Billy Joe Cain Email & Phone Number

Austin, TX, US

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Austin, Texas, US

Radical Empathy Education Foundation licenses VR products to help people understand the psychological manipulation used to control victims of human trafficking.Our interactive safety products protect people from human trafficking, and they blend with any training product you are already using, to dramatically improve your training results.

My core belief is that video games and game theory are saving the world. If you want a true believer, you found one.I love to jump into a new situation, internalize the project's essence while I get to know the team, and move things in a positive vector.

PBJ Learning uses PREVENTucation to end human suffering through effective, interactive, fact-based, victim-centric education in a browser.

Austin, Texas, US

Transforming our business into a Virtual and Augmented Reality studio, creating original and work-for-hire VR and AR projects.I build relationships to help people discover our capabilities so we can deliver awesome products. Apps, games, art, code, design... you name it.

Within the interactive industry, developed and currently improving successful new business model after learning the recruiting business, conducting significant marketing research and performing competitive analysis. Significantly and successfully shifted business from recruiting to personal ownership of clients' own careers.Currently serving as an adviser.

• Provided leadership direction as the Subject Matter Expert for new services.
• Guided gamification efforts through educating team about bleeding edge gamification techniques.
• Provided expert direction to the live product support teams to create new support products.
• Gave feedback and direction to the web and community management efforts.

On October 6-8, 2013, the Captivate Conference celebrated the convergence of technology in the education, film, mobile, music and video game industries.Helped the right people get connected with the conference by locating sponsors, exhibitors, and speakers as well as broadcasting details of the conference to as many people as possible.

Arlington, TX, US

• Responsible for staffing and creative leadership of Product Development in Austin. Created new, complementary and expanded online product offerings to serve new educational markets. Integrated motivational design into.
• Responsible for launch, 100% uptime, and continual support of multiple online programs:-- Reading Results Online, a SaaS version of FastPath Learning’s vocabulary program.-- FastPath Study, a SaaS learning system.
• Gamified multiple educational products, increasing their efficiency by 250%.
• Created low-bandwidth SaaS products for mobile tablet devices, reducing delivery cost by 400%.
• Increased student engagement over 200% by integrating gamification into online products.
• Created online social media strategy, provided training for, and managed social campaigns for subsidiary, Tutors with Computers, in highly-charged, political environment.

• Helped found, staff, start and maintain product development, and create all customer facing support.
• Responsible for staffing, company culture, and creative leadership of the studio, eventually selling the studio to Zattikka, PLC.
• Grew the studio to 15 employees and over $1m in revenue. Brought development deals to the table to fund products and features.
• Served as hands-on Executive Producer and Lead Designer for Fantasy Kingdoms, a cloud-based, SaaS Facebook game. In February 2011, it was #1 on Inside Social Games Emerging titles.
• Planned, tested, and implemented live product enhancements to our live SaaS products to enhance revenue, address customer desires, and integrate results of A/B testing.
• Built a world-class community team, including Community Management, Customer Service and Technical Support.

Managed business development, product development, testing, and delivery of hundreds of high-quality game projects on budget and on schedule. Clients included Electronic Arts, United States Air Force, Universal, NCsoft, Sony Online Entertainment, THQ/Relic, and Majesco.

Austin, TX, US

Served as Studio Producer, providing guidance as the studio tripled in size.Designed, planned, and executed a killer Rock Band-themed party at Austin GDC in September, 2008.Championed, planned and incorporated GameCamp! into a mentorship program for high school students for a full week at the studio using studio developers as lecturers.

• Co-founded and successfully transitioned BigSky Interactive to private ownership after parent company, Kalisto, went bankrupt while in production of two titles.
• Produced and shipped SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman and Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius on PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube (NTSC and PAL).
• Responsible for staffing, budgeting, scheduling, franchise requirements, keeping the publisher, THQ, informed and satisfied with milestones.

• Responsible for cross-functional integration of disciplines, scheduling, upwards/downwards feedback, staffing, budgets, and external contracts on Crimson Order. Production ended when the studio was closed.
• Led SWAT team SME to train small team tactics for integration into the game's Artificial Intelligence and gameplay.
• Managed an extensive motion capture shoot using world-class planning and direction techniques.

As Lead Designer, responsible for shipping multi-million dollar franchise title Wing Commander: Prophecy.Clearly defined the Wing Commander brand, led design team, ensured script/mission continuity, defined AI, scripted missions, and created demos. Coordinated art, game programming, core Vision Engine technology, design, audio, movie team, business team.

Redwood City, CA, US

• Coordinated production efforts and shipped multi-language versions of EA Sports Rugby World Cup ’95 on Sega Genesis / Sega Megadrive (NTSC and PAL) and PC.
• Learned the sport, provided statistics for all teams and players.
• Brought lead SKU ahead one month to ship for Christmas deadline on time and on budget.Provided playtesting and quality assurance support to Bullfrog games while serving as Associate Producer on EA Sports Rugby World.
• Theme Park (PC), where players build and manage their own theme park.
• Magic Carpet (PC), a 3D first person flight shooter where players fly on a magic carpet.

• Led the design for SNES adaptations of original PC games, each delivered on time and on budget.
• Wing Commander II. Ensured story/mission accuracy for the entirety of the game.
• Metal Morph. Managed team to ensure consistency, led mission editor design, and provided guidance to quality assurance department.
• Worlds of Ultima: Savage Empire. Directed creation of and worked with an internal level building/design tool. Responsible for all design aspects of the game from dialogue to gameplay.
• Ultima: Black Gate: Role expanded from level builder into writer, level scripter, and overall project catalyst

Performed various tasks for many companies on short term contracts. The more notable ones included:Mayflower MovingUnloaded and loaded moving trucks. Loaded and unloaded "vaults" for temporary storage. Warning: NEVER VAULT YOUR STUFF. I was the only person not actually throwing things into those vaults.Office Furniture InstallationBuilt and installed.

Performed general contract labor in miscellaneous worksites. Tasks included house painting, sheetrocking, carpet installation, roofing, general home and yard maintenance, and miscellaneous auto repair.

Played bass in Austin-based, metal band Culture Shock. Wrote all bass parts, back up vocals, and performed marketing activities for the band. Responsibilities included creation of all marketing materials, cassette inserts, flyers, canvassing clubs with tickets and selling merchandise. Played headlining shows in Austin, San Antonio, Houston, and Dallas.

- Patient management on Extended Care, Intensive Care and Acute Care wards- Prevention and Management of Aggressive Behavior of patients- Fed, bathed, clothed, and maintained patients- Participated in suicide watches, physical restraint of patients, and management of cigarette distribution- Charted patient progress

Bassett, VA, US

- Performed Quality Assurance at end of manufacturing line- Tracked inventory- Accepted material deliveries- Loaded trucks, managed inventory manifests- Received forklift driving license and operated forklift

General labor that included road repair, filling potholes, repairing and replacing lift station pumps, repairing water mains, clearing drainage ditches, and repairing and repainting fleet of trucks.

Started Brazoria County Christmas Trees, where customers could cut their own trees, as far as I know, the only time it was ever available as a service / business in Brazoria County to this date.Responsible for contract negotiation, marketing, sales, accounting / bookkeeping, tree care, facilities, maintenance, security, safety, customer service, and all.

General labor including yardwork, pool maintenance, stocking, and other menial tasks. For pay, the director allowed me to play all of his Apple II games. Totally worth it.

Clute, Texas, US

Graded all of the Scantron sheets for the school district. Managed thousands of individual pieces of paper, ran them through the manual machines, created and shared progress reports, and ensured 100% completion of the job. You have no idea how poorly children fill out those papers, and what condition they make it to the testing center in. They are a mess.

During the Blessing of the Fleet and other events down near the edge of the levees in Freeport, I would run a small drinks stand where I would serve beverages to hundreds of event-goers. I managed inventory, marketing, sales, decided what products to sell, bookkeeping, etc. Eventually expanded into selling parking spaces on our land as well.

Business

Business, Commercial Music Management

Business, Music, Economics

High School Diploma, Major: Getting Through High School Alive