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Pathfinder Publisher Paizo Has A New President
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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 8636369" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Jim Butler is now president of Paizo, after Jeff Alvarez steps down on health grounds. Alvarez was promoted to president when <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/new-leadership-at-paizo.672727/" target="_blank">CEO Lisa Stevens stepped aside</a> from daily operations in June 2020. Jim Butler was previously VP of Marketing & Licensing.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.enworld.org/threads/new-leadership-at-paizo.672727/[/URL]</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]157194[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[callout]</p><p>Jeff Alvarez has stepped down as president due to health reasons. Paizo has named Vice President of Marketing and Licensing, Jim Butler, as its new president.</p><p></p><p>“I have had the pleasure of working closely with Jim from his days at TSR through his time working on Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition at Wizards of the Coast, and now working with me at Paizo,” Paizo CEO Lisa Stevens said. Jim is a hardworking visionary whose almost three decades of game experience makes him the perfect person to guide Paizo into its third decade.”</p><p></p><p>“I’m grateful for the trust that Lisa and the Leadership Team have placed in me to lead Paizo,” Jim Butler said. “I look forward to working with my fellow employees to lead the company into the next era of tabletop excellence.”</p><p></p><p>Jim brings decades of gaming experience to his new role, including serving as Paizo’s vice president of marketing and licensing over the last five years. Before Paizo, he has worked at TSR, Wizards of the Coast, Warner Bros./Turbine, and Trion Worlds.</p><p></p><p>“I started my gaming career as an editor and game designer, switching over to marketing and brand management when Peter Adkison wanted ‘gamers with business degrees’ running Dungeons & Dragons,” Jim said. “It’s been an epic adventure so far, and I’m excited that a new chapter has begun.”</p><p></p><p>Jim lives in Redmond, WA with his husband, Matthew, and their fur-kids: Toker, Stella, and Skylar. He’s currently playing through volume 5 of the Pathfinder Return of the Runelords Adventure Path as a kobold druid and GMing the Extinction Curse Adventure Path for Pathfinder Second Edition.[/callout]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 8636369, member: 1"] Jim Butler is now president of Paizo, after Jeff Alvarez steps down on health grounds. Alvarez was promoted to president when [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/new-leadership-at-paizo.672727/']CEO Lisa Stevens stepped aside[/URL] from daily operations in June 2020. Jim Butler was previously VP of Marketing & Licensing. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.enworld.org/threads/new-leadership-at-paizo.672727/[/URL] [CENTER][ATTACH type="full" alt="butler.jpg"]157194[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [callout] Jeff Alvarez has stepped down as president due to health reasons. Paizo has named Vice President of Marketing and Licensing, Jim Butler, as its new president. “I have had the pleasure of working closely with Jim from his days at TSR through his time working on Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition at Wizards of the Coast, and now working with me at Paizo,” Paizo CEO Lisa Stevens said. Jim is a hardworking visionary whose almost three decades of game experience makes him the perfect person to guide Paizo into its third decade.” “I’m grateful for the trust that Lisa and the Leadership Team have placed in me to lead Paizo,” Jim Butler said. “I look forward to working with my fellow employees to lead the company into the next era of tabletop excellence.” Jim brings decades of gaming experience to his new role, including serving as Paizo’s vice president of marketing and licensing over the last five years. Before Paizo, he has worked at TSR, Wizards of the Coast, Warner Bros./Turbine, and Trion Worlds. “I started my gaming career as an editor and game designer, switching over to marketing and brand management when Peter Adkison wanted ‘gamers with business degrees’ running Dungeons & Dragons,” Jim said. “It’s been an epic adventure so far, and I’m excited that a new chapter has begun.” Jim lives in Redmond, WA with his husband, Matthew, and their fur-kids: Toker, Stella, and Skylar. He’s currently playing through volume 5 of the Pathfinder Return of the Runelords Adventure Path as a kobold druid and GMing the Extinction Curse Adventure Path for Pathfinder Second Edition.[/callout] [/QUOTE]
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