After hiring and developing the next level of leadership at Mobile Game Doctor, I turned leadership of day-to-day operations over to my COO to focus on starting up a new company. I remain engaged with the company part-time as a strategic advisor and mentor.

Founded and led Mobile Game Doctor, a leading game design, product management, and marketing consultancy for free-to-play mobile game developers. Bootstrapped as a solo founder and ramped up a team of 22 veteran industry professionals. Built a worldwide customer base including companies like Wooga, Social Point, King, Konami, East Side Games, Wizards of the Coast, Jam City (then SGN), and many more. Frequent speaker at game conferences and occasional blogger.

Founder and CEO of Visible Entertainment, a leading developer of fun, social games for the upcoming Zoom app platform. Sadly, the platform didn't gain traction and we weren't able to successfully pivot the company to another platform.

Managing a remote team in Russia, built an data-oriented iOS game recommendation tool with a strong social layer. Project was ultimately cancelled due to issues with recently updated App Store requirements for recommendation apps.

Managed all game design and production staff on free-to-play digital board game titles. Directly or indirectly oversaw multiple external titles in development. Served as vision holder and team leader on select titles including Catan World (board game/social game hybrid). Managed Facebook platform relations and game integrations. Established customized agile processes for internal development team.

As Executive Producer, built Playdom's first dedicated Flash development studio, driving product strategy, establishing design process, and hiring and managing all product management and game design staff for Playdom's early Flash titles. Games include Poker Pals (live ops only), Wild Ones, Tiki Farm, Fish Friends, and other unpublished titles. Also, served as co-producer and supporting designer on Mobsters 2.As Creative Director, created the original pitches and preliminary design documentation for a variety of Playdom titles including Tiki Farm, Fish Friends, Tiki Resort, Market Street, and several unannounced titles. Also assisted multiple acquired studios (including Hive 7, (lil) Green Patch, and Three Melons) with game design, UX, and development process issues.

Drove roadmap for the company's Facebook word/casual game product line, owning business, quality, and creative goals, doubling DAU in 6 months. Managed game design, art, and UI teams on Zynga poker. Created and implemented engagement roadmap for Zynga poker, including social and competitive features helping to triple DAU in 6 months. Served as creative consultant and game development expert for a variety of projects in the company's San Francisco studio.

Worked as a freelance game designer, producer, and strategy consultant for a number of casual game companies, including Pogo, The Sims, Silver Creek Entertainment, and Legacy Games.

Founded and led a satellite game development studio for Popcap Games. Responsible for creative, business, and personnel leadership. Built the team that built Plants vs. Zombies and PopCap's launch titles for iPad video.

Founded Pogo To Go, Pogo's downloadable games service, and ran product development and content acquisition, growing the business from 0 to $6 million in gross sales in just over 2 years with minimal headcount. Prior to that, served as Producer/Designer for web games, including some of Pogo's most popular.

Produced and designed 12 original kids'​ titles for Windows and Mac. Served as direct manager for all internal development staff on my teams. Built game and licensing strategy for the Oregon Trail brand. Also served as consulting manager for QA department.

Created test plans for educational games in development. Recruited and managed contract testers. Managed and mentored junior QA leads. Worked with other senior QA Engineers to establish standards and procedures for entire QA organization.

Built and managed 15-person Tech Support and 5-person QA departments. Established policies and procedures for Tech Support and QA at a young software startup.