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San Diego, California, Us

• Head of Production for Dimensional Ink studio at Daybreak Games, overseeing all decisions and organization related to game development including slate management, greenlight process, budget, live operations; Lead Producer for DC Universe Online MMOG, based on the superheroes of DC comics, 1MM MAU across 7 PC and console platforms• Manage team of 45 developers, as well as multiple external co-dev partners and vendors, including relationships with other Daybreak studios, core teams, and more than 250+ VO talent (SAG-AFTRA)• Doubled MAU on PlayStation Network by taking lead on PlayStation 5 native client, and shipping in Q1 2024

• Improved sprint completion rates by more than 300% at a mid-sized (60+) game dev team client, by rebuilding Jira setup and optimizing processes• Greatly improved executive visibility of project risks and progress for a mid-sized fintech startup by creating templated dynamic status dashboarding in Confluence, shifting from a dozen manually generated PowerPoint-based status reports to real-time status dashboards pulled directly from Jira with weekly email rollup• Provide personalized leadership and scrum training to multiple clients on recurring basis

Las Vegas, Nevada, Us

• Unified three separate project management teams into a cohesive PMO for MGM Digital Technology group; expanding the team from myself to 6 PGMs to hiring up to more than 45 PGMs, TPMs, and Scrum Masters• Implemented consistent program status reporting for 60+ programs, driving enhanced visibility, faster decision-making at the organizational level, resulting in better resource allocation and earlier risk identification across all initiatives for MGM Digital portfolio• Shipped projects include Mobile Check-in, MGM Rewards program, Digital Key, full integration of all websites and apps into singular MGM experience, revamped Content Management Systems, Single-Sign On for all digital portals, new internal Employee Tools portal, in-room digital ordering, singular booking services backend revamp, internal booking tool revamp• Implemented multiple training programs for my program managers and scrum masters, which grew to several hundred regular attendees for my weekly training seminars, covering topics from various tool use, specific program management process and methodologies, scrum training, regular leadership training, and project breakdowns

Redwood City, Ca, Us

• Provided comprehensive competitive analysis of cloud gaming systems, delivering valuable insights across 12 different proprietary platforms• Performed both qualitative and quantitative assessments of platform performance and user experience, informing strategic decision-making and driving improvements in EA's cloud gaming offerings, resulting in creating EA’s first comprehensive apples-to-apples performance comparison reporting, specific to Project Atlas

San Mateo, California, Us

• Managed client releases across all platforms for PlayStation Vue, impacting 800,000 paid subscribers and millions of free viewers• Effectively coordinated remote teams across SF Bay Area, LA, San Diego, and UK, ensuring smooth communication and efficient project execution

Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

• Recruited to revitalize the project management group at Smule, a 200-person startup with a social network connecting 50MM+ MAUs through music• Hired, mentored, and managed a team of project managers responsible for overseeing the development and delivery efforts of 60+ developers• Streamlined processes and facilitated collaboration, resulting in increased efficiency and improved product quality for the growing user base

Seattle, Wa, Us

• Shipped two dozen new features and enhancements for Vehicles category of Amazon online retail store across web and mobile native• Directed workload for three engineering teams and a product team between Seattle and Bangalore

• Nudge for Change was a way to align your daily shopping habits with your preferred causes and politics. • Advised on product, operations, planning, and deliverables. Successful ship to iOS.

Culver City, Ca, Us

• Created and lead PMO for Ellation's VRV, Crunchyroll, and CreativeBug divisions. • Built team of program and project managers as well as trained multiple Scrum Masters across a dozen development teams. • Drove consistency and standards across entire company for documentation, planning, tracking, reporting, training, and communications.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Ca

• Helped lead a team of 30+ developers and artists on unnannounced mobile title that was cancelled during development.

Victoria, British Columbia, Ca

• Founded KIXEYE Program Management Office, focused on creating production framework to connect more than a dozen support teams with five game development teams • Identified and drove a server consolidation project resulting in over $1.3 million dollar in annual cost savings.

Victoria, British Columbia, Ca

• Lead Project Manager and daily Producer for a team of 70+ developers, designers, and artists on "TOME: Immortal Arena", a Unity based 3d MOBA.

Hamburg, De

Project Manager and Producer on Battlestar Galactica Online. Team of 35 developers.

Us

Remote Consulting Producer and QA manager on the project. Company acquired.

Santa Monica, California, Us

Shipped six titles across more than a dozen SKUs, as well as two demos for XBL and multiple localizations.