Friday, June 25, 2010

Nintendo of America Snags VP From Expedia

Redmond-based Nintendo of America, the U.S. arm of videogame firm Nintendo, said Friday that it has hired Ingvar Petursson as the firm's Senior Vice President of Administration. Petursson was most recently SVP and CIO for Expedia, and also has worked at AT&T Wireless, Corbis Corporation and The Regence Group. Nintendo said Petursson will spearhead modernization of its internal information systems.