John M. Email & Phone Number

Portsmouth, Nh, Us

Loftware acquired GAP Systems in March 2018 and I continue as Software Development Director running a large off shore development team producing SAAS Enterprise software.

I was the Project Manager with GAP Systems, I ran two large internal development teams producing SaaS for large global corporate clients using Agile Project Management. Technologies include Amazon's Cloud service's EC2 & S3. I also create Functional Requirement Specifications for new features, improvements and enhanced functionality to be developed for our clients.

I am the Software Development Director with GAP Systems, I run two large offshore development teams producing SaaS for large global corporate clients using Agile and Waterfall Project Management.

Saint-Mandé, Île-De-France, Fr

I was the UI Producer & Production Manager on Driver San Francisco on PS3 & Xbox360 for Ubisoft Reflections. The role encompassed responsibility for all User Interface feedback from in game direction to maps and all menu's throughout the game. I ran the scheduling and full Agile, Scrum project management of the Ubisoft internal UI team.

My role as Producer at Route 1 Games gave me full responsibility for all aspects of a products development life cycle from creating the game and technical design, scheduling and budgeting, guiding artists, animators, programmers and audio technicians, right through to full localisation translation of the in game content and menu’s, QA, testing and bug tracking to game submission to format owners and manual creation for publishers. I have worked with both internal development teams and external teams. I have worked along side the publisher Ubisoft in the production of the games this required a high level of professionalism and dedication in creating successful games which are released on time and on budget.Published Titles with Route 1 Games:•Puzzler Collection - DS, Wii, PSP and PC •How To Pass Your Driving Test - DS and PC.•Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (2008) - DS, Wii, PSP, PS2 and PC. •Telly Addicts - DS, Wii, PSP, PS2 and PC.

My role as Production Coordinator at Blue Monkey Studios/Play On DVD concentrated on developing Nintendo Wii, DS, Playstation 2, PC and Interactive DVD games for global publishing houses such as Activision, EA, Mattel, Vivendi Universal Games, Take 2 Interactive and Atari. My role gave me responsibility for coordinating the full development of each game including scheduling, publisher liaison, working with all department leads to regularly review the game, QA and testing and delivery to publishers.Published Titles with Blue Monkey Studios/Play On DVD:•Puppy Luv - Wii, DS, PS2 and PC.•Barbie And The 12 Dancing Princesses - PS2 and PC.•Barbie And The Magic Of Pegasus - PC.•Orcs and Elves – Animated promo for EA mobile.•Barbie Mermaidia Interactive DVD.•Jumpstart – Frankie’s Field Trip – Interactive DVD.•Jumpstart – All Aboard The Jumpstart Train - Interactive DVD•Polly’s Mystery Mountain Challenge - Grades 2, 3 and 4 - Interactive DVD.•5 Interactive DVD titles ‘PlayOnDVD’ – Including Mahjong, Pajama Sam and Freddie Fish.

As Design Studio Manager for the JHT Group, I lead a team designing logos and signs for large corporate organisations such as Lloyds TSB, Nike, HSBC, Boots and Texaco. I undertook this very demanding role to lead the designers into producing very high quality images under extremely tight deadlines. My role gave me responsibility for scheduling, budgeting and team leadership.

Systems Thinking - Project Management Certificate Program

Hnd In Television & Video Production

Btec In Media Studies