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San Francisco, California, Us

Left Turn Studios is a development studio focused on building inclusive multiplayer video games. Based in San Francisco, CA.* Managed production schedules for a team of 12+ industry professionals. * Represented company as primary point of contact for all external business activities, including pitching games to publishers, networking, and identifying funding leads.* Lead development five game vertical slices and pitched these games to publishers and platforms.* Negotiated IP usage rights, managed legal aspects, and led the pitch deck creation for multiple publisher presentations.* Representing the company at industry events such as GDC and delivering pitches to Xbox and various publishers.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Atlanta, Us

Assisting with operations, marketing, community management and teaching

Atlanta, Us

Making a game in three months

Indie Wizards was a co-op team of video game industry professionals, workings together to develop a new game for release on Steam* Built the team from scratch by networking, recruiting, and validating required skill sets.* Managed a remote team of twelve spread across two continents and three time zones.* Managed all production planning, meetings, and scheduling for development.* Organized game playtesting and feedback surveys. * Responsible for release schedule and launch of the game on Steam.

San Francisco, California, Us

Level Up Media is an entertainment and special events planning company, specializing in organizing networking mixers and after parties for the geeks, nerds, and tech-related industry.* Responsible for managing the development of a prototype for fundraising purposes.* Created and distributed content for a media website.

London, Gb

PPMAnywhere by The Anywhere Company/Polarisoft is a SaaS-based portfolio management, resources management, and project management software platform. Based in Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA. * Organized ticketing for the customer service pipeline, responsible for ~350 tickets monthly. * North American service desk manager, serving as main point of contact for clients and triaging/resolving all tickets during NA hours.* Conducted regular remote training for customers globally.* Traveled as necessary, domestically, and internationally.

IndieCade, the International Festival of Independent Games, is the premier stand-alone gathering and showcase for indie games worldwide.* Coordinated and provided technical support for the reviewing of 70+ games* Performed software testing of the new online jury system.* Organized and managed multi-play judging sessions.* Managed a weekly checklist of reviews to be done.

London, Gb

PPMAnywhere by The Anywhere Company/Polarisoft is a SaaS-based portfolio management, resources management, and project management software platform. Based in the London, UK office.* Responsible for ticket tracking for seven clients and teams.* Led training sessions/workshops for new client users. This ranged from one to 15 person classes and 30 minutes to three-hour holistic training sessions. * Focused on development and engagement, trained newly hired internal employees.* Visited client offices for in-person customer support, ensuring satisfaction.* Responsible for project management support, including maintaining project tracking and reviewing processes and reports on-site for clients.* Performed regular data quality reviews of projects and requests. Reviews were conducted ad hoc daily for individual projects and on a bi-weekly basis for portfolio wide status reports.* Maintained high-level timesheet and status report compliance for clients.

Hungry Planet Games was an early-stage start-up game company founded by recent graduates of game design courses. Based in Cheltenham, UK and London, UK. * Lead producer for Astroloco: Worst Contact with a team size of four and 10+ contractors.* Utilized an Agile-Waterfall hybrid for development.* Responsible for all testing of gameplay.* Sourced voice actors for 1400 lines of dialog.* Sourced musicians for 27 compositions.

Ho Chí Minh, Vietnam, Vn

GKIM is an award-winning digital consulting and software production studio working for global brands, government organizations, and ambitious entrepreneurs. They build mobile experiences, digital marketing campaigns, and business solutions. Based in Singapore. * Designed and produced 8 web games for the branding campaign of VAT 69 Whiskey, hired by OgilvyOne India. * Scrum manager for a multi-national development team with 10+ freelancers. The team was spread across three countries in two different time zones.