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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Project Darkstar Inventor Joins the Impressive Rebel Monkey Roster
NEW YORK CITY, New York – July 21, 2008 – Rebel Monkey ™, a New York entertainment company dedicated to enabling new kinds of immersive play for casual gamers, today announced the appointment of Jeff Kesselman as its Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
“We’re delighted to have Jeff join our management team,” said Rebel Monkey CEO Margaret Wallace. "As CTO, Jeff brings unparalleled experience and technical know-how to the company, allowing Rebel Monkey to deploy its forthcoming web-based gaming environment on a massive worldwide scale."
Kesselman’s experience in the video games and multimedia industries spans
over fifteen years. As the inventor of Sun Labs Project Darkstar, he spearheaded
Sun's push into the online games market. He is co-author of the book "Java
Platform Performance: Strategies and Tactics" and has spoken at numerous
conferences on both performance tuning and Project Darkstar. In addition to Sun
Labs, Kesselman held senior engineering positions at Total Entertainment Network
and Crystal Dynamics.
"Rebel Monkey is breaking new ground by creating social environments that focus
on entirely new kinds of gaming experiences," Jeff Kesselman, the new CTO at
Rebel Monkey, said. "I look forward to joining the highly talented team at Rebel
Monkey and to work toward accelerating the company's rapid growth toward market
prominence."
Rebel Monkey has kept the specific details around its upcoming gaming environment under wraps. The addition of Kesselman to the Rebel Monkey management team brings an impressive background in multiplayer scaling, security and infrastructure to the stealth start-up.
Established in 2007, Rebel Monkey was co-founded by game industry luminaries Margaret Wallace and Nick Fortugno. In February 2008, the company announced that it raised $1 million in Series A financing from Redpoint Ventures, of Menlo Park, CA.
About Rebel Monkey, Inc.
Rebel Monkey, Inc. is all about creating a next generation gaming environment dedicated to casual gamers. For more information, visit www.rebelmonkey.com or contact press@rebelmonkey.com.
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