Ko had worked at Yahoo since 2000, serving as vice president for its mobile business in Asia Pacific for some time. He most recently was senior vice president of Audience, Mobile and Local in North America, overseeing company properties like Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Sports, Yahoo! Finance, and others.
Yahoo announced that the ten-year veteran was leaving the company last week along with two other high-level executives, Americas Region EVP Hilary Schneider and Media VP James Pitaro. Earlier today, Pitaro was announced as co-president of Disney's Interactive Media along with Playdom CEO John Pleasants.
Zynga has made several moves to expand its mobile plans in recent months, acquiring Japanese mobile developer Unoh last August and establishing a Zynga Japan joint venture with telecommunications/media corporation Softbank a month before that -- Zynga Japan is focusing primarily on social games and the local mobile market.
"We are thrilled that David Ko has joined the Zynga team as senior vice president, Mobile," said Zynga in a statement posted by Techcrunch. "David?s extensive experience will be instrumental in his leadership of the Zynga global mobile strategy. David will report to CEO and Founder Mark Pincus."
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