More Stern Pinball Hires

[Pinball Wizard]

ugust 5, 2011--Stern is "Keeping Up With Demand!" Released just minutes ago were the names of four new hires at Stern Pinball. This is in response to increased activity both in the game creation and distribution at Stern. Along with the recently announced addition of George Gomez as VP of Game Design, Stern hired mechanical engineer Robert Falkowski, Waison Cheng, game programmer (formally from IT and Golden Tee Golf) and Mike Parker in the purchasing department.



See the bulk of the release below:

Keeping Up with Demand: Stern Pinball Continues to Grow with Four New Team Members

MELROSE PARK, IL – August 5, 2011– Stern Pinball, Inc., the world's only maker of real pinball games, has added four new team members this summer to keep up with the surge in the demand for Stern pinball machines.

The new hires include:

- George Gomez (VP of Game Design) brings diverse creative and leadership experience, having designed arcade video games, consumer toys, console video games, slot machines and pinball games throughout his career. Mr. Gomez's pinball design portfolio features numerous critically acclaimed titles including "Monster Bash", "Pinball 2000-Revenge From Mars", "NBA Fastbreak", "Johnny Mnemonic", "Corvette", "The Lord of The Rings", "Playboy", "The Sopranos" and "Batman-The Dark Knight.”

- Robert Falkowski (Mechanical Engineer) brings 15 years of engineering experience. His last assignment was with Juno Lighting. His expertise in Solid Works and problem solving make him a valuable asset to the engineering department at Stern Pinball.

-Waison Cheng (Game Programmer) comes to Stern Pinball from the video game industry. He worked on the world famous Golden Tee golf game at Incredible Technologies. Waison also brings programming experience from his days working on Nintendo DS and Gameboy Advance games at Inxile and NeoPong.

-Mike Parker (Purchasing) has been managing and purchasing for factories for over a decade. Mike will be handling all purchasing and oversee Stern Pinball’s shipping and receiving departments. Mr. Parker will be working with Eddie Spears who heads that division.

“We are thrilled to be adding new talented staff to our pinball family. These new hires along with the great Stern employees we already have on board will help drive our rapidly growing company,” said Gary Stern founder and CEO of Stern Pinball Inc.

[RayB]

Almost seems like a build-up towards a Gary retirement.

This made me laugh though:
"Stern Pinball, Inc., the world's only maker of real pinball games..."

Heheheh. I guess with JJ and Papiuduk making new machines they can't claim to be the only ones anymore, but until the other guys actually put something finished out, they are the only ones really making pins. 

[Jeff AMN]

Almost seems like a build-up towards a Gary retirement.

This made me laugh though:
"Stern Pinball, Inc., the world's only maker of real pinball games..."

Heheheh. I guess with JJ and Papiuduk making new machines they can't claim to be the only ones anymore, but until the other guys actually put something finished out, they are the only ones really making pins. 

I think it's more of a response to the digital pinball stuff popping up on consoles and mobile phones.

[RayB]

I think it's more of a response to the digital pinball stuff popping up on consoles and mobile phones.

A subtle point that I totally missed.