Michaël Cartier Email & Phone Number

Montreal, QC, CA

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

- Support 20+ Studios across the Americas from a wide range of services (Art, Dev, QA, Support, Audio, Marketing…)- Ensure Shared Services (HR, IT, Finance, Legal, Facilities, Engagement, CSR, D&I...) are properly rolled out for each Studio, standardized as needed and that services are of high quality- Develop a Regional Engagement and CSR approach for all.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

- Be the face of the Studio internally and externally- Organize monthly floor meetings with all staff to share important news, updates, new initiatives and answer questions- Support and organize the Studio’s growth from 500 to 2000 employees within 2 years, quadrupling the Studio’s footprint during that period of time with permanent and temporary new.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

- Lead the integration process of the Montréal VMC Studio with the Keywords one (both Studios with around 500 employees) and completed most of it within 6 months- Help organizing the integration of all shared services (HR, Finance, Payroll, Recruitment, IT...) and production service lines- Organized weekly email updates, bi-weekly Meet & Learn with staff.

Région De Montréal, Canada

- Managed a department of more than 250 persons- Increased department size and revenues by 35%- Improved margins by improving staff utilization and downtime- Through acquisition, integrated the Enzyme LQA Team within the Keywords LQA department within a few months and with little to no impacts on productivity or clients- Worked on improving team moral and.

Montreal, Canada Area

- LQA & FQA Project Manager on several AAA titles (credited on Batman Arkham Knight, Mortal Kombat X, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor...)- Managed projects with respective budgets up to 1M$- Budget ownership, schedule and invoicing- Direct supervision of Test Leads and Senior Testers- Definition of testing strategy with Test Leads for each project- Direct.

Région De Montréal, Canada

- Management of projects of up to 39 languages, 60 testers and 3 Test Leads - Allocation of tasks, deadlines, planning as well as KPI measurements - Communication with all the involved stakeholders (internal or external) about overall progress - Supervision, coaching and mentoring of the testing team and Test Leads

Montréal, Canada

- LQA Test Lead on more than 15 released games with management of more than 20 testers- Compliance testing for manufacturer (Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo) with 100% success- Successfully managed a pilot project for an important client increasing the department size by 40%- Advanced Excel workbooks creation and control (formulas, macro, VBA)

Région De Montréal, Canada

- French localization testing on more than 10 titles- Platforms: PS3, Xbox 360, Mobile, Web- Games type: MMORPG, FPS, TPS, Casual

Région De Montréal, Canada

Game Designer and artist on Cuba's Days iOS:http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cubas-days-cuban-missile-crisis/id417629483?mt=8

Implementation of MS Project in an high security department.

Région De Marseille, France

Management of the full refresh of the new corporate Compass Group France website.

Mini-Mba - Executive Development Course, Business Administration And Management, General, P/P+

D.E.S.S., Game Design

- Game Design basics - Level Design - First Pitch - High Level Concept - Vertical slice - Prototype

Master'S Degree, Multimedia Management

- Studied all aspects of project management, with a focus in Multimedia projects (Video Games, Websites, Movies, 2D/3D…) - PMI and SCRUM.