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Gulf Breeze, Fl, Us

➢ In charge of running Core Division and achieving goals established with COO➢ Managed and assisted in growth of three Producer I’s for Core Team, which consisted of 50+ members➢ Improved process to improve communication, efficiency and productivity to the Core Division➢ Investigated and implemented ideas for quality improvement, increased productivity and cost reduction➢ Promoted interim Director of Core and inherited 15+ direct reports (Dev, Product and Production)➢… Show more ➢ In charge of running Core Division and achieving goals established with COO➢ Managed and assisted in growth of three Producer I’s for Core Team, which consisted of 50+ members➢ Improved process to improve communication, efficiency and productivity to the Core Division➢ Investigated and implemented ideas for quality improvement, increased productivity and cost reduction➢ Promoted interim Director of Core and inherited 15+ direct reports (Dev, Product and Production)➢ Responsible for implementing new features for our sunset Unity game Storyloom at Pixelberry Show less

Richardson, Texas

➢ Responsible for implementing new features for all Unity games at Peoplefun, especially Wordscapes WordSearch, Blockscapes and Unannounced titles➢ Administered and managed sprint process for all Unity products➢ Mentored three direct report junior producers➢ Communicated and received feedback from engineering, art, design and product management on processes and procedures that involved Unity teams➢ Assisted Recruiters and developed a pipeline to expedite some immediate hires for… Show more ➢ Responsible for implementing new features for all Unity games at Peoplefun, especially Wordscapes WordSearch, Blockscapes and Unannounced titles➢ Administered and managed sprint process for all Unity products➢ Mentored three direct report junior producers➢ Communicated and received feedback from engineering, art, design and product management on processes and procedures that involved Unity teams➢ Assisted Recruiters and developed a pipeline to expedite some immediate hires for unannounced title➢ Developed and implemented strategies to increase production efficiency. Show less

The Colony, Texas

➢ Responsible for delivery of all stories/tasks to over 60 clients on the Magento, OroCommerce, and BigCommerce Ecommerce platforms➢ Implemented scrum and agile processes and acted as Scrum Master for daily stand ups, sprint planning and retrospectives when needed➢ Supervised 10-15 software developers and 4 Business Analysts and provided daily client relations➢ Supervised Business Analyst team of 4 and help them with high end client issues that need creative… Show more ➢ Responsible for delivery of all stories/tasks to over 60 clients on the Magento, OroCommerce, and BigCommerce Ecommerce platforms➢ Implemented scrum and agile processes and acted as Scrum Master for daily stand ups, sprint planning and retrospectives when needed➢ Supervised 10-15 software developers and 4 Business Analysts and provided daily client relations➢ Supervised Business Analyst team of 4 and help them with high end client issues that need creative solutions➢ Supervised all outsourced developers that worked on internal tasks and stories➢ Managed developers and delivered new websites for clients who wanted to transition to latest Magento, Oro and Big Commerce platforms➢ Implemented and responsible for internal audit of all tasks to secure integrity between Razoyo and clients Show less

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

➢ Responsible for overall delivery and execution of all projects milestones➢ Supervised over 10 team leads for art, design, software development & QA➢ Project team consisted of over 300 contributors including offshore teams➢ Offshore teams were located in India, China, Malaysia & Europe➢ Principal liaison to publishers➢ Transitioned production team from Waterfall to Scrum methodology➢ Implemented new change management processes to meet milestone delivery➢ Games… Show more ➢ Responsible for overall delivery and execution of all projects milestones➢ Supervised over 10 team leads for art, design, software development & QA➢ Project team consisted of over 300 contributors including offshore teams➢ Offshore teams were located in India, China, Malaysia & Europe➢ Principal liaison to publishers➢ Transitioned production team from Waterfall to Scrum methodology➢ Implemented new change management processes to meet milestone delivery➢ Games shipped: Ghostbusters: The Video Game - Remastered (2019, Windows) Producer Kinect Star Wars (2012, Xbox 360) Executive Producers Def Jam: Rapstar (2010, Wii) Producer Ghostbusters: The Video Game (2009, Windows) UI Producer The King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi Saga (2008, Wii) Producer SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1 (2008, Wii) Producer Samurai Showdown: Anthology (2008, Wii) Producer Metal Slug: Anthology (2007, PlayStation 2) Producer Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run (2006, PlayStation 2) Product Manager Re-Mission (2006, Windows) Special Thanks Æon Flux (2005, Xbox) Product Manager BloodRayne 2 (2004, PlayStation 2) Product Manager Blowout (2003, PlayStation 2) Associate Producer RoadKill (2003, PlayStation 2) Product Manager BloodRayne (2003, Windows) Quality Assurance Manager 4x4 Evo 2 (2002, GameCube) Quality Assurance Manager Fly! II (2001, Windows) Testing Lab Manager 4x4 Evo (2000, Dreamcast) Sound Effects Star Trek: Armada (2000, Windows) Additional Voice Over Fly! 2K (2000, Windows) Sound Engineer Show less

➢ Managed testing for multiple game projects➢ Managed QA Managers and all testing plans for game projects➢ Developed & managed certification pipeline process for multiple publishers & manufacturers including Sony & Microsoft. This was a requirement for all games prior to release➢ Transitioned certification pipeline process from paper to publisher electronic tracking databases