Enlight Names Industry Veteran Paul Lombardi as CEO of U.S. Operations
Released: Feb 19, 2003

PARKVILLE, MD, February 19, 2003 – Renowned game developer Enlight announces that Paul Lombardi, an industry veteran with over 20 years of experience, has joined the company as CEO of its North America publishing operation. Enlight, best known for its award-winning Capitalism and Seven Kingdom series of strategy and simulation games, recently has entered the publishing business with its debut publishing title Restaurant Empire.

“Enlight founder Trevor Chan has a solid track record of creating high quality and original games. Working with him to bring Enlight's innovative titles to the North America market is a thrilling opportunity.” said Paul Lombardi, CEO of Enlight Interactive, the U.S. publishing operation of Enlight.

Lombardi has over 20 years experience in the PC and console game publishing. His industry career began at Microprose in 1985, where he worked with industry pioneers such as Sid Meier and led the sales efforts for groundbreaking titles like Civilization. Following his success at Microprose, Lombardi went on to found 2 videogame and software companies, including Interactive Magic in 1994. In 1997 Lombardi founded Intense Interactive, a game publishing company focusing on simulation and racing titles.

“Paul has a deep understanding of PC games and the North America market,” said Trevor Chan. “Paul's experience and leadership is tremendously valuable to us as Enlight makes this important move to become a player in the publishing business.”

About Enlight
Enlight is one of the world's leading developers of strategy and simulation games and has created such innovative hits as the Capitalism series and the Seven Kingdoms series, among many others. The company was founded by Trevor Chan in 1993, with a goal of creating games that are not only entertaining, but of equal importance, enlightening. Enlight has offices in Hong Kong and Parkville, Maryland. For more information, visit www.enlight.com.

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