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Greater Seattle Area

- Shipped the award winning AAA titles ‘Shadow of Mordor’ and ‘Shadow of War’.- Coordinated, scheduled and supported the work of 100+ Artists, Designers and Engineers.- Designed and refined the studio's task scheduling and automated reporting system.- Scheduled and directed meetings discussing design and art decisions.- Gave live presentations to the entire studio and to studio/publisher leadership.- Negotiated contracts and defined interaction procedures with outsourcing companies.- Traveled out of country to train external QA groups and review their testing strategies.- Managed and mentored new Producers in the ways of the Force.

Contracting at Microsoft Game StudiosLed a team of testers whose purpose was to monitor the status of all projects being actively supported by the Game Test Organization in Redmond, and direct our attention where it was most needed. Our focus was something we called "Self-Directed Testing", in which an individual tester was allowed to determine their own focus with the goal of providing the greatest benefit to a project. The long-term goal of the team was to demonstrate the effectiveness of this type of testing. Final results indicated that testers utilizing this method output an average of twice the number of bugs when compared to directed testing, with no losses in average bug quality and severity. Testers also naturally gravitated towards areas of the game which were not being covered well by standard testing methods.Notable Projects: Halo 4, Gears of War: Judgment, Fable: The Journey, Happy Wars, Kinect Star Wars, Nike+ Kinect Training

Kirkland, Wa

Gotham City Impostors (Xbox Live Arcade)Contracting at Monolith Productions• Owned Localization, which involved facilitating communication with external agency, scheduling/tracking content drops, implementing localized strings and maintaining quality.• Managed submission and functionality of 200+ in-game purchasable items on Xbox Live, Playstation Store and Games for Windows Live.• Ran daily internal multiplayer playtests, and organized multiple network tests involving 100+ people playing simultaneously across the planet.• Assisted QA through build generation, nightly automated soak tests, and issue investigation.

Contracting at Microsoft Game Studios• Lead teams of up to 12 members testing functionality for dozens of projects.• Served as contact point for project development and core test teams.• Ran usability team generating gameplay feedback reports for publisher titles.• Taught training program demonstrating to new hires how to succeed in QA.Notable Projects: Halo PC, Halo 2, Mass Effect, Fable, Fable 2, Forza Motorsport, Kinect Sports, Viva Piñata, Crackdown, Age of Mythology, Phantom Dust

Contracting at Microsoft Game Studios