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Titles: Valorant (Console), Wild Rift (Mobile), Song of Nunu (Console), The Ruined King (Console), Hextech Mayhem (Console/Mobile) and Unannounced Console/Mobile TitlesResponsibilities• Led Riot’s first party compliance QA on mobile and all of the company’s console titles.• Directed QA strategy and vendor testing efforts for functional, language, and compatibility QA testing across Riot Forge titles.• Partnered closely with external test vendor to build out team structure and processes for compliance/certification product support, guidance, and testing.• Evolved internal and external teams through incorporation of test planning, product health metrics, and QA support road mapping. Accomplishments• Established centralized mobile OS compatibility and first party compliance test services for console and mobile title submissions.• Exceeded 99% capture rate for first party compliance issues, resulting in predictable and consistent “first pass” certification submissions.• Successfully integrated compliance QA defect prevention activities into early game development phases.

San Francisco

Titles: War Dragons (Mobile), Unannounced Titles (Mobile)Responsibilities• Career development and goal setting for onsite QA Analysts.• Set expectations, cultivated relationships, and evolution of off-site QA testing vendor.• Drove QA department-wide initiatives to improve and evolve studio QA teams.Accomplishments• Coded validation tools that reduced 16+ hour tests to just a few minutes.• Led QA department-wide pilot, adoption, and rollout of test case management software and processes.• Introduced industry standard test planning processes for new feature development.• Launched QA analytics to gauge product health and testing effectiveness.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area

Titles: Madden, FIFA, UFC, NBA, NHL, and Garden Warfare franchisesResponsibilities• Managed QA testing through all development lifecycle phases including live services.• Built, inspired, and developed large teams exceeding 100 people in size.• Managed distributed teams spread between the U.S and Romania.• Advocated on the consumer’s behalf for high quality end user experiences.• Developed and cultivated positive partner relations with multiple external entities/teams.Accomplishments• Implemented risk-based testing into test strategies through development of test and bug analytics.• Led team restructure through the introduction of Analyst roles within the QA team.• Brought tester-based automation to the team to automate smoke, stress, art/asset verification, and live game services tests in addition to augmenting manual test efforts.

Redwood Shores, Ca

Unannounced Mobile TitlesResponsibilities• Fostered QA and design team relations to create and drive feedback loops between teams.• Planned, executed, and parsed data for product playtests.Accomplishments• Developed a series of competitive analysis presentations to design and executive audiences to guide current and future product design goals.

Salt Lake City, Ut

Titles: Sims 4, Sims 3: Roaring Heights, Into the Future, University, Supernatural and ShowtimeResponsibilities• Prioritize, schedule, and oversee feature development while maintaining franchise visions.• Develop feature readiness sign-off criteria while establishing quality goals.• Anticipate, plan, and develop risk mitigation strategies.• Partner with cross-functional teams consisting of art, engineering, QA, and audio disciplines.• Collaborate with peer, vendor, and other external teams both local and multi-national.Accomplishments• Led the Sims 3 Roaring Heights to a successful launch while serving as the lead producer.• Wrote tools to estimate, schedule, and track text localization progress that that totaled $40k in savings over historical budgets with 100% on time sign-off rate.• Established patch and full title release planning and execution strategies between Steam, Mac OS, and EA Origin platforms.

Redwood Shores, Ca

Titles: Sims 4, Sims 3, Sims 2, SimAnimals 1 & 2, SimCity DS, and Rock Band• Co-led tools development scrum as Scrum Master and Product Owner.• Managed QA projects with sizes exceeding 45 people between onsite and outsourced teams.• Shared knowledge through peer mentoring and software documentation.• Executed test suites and ad-hoc testing to log defects.

Spokane, Wa

• Created 3D models of invention ideas while maintaining accuracy to concept art.

Ba In Multimedia Programming, Minor In Music, 3D Art, Animation, Web Programming

Activities and Societies: Music

Animation, Bi-Pedal 3D Animation

Certificate, Business Project Management