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Responsible for all aspects of live operations for XDefiant - a highly competitive FTP online shooter

Responsible for a team of 10 - personnel management, team leadership, goals, OKRs *Designed and implemented processes for the company from idea through release*Created genomics-quality QA Validation division from end-to-end and the ground up

Oversaw development of all projects, providing leadership, mentoring and facilitation wherever needing and allowing staff to focus on development of ideas*Interface with publishing companies/partners, such as Reykjavík University and Sony*Producer for EVEREST VR as well as future projects

Responsible for all executive, marketing and financial decisions of the company and up to 20 staff members*Led all development of the Jivaro Poker Suite (jivaro.com)*Brought Agile development methodology (our own custom version) to Jivaro, with minimal overhead for them to allow them to focus on R&D and production*Created teams and processes, guided vision, and led interaction across all divisions to define, create and launch the product in Alpha, Beta and Production

Responsible for live CCP games (EVE Online, DUST 514, EVE Online China) in the following areas:• Emergency response: Led the rapid response efforts to resolve many types of issues, from code errors and hardware problems to malicious attacks• Monitoring: Responsible for the systems and teams monitoring key systems in the live environments • Gatekeeping and Deployment oversight: Change management and process creation for the live servers and ensured that teams adhered to processes and best practices• Scheduling and Coordination: Responsible for coordinating the deployments and changes between two large game teams on two continents that share a single game server, and a separate team handling a server in China

• Project manager for the move of the EVE server in China between service providers• Responsible for the EVE China team and coordination between that team, the EVE Online and DUST 514 development teams, Operations, and Chinese partner TianCity.

• Led the integration of a new localization engine into EVE Online• Guided the Japanese localization project to market

• Responsible for all EVE Online QA Testers and Engineers (variable number up to 25)• Established QA principles and processes, and helped make the transition to Scrum

Led projects and programs for:• Vodafone Iceland - Project manager for a new invoicing and asset management system (April 2007 – August 2008)• NAAFI (The Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes of the British armed forces) - IT Program Manager for the NAAFI - (May 2005 – March 2007)• Iceland Telecom (March 2004 - May 2005)• Various smaller projects

• Developed Product Marketing department from inception (R&D, marketing)• One of a four-man management team responsible for the company• Also was leading a project for Nokia in Helsinki at the time

Project manager for a 20 man multi-company team creating mobile software solutions. Received special honors within Nokia for excellence in project mgmt

Design, programming and installation of wireless client-server solutions

Sales Executive – Netverk Europe• Key accounts sales manager responsible – first sale of flagship product Senior Technical Manager – Netverk Asia• Technical manager for all Asian customers (including Hyundai MM, Pacific Andes, etc.), also sales and business developmentBusiness Project Manager – Netverk Global• Product/project management for installation, integration and QA for several large projects, mostly with telcos in Europe and AsiaTechnical Engineer – Netverk Iceland• Installation, system integration, QA and customer service over Europe and Asia