Oberon Media, the world’s leading multi-platform casual games company, today announced the promotion of Don Ryan to Chief Operating Officer. Formerly senior vice president, publishing, Ryan will oversee all publishing, development, and platform operations.

“Don has been an important part of the executive team at Oberon since he joined,” said Tomer Ben Kiki, CEO of Oberon Media.  “We are delighted to put his leadership, enthusiasm, and passion for games to work in this new, expanded role.”

“It’s been an amazing ride so far, and I’m thrilled and honored to keep it going in this new role, “ said Ryan.  “I look forward to working closely with our world-class team of executives and employees to continue to enhance Oberon’s leadership in the casual games space. “

Don Ryan was a driving force behind Microsoft’s cross-platform casual-games strategy prior to joining Oberon in 2006.  Ryan led the team that designed and implemented the downloadable games service for MSN, the MSN Messenger Games service, and Xbox Live Arcade service for Xbox 360. He is widely credited with bringing casual games to the masses and establishing the strong foothold that those products now have in the entertainment software industry