Gary Burchell Email & Phone Number

Gary Burchell is a Company Director at Fireblade Software Ltd. He possess expertise in xbox 360, game development, video games, ps3, gameplay and 19 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "The first thing that struck me on joining the project at Climax when I did was how ambitious it was; the sheer scale of the thing and the massive number of moving parts there were to track. The second thing that struck me was how Gary had it all worked out. He's a very on-the-ball exec producer, who kept abreast of the team's work, their morale, resourcing, the schedule, budget, outsourcing, client relationships and more, swift to react to anything the minute it showed signs of needing attention. Gary cared about the game's quality, he understood that the creative direction had to be given some room to be ambitious, but always kept that the right side of feasible. On a project of this scale, I think it would be rare to find someone shouldering the responsibility of co-running it who wasn't constantly in a flap. That Gary never really was is to his credit. He was always approachable, always had time for a word, and was always able to cut to the core of what mattered. He takes his work as seriously as anyone you'll work with; Gary is a professional but also - when appropriate - a good laugh (that's not just a good thing, it's a necessary thing)." and "I was lucky enough to work with Gary on a AAA project during my time at Climax. He is not only well suited to managing the responsibilities of a large project, but also has a keen understanding of technical issues encountered during development. His great understanding of games meant that he had a well honed ability to cut through the minute details of a design and help crystallise the important issues at hand into workable tasks. Gary is also an easily likeable guy with great people skills which made it easy to feel confident in the project as a whole. His management style was flexible enough that he could adapt easily to changing situations while still being able to drive the delivery of large milestones under challenging conditions. With any project being developed under such strict time constraints, an element of crunch is always to be expected. I think it is a massive credit to Gary that I never felt the amount of time I spent working late was becoming excessive in relation to the quality and amount of work we had to deliver. Considering the track record of large scale game development projects to date, this is no mean feat. I really enjoyed working with Gary and would do so again in a heartbeat!"

Listed skills include Xbox 360, Game Development, Video Games, Ps3, and 20 others.

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  Company Director

  Fireblade Software Ltd

  Portsmouth, Gb