TESTRONIC BOLSTERS LEADERSHIP TEAM WITH APPOINTMENT OF STEPHEN WICKES AS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES, AMERICAS

Testronic :

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Testronic, an award-winning games development service provider, has appointed industry veteran Stephen Wickes to the newly created position of Senior Vice President of Sales, Americas.
 
Stephen joins Testronic from services provider Universally Speaking where he was their Executive Director.
 
Prior to Universally Speaking, Stephen served as VP of Business Development for Keywords Studios, where he led the Group’s sales efforts throughout the Americas on some of their largest partnerships. He has also held key production roles at Vivendi Universal Games/Activision – formerly as Executive Producer, supporting the publishing giant’s production efforts across numerous franchises, and latterly as the group’s Senior Director, a role which saw him reporting directly to the President and COO, taking responsibility for growing their co-publishing business.
 
In his new role at Testronic, Wickes will be responsible for accelerating Testronic’s QA, Localisation, Player Support, Art and Development business across the Americas.
 
Stephen: “Testronic has been a leader in the outsource sector for over 25 years. With the company’s expansion into art and development following the acquisition of Secret 6 last year, our teams and technologies are now able to provide customer partners with not just a service, but a holistic solution to help them create award-winning games from the early stages of production until post launch.
 
“I’m delighted to have the opportunity to bring my near 30-year experience in games production and business development to an incredible team of like-minded people and look forward to us collectively growing the business even further.”
 
Testronic’s CEO Mike Betti added: “This is truly an exciting time for Testronic. 2023 saw us expand our service lines with the acquisition of Secret 6, open a new office location in Lisbon, add key executive personnel including new Senior VP of Sales & Marketing Adam Keating, and pick up the 2023 TIGA Award for Best QA & Localisation Service Provider.
 
“We now welcome Steve to the team and look forward to him bringing his many years of games industry experience to Testronic. We are heading into 2024 with an especially strong team, backed up with award-winning service lines.”
 
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About Testronic
Testronic is a unique, international outsource partner providing award-winning services to the global games industry.  Established in 1998, and based in London, Testronic employs over 1,900 testers and has grown its operations to facilities in Warsaw, New Orleans, Lisbon, Bucharest, Belgrade, and Manila. A trusted partner for leading video game publishers across the globe, Testronic offers the following services: Functionality QA, Localisation QA, Player Support, Localisation/Translation, Compatibility, Compliance, and Live Ops. Quality matters to Testronic.  It has for 25 years. Testronic is part of the Catalis Group, which also includes art and co-development outsourcing firm Secret 6 and leading UK video games publisher Curve Games.
https://www.testroniclabs.com/
 
About Catalis Group
Catalis is a UK-headquartered global video game and entertainment group focused on the provision of technical and creative services to the entertainment industry and the publishing of indie games. In addition to Testronic, Catalis’s Services division is comprised of two other distinct companies: Secret 6 and Giant Worldwide. Secret 6 is leader in video game co-development, QA and 2D/3D art production for console, PC, mobile and VR gaming platforms. It has locations in San Francisco, Manila, and Madrid. Giant Worldwide is fast-growing organisation now comprising 250 employees with locations in Los Angeles, New York, London, Warsaw, and Bucharest. Giant service offering includes Platform Delivery Services, Master QC, Streaming App/Software Performance, Physical Disc Authoring and QC, and newly launched Subtitle Localisation. The Publishing division of Catalis is made up of Curve Games, an ambitious, fast-growing publisher and developer. It operates out of Islington (London) with a sales and marketing office in San Francisco (USA).
https://www.catalisgroup.com