Activision has hired a former Trump administration official, Brian Bulatao, as its new chief administrative officer, Kotaku reports. His hiring was announced internally around the simultaneous promotion of Armin Zerza to chief financial officer.
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick told employees of the hiring in an email Kotaku viewed, emphasizing Bulatao’s military veteran status and his time as Under Secretary of State for Management at the US Department of State. At the Department of State, Bulatao worked under his friend, business partner and former West Point classmate Mike Pompeo.
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Before former President Donald Trump nominated him to the State Department in 2018, Bulatao was chief operating officer for the Central Intelligence Agency. Kotick emphasized Bulatao had led the State Department’s “talent, diversity, and inclusion efforts,” which Trump himself halted via executive order in September 2020.
Bulatao drew heat from House Democrats in 2020 for firing the State Department’s independent watchdog, Inspector General Steve Linick. At the time, Linick had been investigating possible misuse of government resources by Pompeo. Linick testified in June 2020 that Bulatao “tried to bully” him multiple times, including during an investigation into an $8 billion Trump administration arms deal with Saudi Arabia.
“Brian is a rare talent, and the perfect fit for Activision Blizzard,” Kotick wrote in his email to employees. “His unparalleled combination of business, military, and government experience makes him ideally suited to accelerate our organizational transformation and deliver on great opportunities for future growth.”
Bulatao will oversee the Call of Duty Endowment and, “Key administrative functions including the Corporate Social Responsibility activities across Activision Blizzard, People, IT, Workplace Information, and Physical Security,” per Kotick’s email.
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