Nitin Gupta Email & Phone Number

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

As owner of the project management function of OZ Games Studio, I was responsible for delivering 60-80 games (which included new and complex titles) annually across multiple jurisdictions from the Studio with cumulative annual revenue of $200M+. I led a high performing team of 6 program and project managers, good was never good enough for us and we consistently hit 100% ontime delivery numbers (year on year).My responsibilities and learnings included:◆ Game Studio Operations◆… Show more As owner of the project management function of OZ Games Studio, I was responsible for delivering 60-80 games (which included new and complex titles) annually across multiple jurisdictions from the Studio with cumulative annual revenue of $200M+. I led a high performing team of 6 program and project managers, good was never good enough for us and we consistently hit 100% ontime delivery numbers (year on year).My responsibilities and learnings included:◆ Game Studio Operations◆ Leading team of 6 program managers and project managers◆ Driving globally distributed & diverse teams comprising of game designers, artists, developers and testers◆ Ownsership of Portfolio Planning, Change & Risk Management & Delivery◆ Delivering a volume of 60-70 games annually to various jurisdictions (ANZ, US, APAC, LATAM, etc)◆ Game Develpoment Pipeline & associated processes◆ Various studio stakeholders management - Global Products, Technology & Compliance teams, etc◆ Compliance aspects of games - Games Approval Process and Regulators◆ Management of relationship with 3rd party vendors (ATFs) for timely testing and approval of studio gamesKey Achievements:◆ Improved on time delivery of gaming studio’s portfolio of programs and projects and achieved 100% delivery targets for 14 consecutive quarters◆ Increased confidence of stakeholders multi fold by managing the cadence of a suite of reporting on studio’s product roadmap to provide a transparent view of delivery, milestones, defects and risks. Reporting became single source of truth and brought focus on delivery and quality, aiding in studio exceeding both the targets◆ Enabled measuring the cost profile of studio and games vs budget by implementing effort logging initiative for tasks in JIRA◆ Collaborated with product owners to come up with the release strategy of bespoke digital content from studio and in releasing the 1st digital game on the Cashman Casino App Show less

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Ownership of program management of games being developed by a Studio globally across Australia, India and US locations. These are Class 3 Slot Games for Australia, New Zealand, US and Macau region gaming markets• Spearheaded the project management of multiple cabinet launches by Aristocrat across geographies• Creation of a distinct Risk Management strategy with specific mitigation and contingency plans for every riskKey Achievements:◆ Played instrumental part in multiple… Show more • Ownership of program management of games being developed by a Studio globally across Australia, India and US locations. These are Class 3 Slot Games for Australia, New Zealand, US and Macau region gaming markets• Spearheaded the project management of multiple cabinet launches by Aristocrat across geographies• Creation of a distinct Risk Management strategy with specific mitigation and contingency plans for every riskKey Achievements:◆ Played instrumental part in multiple $20M+ programs of launching new gaming cabinets across multiple markets. Coordinated across global stakeholders, led embedded software, design and ART teams and managed risk and compliance requirements resulting in successful launches◆ Conceptualised and proposed the multi-market release of games – an efficient way of developing new titles in ANZ jurisdictions, resulting in 25% extra and faster product commercialisation◆ Initiated the culture change of the studio towards Agile delivery by breaking down tasks for all game types into template product backlog and coaching team members on Agile processes◆ Mentored multiple people in other lines of business (like HR, finance, etc) on Aristocrat products and shared insights of gaming industry. Curated a unique onboarding session for new joiners across Aristocrat Sydney Show less

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Ownership of program management of games being developed by a Studio globally across Australia, India and US locations. These are Class 3 Slot Games for Australia, New Zealand, US and Macau region gaming markets• Participate in the portfolio planning of the games across markets taking into account the region specific requirements• Ensuring that the PMO methodologies and framework are documented on Confluence and are regularly updated• Constant collaboration with executive… Show more • Ownership of program management of games being developed by a Studio globally across Australia, India and US locations. These are Class 3 Slot Games for Australia, New Zealand, US and Macau region gaming markets• Participate in the portfolio planning of the games across markets taking into account the region specific requirements• Ensuring that the PMO methodologies and framework are documented on Confluence and are regularly updated• Constant collaboration with executive leadership, senior stakeholders and product owners for offering solutions and options related to product roadmap and release strategy, taking studio resource constraints into accountKey Achievements:◆ Conceived and implemented annual portfolio and capacity planning tool, resulting in improved forecasting and delivery thereby increasing ontime delivery of studio by more than 30%◆ Participated in organisation’s internal idea sourcing competition for new innovative product and won consecutive awards in the two-year period – resulting in game mechanic patent and layout patent for Aristocrat◆ Meticulous execution of the R&D program leading to more than $500K+ annual savings via R&D tax incentive◆ As Culture Club Chair of the studio, envisioned and led multiple employee engagement events round the year Show less

New Delhi Area, India

• Led 40+ game develpoment staff members comprising of program managers, developers, testers and artists• Key force behind successfully driving the global deliveries (catering to product requirements of the regions) and led all cross functional coordination from India office for various planning and delivery related activitiesKey Achievements:◆ Increased the contribution of India studio team multi fold towards new titles by transforming it from routine software development to… Show more • Led 40+ game develpoment staff members comprising of program managers, developers, testers and artists• Key force behind successfully driving the global deliveries (catering to product requirements of the regions) and led all cross functional coordination from India office for various planning and delivery related activitiesKey Achievements:◆ Increased the contribution of India studio team multi fold towards new titles by transforming it from routine software development to product development◆ Built a unique high-performance and engaging culture in the studio team in India, resulting in less than 5% attrition and more than 20% of vacancies getting filled through internal transfers from other Aristocrat India teams◆ Acclaimed people leader, demonstrated by highest employee engagement score (over 9.2) in Aristocrat India Show less

New Delhi Area, India

• Setup a development and product delivery team comprising of developers, testers and artists for the biggest game development studio of Aristocrat• Ownership of project and delivery management of games being developed by the studio team in Noida• Own software planning (staff Vs projects) activity for game studio, catering to the estimated timelines for the teamKey Achievements:◆ Instrumental in setting up studio team in Aristocrat India and in scaling the team from 8 to 40… Show more • Setup a development and product delivery team comprising of developers, testers and artists for the biggest game development studio of Aristocrat• Ownership of project and delivery management of games being developed by the studio team in Noida• Own software planning (staff Vs projects) activity for game studio, catering to the estimated timelines for the teamKey Achievements:◆ Instrumental in setting up studio team in Aristocrat India and in scaling the team from 8 to 40 members in short timeframe of 15-18 months, with employee engagement score of over 9.2◆ Undertook multiple Sydney trips for strategic discussions with studio management, program management and global products team Show less

New Delhi Area, India

• Managed a team of around 15 professionals (consisting of sales managers, service managers and delivery managers) for 70+ high value accounts with annual revenue exceeding $5M• Owned prestigious enterprise customers such as Microsoft, IBM, Coca-Cola, RBS, Max Group, AON Hewitt, Barclays, Yatra, Dabur etc in the domestic market with a mandate to increase revenue from these key accounts• Coached team members to always have a thorough understanding of the product suite, which would… Show more • Managed a team of around 15 professionals (consisting of sales managers, service managers and delivery managers) for 70+ high value accounts with annual revenue exceeding $5M• Owned prestigious enterprise customers such as Microsoft, IBM, Coca-Cola, RBS, Max Group, AON Hewitt, Barclays, Yatra, Dabur etc in the domestic market with a mandate to increase revenue from these key accounts• Coached team members to always have a thorough understanding of the product suite, which would invariably result in cross selling and up selling opportunities during customer discussions – enhancing their sales prowess• Motivated the team for proactive tracking of various internal dependencies related to delivery management and revenue collection, resulting in fast tracked sales to revenue conversion cycleKey Achievements:◆ Continuously exceeded business targets for new sales generation and revenue enhancement in allocated accounts by more than 20%◆ Engaged with the products team to craft a new product idea for conferencing solution, borne out of a customer discussion. It was rolled out company wide, resulting in a new revenue stream of $5M+ for the organisation◆ Collaborated and offered accelerated support to customers like IBM and Microsoft for their key events and critical circumstances, propelling these 2 accounts to strategic level partnership◆ Strengthened engagement in accounts multi-fold through value creating senior level meetings, exhibiting cross selling and up selling expertise – resulting in customer delight and increasing repeat business by more than 40%◆ Demonstrated strong inter-personal skills to liaise with internal stakeholders like solutions group, business development team and headquarters team to bring value to customers, thus increasing revenue by 25% annually Show less

◆ Gold Medalist for best all round performance◆ Merit scholarship holder for top academic performance

Gurgaon, India

• Direct and lead a team comprising of PM and over 50+ technical engineers (developers and testers) with a mandate to grow team size to 100+ • Manage, execute and implement software projects, inclusive of the day-to-day project management, scope management, issues and risk management as well as regular status reporting• Handled multiple projects concurrently for TruePosition, LSI and Veraz Networks in location-based services, codec optimization and VoIP domains respectively, with a… Show more • Direct and lead a team comprising of PM and over 50+ technical engineers (developers and testers) with a mandate to grow team size to 100+ • Manage, execute and implement software projects, inclusive of the day-to-day project management, scope management, issues and risk management as well as regular status reporting• Handled multiple projects concurrently for TruePosition, LSI and Veraz Networks in location-based services, codec optimization and VoIP domains respectively, with a mandated schedule, quality and cost focus• Continuously engaged with the business team and was the go-to person for RFPs for new customer acquisition• Participated in contract negotiation in coordination with legal teamKey Achievements:◆ Built and strengthened relationship with newly acquired client (TruePosition). Succeeded in scaling team size to 40+ within a year on the back of quality / timely deliverables and effective communication with client’s senior management – prospering it into a $4M+ account for the organisation◆ Coordinated across all functions at Aricent while discharging managerial responsibilities; effective coordination with the Procurement and SCM departments resulted in seamless import of large scale equipments from TruePosition◆ Successfully leveraged relationship with management of LSI and won business of $1M+ from the competition◆ Actively involved in business planning of $100M+ for wireless and convergence division with senior management◆ Acclaimed record of managing and delivering multiple T&M and fixed price projects, within allocated budget◆ Generated one of the highest “Net Promoter and Customer Satisfaction Scores” on the back of expert handling of Project Management and Quality Assurance◆ Conceived and implemented job rotation program in order to enhance motivation and aid retention Show less

Gurgaon, India

Key Achievements:◆ Spearheaded Aricent’s global delivery model for Polycom’s IP phone product lines program (coordinated and led end-to-end design and implementation) resulting in its successful launch in the international market◆ Managed WindRiver on behalf of Polycom in Vancouver; consulted with WindRiver in troubleshooting issues in their VxWorks offerings◆ Led embedded systems development for Atsana’s Mobile Platform in Canada and represented them in South Korea to support… Show more Key Achievements:◆ Spearheaded Aricent’s global delivery model for Polycom’s IP phone product lines program (coordinated and led end-to-end design and implementation) resulting in its successful launch in the international market◆ Managed WindRiver on behalf of Polycom in Vancouver; consulted with WindRiver in troubleshooting issues in their VxWorks offerings◆ Led embedded systems development for Atsana’s Mobile Platform in Canada and represented them in South Korea to support mobile platform integration and vendor management for their principal client, Samsung Show less

Noida Area, India

Key Achievements:◆ Represented HCL’s client, Packet Video, in Spain and UK to support Samsung’s development of a 3G phone ◆ Successfully completed various software modules for Advanced Digital Camera applications

Mba (1 Year Full Time Epgp), Marketing And Strategy

- Gold Medalist for best all round performance - Merit scholarship holder for top academic performance

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