Mobile gaming startup Scopely has signed on former Zynga general manager Reed Shaffner to lead its product team. Shaffner will oversee games from Scopely’s developer partners as well as its infrastructure.
Based in Los Angeles, Scopely was launched in 2011 to help independent mobile game developers optimize their products for competition against products from larger competitors such as DeNA and GREE. Its latest success, Mini Golf Matchup, Scopely’s first collaboration with New Zealand partner Rocket Jump,reached 10 million downloads in the first month after its launch at the beginning of March.
