iPhone game maker Ngmoco taps former Sega president

Ngmoco, publishing of hit games for the iPhone and iPod touch, has named Simon Jeffrey to the post of Chief Publishing Officer for its newly created Plus+ Publishing group.

Ngmoco’s catalog of titles include games like Rolando, Star Defense, Dropship, Topple, Word Fu and more. The company has emerged as among the leading new brands created in the wake of the launch of the App Store. Ngmoco was founded by former Electronic Arts (EA) exec Neil Young.

Jeffery previous was president and chief executive officer of Sega of America, where he oversaw publishing and product development activities. Anterior to it, Jeffery was president and COO of LucasArts. In all, he's 22 years of experience in the game industry.

Plus+ Publishing is afresh initiative from Ngmoco recently intimated by Young on a presentation at Apple’s global Developer Conference (WWDC). It leverages mixer networking capabilities that Apple has made for iPhone OS 3.0, which will be released to the world on Wednesday. More contingents about the new Plus+ Network are asked to emerge over the summertime.