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• Oversee production and game engine technology and product development of cross discipline teams in the creation and delivery of all projects and products in live, virtual, and constructive, command and control, digital.
• Lead and drive creation and delivery of C2 and digital twin product for DOD Tier 1 partners, L3 Harris, LMOC, NGC
• Own and prioritize feature set development, milestone deliverables, approvals, and schedules with Jira, XP Agile dev.
• Represent and lead company initiatives to partner with and develop products and feature for DOD and related primes

Roswell, Georgia, US

• Oversee production personnel and product teams for 3 Console and PC Titles. Own direct supervision of Next Generation title development for PS5 and Xbox X consoles. Serve as Lead for BE Services, Platform Support.
• Created and maintain Prototype development for Next Gen Game title; all milestones, deliverable and goals, while preparing the team and resources for transitioning to full development in 2021
• Implemented new request for services and approval process for BE services teams, streamlining communications and improving deliverables and forecasting accuracy

Austin, Texas, US

(Senior Program Manager - 9/21- 7/22) Direct and manage all personnel, resources and development for 60-person startup. Own and drive production development: internal and external developers in programming, design, asset creation, tools, QA and IT support. Responsible for budget, schedule, deliverables, contract management, communications and stakeholder.

• Managed portfolios, personnel and resources, supervising development of WebGL and mobile app product development and international production support for engineering, art and design activities in support of world-wide.
• Direct the development of Web, PC and mobile apps, and games with Agile, Lean Start Up, Extreme Programming, SDLC, Trello, Jira, GitHub, Pivotal and ROWE.
• Provide training and support to engineers, artists, designers and external cross-teams in the creation and delivery of multiple releases of IMVU and WithMe Social on web and mobile platforms.
• Oversee budgeting and scheduling of projects to ensure deliverables are meeting stakeholder’s expectations.
• Develop and produced new products and features for Web3D, VR, AR, mobile apps and indie dev. games.
• Create systems and processes to manage off-shore content creation to improve quality of art assets, video production, integrity of schedules and budgets while increasing ROI of acquisition and marketing campaigns.

• Established a Game Development Studio in Manila to deliver programming and art assets for mobile apps.
• Supervised department heads, sales, marketing and production teams in the development of proprietary software, courseware and tools for UCLA the CDI and the Hitachi Corporation.
• Oversaw all productions, managing profit to loss and contract negotiations.
• Built client and partner relationships to promote growth and partner relationships by 200 %.
• Redesigned the pipeline and render farm systems to support feature film production for Paramount, MTV and DNA studios.
• Migrated company to digital technology systems and process increasing capacity and sales by 256% in 3 years.

• Served as Chief Operating and Fulfillment Officer for Win Win Companies in the development and deployment of Mobile Games, New technologies and wireless lottery systems.
• Managed day-to-day operations for 3 companies (Win Win, China; Pixiem Games, Korea; Win Win US)
• Collaborated with Product, Marketing, Design, Engineering, Operations, User research, Data and Business Development departments in developing new products.
• Developed production tracking processes and asset creation standards, goals and milestone review metrics that ultimately reduced costs by 28%.
• Implemented employee benefits, pay and stock programs and established guidelines for hiring, salary ranges and bonus incentive packages for staff in three countries.
• Administered processes for outsourcing asset creation and programming support to improve quality of product, reliability of schedules and integrity of budgets. This initiative reduced direct costs on average of 31%.

• Working on the Medal Of Honor franchise supervising the content creation and production efforts for a team of 170 developers in 6 departments; delivering all of the Art and audio assets for the AAA title Medal Of Honor.
• Supervised production and department head, artists, designers and engineers in the creation and delivery of “Medal Of Honor” with Multiplayer and Co-op in 7 languages.
• Managed schedules, budgets and the outsourcing of asset creation and oversees programming for console development with SDLC, Agile SCRUM, Waterfall, Jira and RAID.
• Created and implemented content creation and authoring processes that reduced labor by 28% and increased creative and design iterations and game mechanic loops for all products.

• Served as a member of the executive team in managing 7 concurrent productions and development projects and all media production services for a 120-person facility.
• Oversaw budgets, development operations and contract negotiations.
• Served as corporate spokesperson and member of over-site committee and advisory boards.
• Initiated outsourcing of asset creation to bring product deliverables back on schedule and within budget.
• Implemented software development review process to minimize waste and maximize efficiency.
• Created production systems that reduced direct production costs by $1.2M the first year.

• A state-of-the-art visual effects company specializing in feature film, commercial, TV and special films, offering digital FX, motion-control, miniatures, opticals, matte painting and animation services: Managed VFX.
• Successfully directed 23 projects and the production of feature films for television on time and within budget that generated 65% of sales for the division.
• Managed divisional sales, marketing, contract negotiations and profits and losses.
• Served as client liaison and company spokesperson.Executive Producer, Head of Production (Motion Pixel Corp)March 1993 - March 1994
• Created infrastructure systems and processes to support the growth of the Research and Development team from 3 employees to 49 within 9 months.
• Expanded product markets and increased assets on project budgets by $2.6M.

US

• GM, Animation City Editorial Services, Inc.(“ACES”)1986=1988Executive in Charge of Post-Production, Dic Ent. 1986-1988Assistant Controller, Dic Enterprises 1985-1986Owned P&L, managed day-to-day operations of editorial.
• Designed and migrated teams to computer-based production systems and processes reducing schedules by 70% while reducing costs by more than 51% annually
• Created and managed international production review systems to define responsibilities, improve communications, build integrity in schedules, quality of products and set expectations of performance3 Golden Reel Awards.
• Formulated audit to identify theft and misuse of funds totaling in excess of 260% of budget

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