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Electronic Arts' Patrick Soderlund Becomes Chief Design Officer, Laura Miele Promoted
Electronic Arts has announced that Patrick Soderlund, current executive vice president of worldwide studios, is moving to a different position within the company. Laura Miele, the current head of global publishing at EA, will be taking over a role similar to Soderlund's as chief studios officer.
Soderlund was formerly CEO of DICE, the Swedish developer know for Battlefront and Battlefield games primarily. When EA acquired DICE, Soderlund was put on a track to rise within the company. EA created the worldwide studios division in 2016 and placed Soderlund at the top to better wrangle all the various studious under the company umbrella. Soderlund will be making a move to chief design officer in the company, taking on big picture ideas for EA.
Miele has been in EA marketing and was the general manager of the Star Wars group from June 2013 through June 2014, making her the key player in securing the Star Wars exclusivity deal for Electronic Arts. After Peter Moore left his global publishing position to oversee esports initiatives within the company, Miele was chosen to take over where Moore left off.
You can read the entire post from CEO Andrew Wilson here. EA's annual offsite E3 show and press conference is beginning June 9.
Our Take
It's interesting that this change is being made now. I expect Miele is being prepared for bigger things in the future, perhaps even as the head of the company.
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