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Anaheim, Ca, Us

Irvine, California, United States

During my final tenure at Blizzard Entertainment, I was responsible for overseeing the entire process of releasing Overwatch on the Web Shop. This involved not only managing the creation of marketing materials but also collaborating closely with teams across Marketing, Development, Legal, Risk, and QA to ensure smooth product launches.Towards the end of the first quarter, I took on additional responsibilities for Call of Duty when the Product Manager went on maternity leave. While overseeing Call of Duty, I managed the release of Modern Warfare 3 on both the Shop and Steam platforms.Furthermore, I successfully led the launch of Overwatch on Steam and provided valuable insights for the Diablo 4 launch on the same platform. This involved tasks such as curating copy, creating marketing materials, and coordinating with the Steam team directly.Following these successful launches, I continued to play a key role in managing content releases on Steam for both Call of Duty and Overwatch, ensuring consistent and timely updates across both titles.

Applying insights gained from my Project Management role and external resources, I transitioned into a Product Management position within the e-commerce operations team.In this capacity, I oversaw licenses, products, and creatives for the Hearthstone Product line. Alongside this responsibility, I managed live operations tasks and handled administrative account duties for Blizzard Entertainment. Drawing on my Project Management background, I also took charge of sprint duties to ensure efficient workflow.Midway through the year, I shifted focus from the Hearthstone Product to managing Overwatch and provided additional support for digital key initiatives.As the administrative workload and digital key processes expanded beyond our team's capacity, I devised and implemented a seamless transfer of these responsibilities to other teams within Blizzard. This strategic move ensured ongoing operational efficiency and facilitated further growth.

Irvine, California, United States

I had been learning Project Management on the side and got an opportunity to apply those skills through a Temporary Assignment. During this assignment, I managed various business projects for the QA department heads. These projects included Quarterly Business Reviews, Company Credits Process, Partner Surveys, and TMMi Assessment Process.In addition to these ongoing projects, I also created a workflow for our credits tool and gathered industry metrics on credit localization. These were all used to upgrade the company's credit tool.

I worked at Blizzard Entertainment as a Test Analyst for the night crew of the Battle.net App QA team. My primary responsibility was to test the original Battle.net App. Additionally, I was a part of the QA team that managed building, testing, and releasing game patches for all of Blizzard's games.I quickly rose to a leadership role for the Night Crew QA, where I led our small team through both testing and patching efforts. My duties included reporting on test efforts, coordinating testing through the team and the regional QA teams, and creating documentation for the Battle.net QA team as a whole.After transitioning to the day crew, I took on a more active testing role again and worked with the internal tools team. I built front-end selenium test scripts and pursued Test certifications through our internal courses. Additionally, I helped the internal tools team transition to using JIRA for tracking their work product creation as a side project.