Mandalay Digital (Nasdaq: MNDL) has announced that, in addition to Appia CEO Jud Bowman, Appia’s Craig Forman will snag a board seat following a much-talked about $100 million acquisition.

Forman was brought on as executive chairman of Appia in 2011. Previously, he served as an executive at Yahoo, Earthlink, Infoseek, Dow Jones and Time Warner.

Mandalay Digital’s acquisition of Durham-based app marketer Appia is still set to close in the first quarter, according to securities filings filed Tuesday.…