Hudson Piehl Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Helping restaurants with menu pricing, menu monetization and staff training.

Greater Chicago Area

EMERGING optimizes restaurant and entertainment concepts for sustainable growth and profitability. emerging.com

Greater Chicago Area

Acutely brings data-driven site selection to growing restaurant chains. We use smart data science along with fundamental industry knowledge to help our clients discover the best new locations with confidence.

Greater Chicago Area

RTI powers diverse products that deliver high-quality, low-cost 360º video. A patented combination of advanced optical technology and processing software enables live 360º video to be streamed from a single camera, eliminating the expense and complexity of stitching video from multiple cameras.RTI licenses its 360º video technology to partners in select.

Greater Chicago Area

Greater New York City Area

I manage the Mobile Gaming Group, consisting of twenty developers located in Bangalore, India. As the US representative, I am responsible for client management and overall direction of several apps in parallel. We work with a diverse set of companies from major corporations like Dannon and Scholastic to startups. I am particularly skilled at product.

Stamford, CT

At FreePlay, a startup dedicated to mobile and tablet apps, I managed the development and operations of the company while periodically doing hands-on programming. We launched Cowboys & Aliens – Silver City Defense for iOS to coincide with the movie release. The game was completed in 90 days from funding with a subsequent port to Android for the DVD launch..

I established a new office in Stamford, CT and managed the company’s game development and R&D groups. We created a unique Kinect/Move/Wii title concept based on a major, international star with an overall estimated budget of $20M. I produced a detailed financial analysis and extensive development plans to satisfy intense scrutiny from investors and.

In late 2007 was promoted to Worldwide VP of Production with responsibility over producers and production services (QA, Localization, Engineering, 1st Party Relations) in multiple countries, total staff of 50+. In the subsequent eighteen months, my production group shipped 40+ skus on all major platforms including iPhone. After a management change, started.

Responsible for numerous titles produced out of North America with a production team of fifteen. Extensive, direct involvement on Neverwinter Nights 2 which needed significant intervention to ship successfully. Maintained positive momentum in the department during chaotic times at the company when many studios were closed. Consulted on several of our.

Inherited many projects in various stages of development and shipped 20+ skus during a two-year period. Made significant changes on several titles to improve reliability and overall quality within the remaining schedule. Rebuilt confidence in the rest of the organization in the professionalism of the product development group. Executed due diligence on.

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (PS2, Xbox): Directed the project from inception to completion, supervising a 55+ person team at the height of production. Managed a $10+M budget and successfully transitioned the project when it doubled in size half way through development. Shipped two weeks early with sales of over three and a half million units. Pool of.

Managed two technical teams simultaneously with a total staff of 10 engineers. Successfully re-introduced Madden Football to the PC market. Responsible for final QA for Stormfront’s self-published titles.Products:Madden Football ’97 (PC) Multiple La Russa Baseball products (PC)