Black Ops Entertainment was founded in 1994 by four MIT graduates in Santa Monica, California. In over 12 years of operation, the company has released titles for Playstation 1 and 2, Nintendo 64 and GameCube, XBox, and PC.  The company has won the AIAS Award for the Best Sports Console Game in 2000, and Black Ops’ titles have sold millions units worldwide, and accounted for over $500 million in retail sales.

People

John Botti President and CEO John Botti graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science/EE and Filmmaking from the MIT Media Lab. John is currently working on the new iPhone | iPod HD-DVD Series, Video Game Jumpstart, an insider's guide to the video game industry: game schools, game jobs, starting the company. videogamejumpstart.com. John has been creating video games and companies for over 20 years.

Manuela de Sousa Siu
COO

After working in the music business for six years at Midem: The World's Music Market, where she used her multi-lingual skills to coordinate international events, Manuela joined Black Ops.

She went on to work in the production department of Black Ops, running their photography and production operations.

Santa Monica, CA
New York, NY
Las Vegas, NV
Vancouver, BC
(310) 928-1009
(310) 582-0066 (fax)
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