Michael Young Email & Phone Number

Allen, Texas, United States

Dallas, Texas, United States

Dallas, Texas, United States

• I was a Co-Producer for the 19-person team that developed Legend of the Outlaw Mage.Accomplishments:
• Created schedules for each milestone based on developer ability and demands of the project, resulting in definitive deliverables with little to no bottlenecks or blockers.
• Facilitated communication between the various specialties of the team, including an outsourced audio team, resulting in a unified vision of the game between all team members.
• Tracked tasks and bugs through JIRA and created informative charts showing the project's velocity, resulting in an evident understanding of how quickly tasks were being completed and how much work still needed to be.
• Set up Risk Analysis charts by communicating with the leads on which tasks they felt were most concerned with and created ways to navigate through the inherent risks, resulting in discovering key mitigation strategies.
• Delivered presentation to stakeholders for pitches, milestone meetings, and market analysis reports, resulting in clear communication and expectations with stakeholders for the project.

Dallas, Texas, United States

• I was a Producer (AI & Physics) for the 40-person team that developed Snowpainters.Accomplishments:
• Managed the buglog to ensure issues were being documented, acknowledged, prioritized, and fixed, resulting in the team having a definitive view of which bugs needed to be cleared.
• Tracked tasks through Monday.com and created informative charts showing the project's velocity, resulting in an evident understanding of how quickly tasks were being completed and how much work still needed to be done.
• Set up Milestone priority lists by communicating with the leads and stakeholders on what areas should be of greater focus in the next sprint, resulting in a more holistic view of the project’s progress and future vision.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Master'S Degree, Production

Computer Science, Computer Games And Programming Skills