Mobius President Resigns

Mobius

I actually got an SMS about this while watching Transformers yesterday, but I just read the internal memo today: Jojo Anonuevo, president of Philippine game publisher Mobius, has resigned. Yesterday was his last day. Jojo was among the most customer-centric of Mobius’ executives, often reminding employees of their role in improving customer experience.

Jojo’s also a straight talker, a rare thing among Philippine executives. He even admitted Mobius’ failed World of Warcraft bid (and the nasty layoffs resulting from that failure) in this Inquirer podcast interview. Too bad he didn’t stay on long enough to continue the Mobius Muses program; I would’ve liked to see a pretty young gamer take over Alodia’s old job.

With Mobius launching EVE Online in Southeast Asia this year, let’s hope Jojo’s customer focus carries on throughout the enterprise. In the meantime, here’s a chance for other Philippine online businesses to snap up some top executive talent.

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June 29, 2007 | Filed Under Gaming, Philippines 

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11 Responses to “Mobius President Resigns”

  1. jayvee f. on June 30th, 2007 2:52 am

    WTF! I was just with Jojo 2 weeks ago and it didn’t seem like anything like this was going to happen. Hmm. I’m sure he will be missed. He’s a great guy. Very honest and can really take the flack when it comes to point blank questions.

  2. Mike Abundo on June 30th, 2007 12:26 pm

    Internal memos indicate Jojo’s been threatening to quit since January. Apparently, he’s lost faith in Mobius CEO Scott Countryman.

  3. luis on June 30th, 2007 1:36 pm

    “Internal memos indicate Jojo’s been threatening to quit since January. Apparently, he’s lost faith in Mobius CEO Scott Countryman.” … gee mike, that sounds like a very strong — not to mention unsubstantiated — statement to be making. (the fact that those memos you are talking about are “internal” kinda implies that it’s not information you should be broadcasting to the internet at large, you know what i mean?)

  4. Mike Abundo on June 30th, 2007 2:10 pm

    Internal memos get leaked all the time, Luis. Witness Yahoo’s Peanut Butter Manifesto.

  5. shinichi on June 30th, 2007 10:13 pm

    The Peanut Butter manifesto dates back to last year, Mike.
    if internal memos get leaked all the time, please show more proof.

  6. dasgupta on July 1st, 2007 11:22 pm

    as always you liked to be in the news. Sorry dude, but you seem to create news just to be part of one. You’ll be good at the NY Post.

  7. Duper on July 7th, 2007 12:57 am

    I am hoping that the whoever takes over this position would give the company much needed direction. There is much much improvement to be done (if there is still hope for this) as the quality of service with Mobius Flag game MU is just so horrendous. Many of long time players to quit as conditions has become unacceptable.

  8. Ex-Mobius Prez Joins Yahoo on September 7th, 2007 5:46 pm

    [...] of buying the whole company, Yahoo just got one of the best parts. Jojo Anonuevo, who resigned as President of Mobius in June, joins Yahoo as senior director of business development for [...]

  9. Lawl on September 10th, 2007 2:16 pm

    a bitter ex-mobius employee you are mike

  10. Mike Abundo on September 11th, 2007 12:44 am

    Actually, if you check my resume, you’ll see that I have never been a employee of Digital Media Exchange.

  11. Lawl on September 22nd, 2007 8:42 pm

    because you wont be putting it there because you’ve been kicked. thats a leak from Mobius told me. ROFL!

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