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“We are thrilled to welcome Katie and John to the team,” said Meow Wolf CEO Jose Tolosa.

Meow Wolf has appointed former Google employee Katie Ibay as chief people officer and former MGM Resorts worker John Lee as chief product and technology officer.

“We are thrilled to welcome Katie and John to the team. They will lead two of our most important strategic areas,” said Meow Wolf CEO Jose Tolosa.

“First, Meow Wolf’s success is and will always be based on its people and Katie is a great leader who will help us prioritize the strategy and investments in our most important asset.” 

“At the same time, technology is strategic for our business as it will help us expand the Meow Wolf universe inside and beyond the four walls and John will help us develop the roadmap and the team to execute against those ambitions.”

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Ibay joins Meow Wolf from Google, where she provided human resources market leadership for Southern California. “Meow Wolf’s incredible employees are its most important asset,” she said.

Prior to that, Ibay was the head of HR for Fandango and the vice president of HR for the brand development division within the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group. Both are units of NBCUniversal.

She has also worked for Sony Pictures Entertainment’s television and home entertainment divisions, and Activision Blizzard, the world’s leading video game publisher.

During his time at MGM Resorts in Las Vegas, Lee led the company’s direct-to-consumer strategy for all US resorts. He increased revenues for rooms, restaurants, shows and attractions.

John Lee and Katie Ibay join Meow Wolf

“Meow Wolf is bending people’s minds with our immersive, interactive art exhibitions, and bolstering our technology capabilities will make for a one-of-a-kind guest experience,” he said.

“Meow Wolf has been an innovator since inception and I’m looking forward to evolving technologies that allow guests to have an even-more transformational experience.”

Meow Wolf’s Omega Mart opened in February 2021 in Las Vegas. It was followed by the launch of Convergence Station in Denver in September 2021. The company’s original installation, the House of Eternal Return, made its debut in Santa Fe back in 2016.

Meow Wolf is now preparing to open two new portals in Texas in 2023 and 2024.

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Bea is a journalist specialising in entertainment, attractions and tech with 10 years' experience. She has written and edited for publications including CNET, BuzzFeed, Digital Spy, Evening Standard and BBC. Bea graduated from King's College London and has an MA in journalism.

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