Matthew Adkins

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Game Director | Riot Games @ Riot Games
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Los Angeles, California, United States, United States
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I'm a lover of games and technology currently serving as a game director on a project I pitched and founded at Riot.Here, I have worked on everything from game prototypes to securely equipping thousands of Rioters worldwide with proper tools to improve efficiency in building League of Legends. I put a lot of thought into the marriage of games and technology, and I'm fascinated by what we can do as an industry as we continue to sharpen the cutting edge of technology, use technology to make Rioters more productive, and delight our players.I spend most of my free time nowadays fiddling around with Unreal, Unity and the latest in games.

Matthew Adkins's Current Company Details
Riot Games

Riot Games

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Game Director | Riot Games
Matthew Adkins Work Experience Details
  • Riot Games
    Game Director
    Riot Games Sep 2023 - Present
    Los Angeles, Ca, Us
  • Riot Games
    Product Lead & R&D Game Lead - Unannounced Title
    Riot Games May 2021 - May 2024
    Los Angeles, Ca, Us
    As an experienced product manager in Riot's R&D Office, I led a team through the prototype phase and into pre-production.-Partnered with Valorant's Game Director to develop a new pitch that would be exciting for Riot to pursue, ultimately receiving approval from the head of R&D and the EP of Valorant.-Retained talent from a previous project, and worked with them to hire up to 20 developers and build a successful prototype of the pitch.-Built out a highly capable leadership bench to develop the project.-Developed ship strategy, prototype proof strategy, initial audience personas, and organizational scaling strategy in collaboration with the design lead, game director and operations director.Currently: Hiring to scale our organization after receiving approval for pre-production work to begin, developing market strategy and working on proving out our pre-production innovations.
  • Riot Games
    R&D Game Lead, Sr. Product Manager - Unannounced R&D Project
    Riot Games Jan 2019 - Apr 2021
    Los Angeles, Ca, Us
    Joined Riot's R&D Office, a group focused on incubating high potential, high player impact games.In this role:-Pitched early R&D concepts that Riot eventually pursued and shipped-Pivoted an early R&D pitch to a more player-focused approach-Built a team of 9 to prototype an early R&D pitch and bring it to the pre-production gate-Made the difficult call to shut down the project. In doing so, managed to retain the entire team into a new pitch and project.
  • Riot Games
    Product Manager - Digital Workplace
    Riot Games Jan 2016 - Jan 2019
    Los Angeles, Ca, Us
    Worked as a product manager focused on internal customers, and delivering a world-class suite of technology services that Rioters can use to be more effective in their role.In this role:-Managed an initiative (team of teams) of 40 responsible for all of Riot's internal tooling, including: JIRA, Slack, ServiceNow, G Suite, Favro, as well as internally built tools including the company directory, intranet, HR tooling, and finance tooling.-Set vision for this team, including prioritizing where we could have the most impact for Rioters in increasing productivity.-Rebuilt the intranet-Consolidated and reset dozens of productivity applications (commerical and proprietary) to a concise suite-Re-engineered the onboarding process for new Rioters-Developed a training program for Rioters to understand the fundamentals of League of Legends-Technical Lead for the company's internal hackathon (Thunderdome)
  • Riot Games
    Manager - Rioter Productivity Tools
    Riot Games Jan 2014 - Jan 2016
    Los Angeles, Ca, Us
    Built out a team to manage a portion of Riot's internal tools, focused on employee productivity.In this role:-Hired and managed a team of 8 responsible for handling a variety of the internal tools of the company, including Slack, ServiceNow, Active Directory, and Google.-Drove major projects including consolidating communication tools to reduce costs, and supported building out Riot's new campus. -Was responsible for SCCM buildout and deployment at new Riot HQ.Continued as a consultant for executives on major internal technology decisions.
  • Riot Games
    Senior Desktop Support
    Riot Games Jan 2013 - Jan 2014
    Los Angeles, Ca, Us
    Supported Riot as it scaled into a world-class, player focused organization.In this role:-Was a leader in the support desk in delivering world class service to a company that scaled from 700-1800 employees.-Pioneered major technology adoption, including ServiceNow, Slack, and the Google Suite.-Managed executive backups.-Led the support desk in services rendered to the company.-Personal support to the founders, on technology problems - Everything from Infosec, to Troubleshooting, to consulting on future buildouts.

Matthew Adkins Skills

Strategic Planning Leadership Product Management Windows 7 Active Directory Windows Xp Troubleshooting Computer Hardware Technical Support Customer Service System Administration Windows Server Software Documentation Servers Microsoft Office Public Speaking Microsoft Excel Management Windows Social Media Training Event Planning Team Building Product Development Os X Customer Relationship Management Strategy Information Technology Business Development English Microsoft Word Networking Cross Functional Team Leadership Team Leadership Business Process Improvement Strategic Partnerships Video Games Virtual Reality Vive Oculus Google Cardboard Project Management Jira Confluence Unity Monogame Gamemaker Studio Lumberyard

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