Games Inc. | Visual Design Director | Current |
| The Cgsociety | Current | |
| Cyan Co., Inc | Design Director | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Stranglehold | Visual Design Director | Current |
| Midway Games Inc. | Creative Visual Director | Current |
| Writers of The Future | Current | |
| Cyan Co., Inc | Design Director | Former |
Carole Anne Hussey has been a director of the Awassa Children's Project since April 2005. Carole Anne is an attorney with Midway Games Inc. She received her Juris Doctorate from The Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. in 2002, and her Bachelors degree from The University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana in 1998. Carole Anne has also studied international commerce at the University College Dublin and law at the University of Chicago. Prior to law school, Carole Anne worked for Arthur Andersen Business Consulting. Carole Anne is a Major in the United States Air Force and has served in the Air Force since 1998.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Awassa Children's Project | Director of the Awassa Children's Project | Current |
| Midway Games Inc. | Attorney | Current |
| The Catholic University of America | Juris Doctorate | Former |
| University of Notre Dame | Bachelors Degree | Former |
| University of Chicago | Former | |
| University College | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Jim Bonney | Composer | Current |
| Midway Games Inc. | Senior Composer | Current |
| Morrisondance | Current | |
| Patchworks Entertainment | Current | |
| Bcm International, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Bcm International, Inc. | Member | Current |
| Cleveland Institute of Music | Degree In Classical Guitar Performance and Audio Recording Technology | Former |
Justin Muir is the art producer on Stranglehold at Midway Games in Chicago. He currently directs art outsourcing with local and overseas providers for Midway's first next-gen AAA title and its integration with the studio's internal art team. He has worked as a game developer for over 13 years across multiple platforms.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Midway Games Inc. | Producer | Current |
| Gdc Focus On | Art Producer, Midway Games | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Structured Portfolio Management, LLC | President | Current |
| Five Elms | Current | |
| Midway Games Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Dotmenu Inc. | Chairman of the Board | Current |
| Logmein Free | Board of Directors | Current |
| Vivendi Universal Games | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Vivendi Universal Entertainment | Chief Operating Officer | Former |
| Uproar, Inc. | Former | |
| Vivendi Universal Games | Chairman | Former |
| University of Colorado at Boulder | BA | Former |
| University of Colorado | Bachelor of Arts Degree In Psychology | Former |
Harold H. Bach, Jr. joined our Board in October 2003. He served as Chief Financial Officer and an Executive Vice President of Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY) ("Midway") for more than five years until his retirement in September 2001. Mr. Bach also served as Vice President Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer of WMS for over five years until 1999 when he resigned his position with us to devote his full business time to Midway. Mr. Bach is a certified public accountant (retired) and was a partner in the accounting firms of Ernst & Young (1989-1990) and Arthur Young & Company (1967-1989). Mr. Bach is the Chairman of our Audit and Ethics Committee.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Wms LLC | Vice President Finance | Current |
| WMS Industries Inc. | Vice President | Current |
| Young Corporation | Current | |
| WMS Industries Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Midway Games Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| WMS Industries Inc. | Director | Current |
| Lasvegasbuffetclub | Director | Current |
| Wms LLC | Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer | Former |
| Midway Games Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| WMS Industries Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Midway Games Inc. | Executive Vice President | Former |
| Arthur Young, Inc. | Partner | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Caring Institute | Board of Directors | Current |
| Willis Group Holdings Limited | Board of Directors | Current |
| Midway Games Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Domestic Affairs | Special Assistant to President Lyndon Johnson | Former |
| Harvard Law Review | Editor | Former |
| The New York Times Company | Former | |
| College of the Holy Cross | Bachelor of Arts Degree | Former |
| Harvard Law School | LLB. | Former |
Peter C. Brown joined our board in 2005. Mr. Brown has been the Chair of the board, Chief Executive Officer and President ofAMCEntertainment Inc., a theatrical exhibition company, since July 1999. Prior to that, Mr. Brown had served as the Chief Financial Officer of AMC, an online movie ticketing service, since 1991. Mr. Brown is a director and a member of the Audit Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of Embarq Corporation. He is also a director of National CineMedia Inc. and is the Co-Chair of the board and Co-Chief Executive Officer of MovieTickets.com, Inc., an online movie ticketing service, together with Shari E. Redstone.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Midway Games Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| National Association of Theatre Owners | Vice Chairman | Current |
| Marquee Holdings, Inc. | Director | Current |
| AMC Entertainment, Inc. | President & Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| AMC Entertainment, Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Sprint Nextel Corporation | Former | |
| NYSE Group, Inc. | Former | |
| The University of Kansas | Former | |
| AMC Entertainment, Inc. | Chairman | Former |
| National Cinemedia, LLC | Board of Directors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. | Managing Director | Current |
| Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. | Head of Private Equity Investment Department | Current |
| Escalade Inc. | Chair | Current |
| ActivIdentity Corp. | Director | Current |
| Lakes Entertainment, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. | Director | Current |
| Midway Games Inc. | Director | Current |
| Cibc Capital Partners | Managing Director | Former |
| Ardshiel, Inc. | Managing Director | Former |
| Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania | Mba In Finance and Accounting | Former |
| Tufts University | Undergraduate Degree In Economics | Former |
Robert J. Steele joined our board in 2006 annual meeting of stockholders. Mr. Steele has been Vice President — Strategy and Corporate Development of NAI since January 2004. From July 1997 to January 2004 Mr. Steele provided business consulting services to a variety of clients and was a private investor. In addition, from 1998 to 1999, Mr. Steele served as Chief Executive Officer of Adventure Entertainment, Inc. and from 2000 to 2001 he served as Chief Executive Officer of Spectrum Clubs Inc. From January 1991 to June 1997, Mr. Steele served PepsiCo in various officer positions, including President of PepsiCo Restaurants Europe and President of PepsiCo Restaurants South Pacific.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Midway Games Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
Robert N.Waxman, a CPA in public practice, joined our board on December 31, 2003. Mr.Waxman has been a Principal of Corporate Finance Advisory, a New York-based accounting and consulting firm since 1992. Mr. Waxman was a partner of Deloitte & Touche LLP, an international accounting and consulting firm, where he served as National Director of SEC Practice and partner-in-charge of the Financial Services Programs, among other Executive and New York Practice Office positions. He was with Deloitte & Touche from 1962 to 1991. He serves on the editorial board of The CPA Journal, is an audit committee member of a large not-for-profit organization and was member of the board of directors of the New York State Society of CPAs from 2003 to 2006.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Midway Games Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| WMS Industries Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Granite Creek Partners, LLC | Board of Directors | Current |
| Midway Games Inc. | Active Board Member | Current |
| Willis Group Holdings Limited | Vice Chairman | Current |
| The Willis Group | Group Vice Chairman | Current |
| Near North National Group Inc. | President | Former |
| Willis Group Holdings Limited | Board of Directors | Former |
| Near North National Group Inc. | Director | Former |
| Partners Group | member | Former |
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