Simon Jeffrey, President and COO of SEGA of America, Inc. leaves SEGA

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/15/sega-of-america-president-leaves-for-ngmoco/

An expert at putting his foot in his mouth and insulting his company’s biggest fanbase, SEGA of America President and Co-Owner, Simon Jeffery, has packed his bags at SEGA. Jeffery will become an executive at iPhone developer and publisher “ngmoco,” a company founded last year by a former EA executive, Neil Young.

Jeffery has made it well known that he loves the iPhone. While the move might seem idiotic on the surface for a president of SEGA to move into another role at a smaller company, the move is likely a simple pursuit of interests. Whatever might have sparked Jeffery’s departure from SEGA, I know that some people are having a party regardless.

Jeffery will lead ngmoco’s Plus+ (redundant, much?) publishing group, “which integrates social networking and cross-promotional options into games.”

iPhone games are sure quirky.

Oh well, farewell Simon, and good luck in the future.

He wasn't a terrible person or president/COO, just said some dumb stuff.

But he did get licenses to the Olympics, Marvel Games, and Aliens, all of which are HUGE, HUGE money makers for SEGA. Plus he expanded into the mobile gaming world, which is a big market. So he made a lot of good and dumb choices about stuff.