Olivier Ernst

Moby ID: 67529

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After graduating from l’Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Rouen, Olivier Ernst started his career in 1995 as a software sales representative for Guillemot Inc. Looking for new challenges, Olivier Ernst arrived in Montreal in April of 1998, to start up and develop the Canadian distribution branch for Ubisoft Games.

Olivier Ernst was promoted to General Manager January 1st 2001, at the onset of the official creation of Ubisoft Canada Inc. Thanks to his team of 16 people; the Canadian office was able to grow very quickly (almost 20% every year) and to obtain a market share of 4.90% and 5th position among the top Canadian independent publishers for 2004. Because of these excellent results, Olivier Ernst was also able to take responsibility for the distribution of Ubisoft games in Latin-America, as of September 2004.

Source: Ubisoft company homepage

Credited on 28 games

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Star Wars: Outlaws (2024, PlayStation 5) SVP, eCommerce
Skull and Bones (2024, PlayStation 5) SVP, Ecommerce
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (2024, Windows) SVP, Ecommerce
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (2023, PlayStation 5) SVP, Ecommerce
Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR (2023, Quest) SVP, eCommerce
Assassin's Creed: Mirage (2023, Windows) SVP, E-Commerce
The Crew: Motorfest (2023, Xbox Series) SVP, Ecommerce
The Settlers: New Allies (2023, Windows) SVP E-Commerce
Oddballers (2023, Windows) eCommerce VP, SR
Just Dance 2023 Edition (2022, PlayStation 5) SVP, Ecommerce
Rocksmith+ (2022, Windows) Senior Managing Director
Roller Champions (2022, Xbox One) Sr Managing Director
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Extraction (2022, Windows) Senior Managing Director
Far Cry 6 (2021, Windows) Senior Managing Director
Rabbids: Party of Legends (2021, Nintendo Switch) SVP, Ecommerce
Immortals: Fenyx Rising (2020, PlayStation 5) Sr. Managing Director
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (2020, PlayStation 4) Sr. Managing Director
Rabbids: Coding! (2019, Windows) Executive Producers
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint (2019, Windows) Managing Director
Trials Rising (2019, Windows) Senior Managing Director

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