Luke Percy Email & Phone Number

Wellington Region, New Zealand

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

After successfully launching an internal Alpha for an upcoming product at Synty Studios, I transitioned to the role of Technical Product Manager. In this new capacity, I led the creation of a technical development team, collaborating closely with the new Director of Development to establish best practices and processes for delivering both internal and external technical products.Key achievements include:Setting up and leading the development team: Spearheaded the development of… Show more After successfully launching an internal Alpha for an upcoming product at Synty Studios, I transitioned to the role of Technical Product Manager. In this new capacity, I led the creation of a technical development team, collaborating closely with the new Director of Development to establish best practices and processes for delivering both internal and external technical products.Key achievements include:Setting up and leading the development team: Spearheaded the development of the Synty Asset Search site and managed the release of open-source game development tools, such as the Synty Asset Importer tool.Developing productivity tools for a remote organization: Implemented various online tools to enhance communication and reduce inefficiencies across our 100% remote workforce. I developed automation for Discord, organizing regularly focused stand-ups and social meetings through custom bots. I also worked with the team to integrate features from Monday.com and later Redmine into our notification channels.Innovating with a trademark search chatbot: Created a chatbot that instantly checks the trademark availability of product names, streamlining the idea validation process. This tool automatically stores ideas and their trademark search results and scores in Google Docs, eliminating the need for manual spreadsheet entries.This role involved setting up robust tools and practices for ongoing success, including product ownership, backlog management with online agile tools, conducting community user engagement surveys and analytics analysis to inform business decisions about technical products. Show less

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

As a Senior Producer at Synty Studios, I played a role in the pre-production and early development of a potentially new upcoming product. My contributions included presenting Synty's vision for democratized play at the Games Developer Conference 2023. Our product team scaled from 4 to 32 members within six months, successfully delivering vertical slices for investor presentations and releasing a fully working end-to-end internal Alpha.The project involved developing a cloud-based (AWS)… Show more As a Senior Producer at Synty Studios, I played a role in the pre-production and early development of a potentially new upcoming product. My contributions included presenting Synty's vision for democratized play at the Games Developer Conference 2023. Our product team scaled from 4 to 32 members within six months, successfully delivering vertical slices for investor presentations and releasing a fully working end-to-end internal Alpha.The project involved developing a cloud-based (AWS) interoperable asset distribution system via mobile apps and game engine SDKs (Unity/Unreal Engine 5). Additionally, I collaborated with internal Business Development Managers and investors to explore various business models for this innovative system.I worked closely with the directors on seeking additional research funding by engaging with the Callaghan Institute, Amazon Web Services, and the Ministry of Business Innovation. Show less

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Product Manager - Government Information Services

Wellington, New

Wellington

Wellington, New Zealand

As a writer for NZGamer.com I provide the latest video game reviews, features on video game trade shows and events, I also interview the best creatives in the industry for over 2 Million readers.

Titles:Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge (PC/PS3/Xbox360/PSVITA)

Test Team LeadTRG Compliance TestingFunctional and regression TestingInternal Wiki (intranet) documentationTest plan creation and documentationAutomation and scriptingESRB, OFLCNZ, ACB, USK, PEGI ClassificationSenior / Lead QA:Hot Wheels: Battle Force 5 (Wii)Blood Drive (PS3, Xbox 360)Rugby League 3 (Wii)Shatter (PSN/PC)Madagascar Kartz (PS3/Xbox 360/Wii)Rugby League LIVE(PS3/Xbox360/PC)QA:Rugby League 2: World Cup Edition… Show more Test Team LeadTRG Compliance TestingFunctional and regression TestingInternal Wiki (intranet) documentationTest plan creation and documentationAutomation and scriptingESRB, OFLCNZ, ACB, USK, PEGI ClassificationSenior / Lead QA:Hot Wheels: Battle Force 5 (Wii)Blood Drive (PS3, Xbox 360)Rugby League 3 (Wii)Shatter (PSN/PC)Madagascar Kartz (PS3/Xbox 360/Wii)Rugby League LIVE(PS3/Xbox360/PC)QA:Rugby League 2: World Cup Edition (PS2)Speed Racer (Wii/PS2)Jackass: The Game (PSP/PS2)Star Wars: Clone Wars (PSP/Xbox 360)GripShift (PS3/Xbox 360)Melbourne Cup Challenge (PC/PS2/Xbox)Rugby League 2 (PS2/Xbox)Dragon Master Spell Caster (WiiWare) Show less

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