Patrick Burke Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

I make games to advance Prodigy's mission to help every student in the world love learning. The Math RPG game is the industry leading education game in the world, serving millions of students in grades K-8 in their journey to love math.The math game is fun, challenging, engaging, and educational at the same time. I run a cross-functional team of Developers, Animators, UI/UX, Production, QA, Design and Analytics to improve the impact and performance of the game through data analysis, product design, and experimentation.

I help founders and product leaders unlock their growth potential. Focusing on early-stage B2C or B2B2C startups, I help founders:1️⃣ Uncover their potential and crystalize their strategy.2️⃣ Determine the best immediate bang-for-the-buck additions for the tech, team, and product3️⃣ Create an iterative process plan to help gain execution speed to capture the market.

Austin, Texas, Us

With the evolution of the business, I led the product function and team for the organization's largest producing mobile game – Jackpot Party Casino.Main oversight and leadership surrounded:— Scaling and evolving production team into an elite group of 90+.— Managing cross-functional team of analysts, artists, engineers, live operators, producers, product managers, and quality assurance (QA) personnel.— Serving as strategic business partner to C-suite executives and board of directors, presenting annual strategy for product and studio.Top achievements included:► Bolstered EBITDA 30%, revenue, and market share for top-grossing casino app on Android and iOS app stores with $70M in total revenue gains, representing $320M of $600M total company revenues.► Catalyzed 25% growth in a single year through reimagination of product, including foundational rewrite, to ensure product was scalable for future growth.► Transformed product strategy annually to energize team and safeguard competitiveness in the market, revisiting development methodology, integrating customer feedback, and evolving product team culture and focus.► Overhauled Agile development processes; scaled team from 40 to 90; and prioritized product features and capabilities based on resources, timelines, and business objectives.

Chicago, Il, Us

I built the product function and team up from ground zero to support 4 global products in 3 major studios (Iowa, Austin, and Tel Aviv). I hired a Director of Analytics to take over that function and allow both teams the agility to scale with the business.Main oversight and leadership surrounded:— Developing product vision, strategy, and roadmap; oversaw robust testing procedures and forecasting processes.— Scaling product organization through growth, IPO, and new product development.Top achievements included:► Navigated growth from $200M to $466M with 4 products in market, leading establishment of product currency economies, meta-game, content management system, and live operations.► Directed Tel Aviv studio through launch of Quick Hit Slots – reaching top #20 app store ranking – establishing studio leadership, producing product development cadences, and forming strategic goals to ensure agility with future feature updates.► Spurred 30% increase in revenue by developing and launching benchmarkable product economy.► Managed 55% of mobile gaming revenue while transitioning organization through IPO with ownership of product materials and changes.

Las Vegas, Nv, Us

I directed the formation of the analytics function and team across 4 geographically diverse locations (Austin, Chicago, Iowa, and Tel Aviv).Main oversight and leadership surrounded:— Overseeing product prioritization, discovery, and evaluation for social web/mobile games.— Designing and deploying analytics data flow to guide multiple top-grossing mobile apps through competitive mobile games industry.Top achievements included:► Spearheaded development of analytics organization – growing team from 1 to 30+ – to refine product launch tactics and steer business through phase of growth and transition from retail into social gaming.► Launched 3 new products – Jackpot Party Casino, Gold Fish Casino, and Hotshot Casino – building product roadmaps, producing clear requirements, and reporting against fundamental business metrics.► Directed opening of Austin, TX studio – building team and operation from ground zero – to deliver successful development and market launch of Gold Fish Casino game.► Navigated integration of Tel Aviv team (Dragonplay Studio), guiding evolution of internal team and culture.

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For this startup in the retail sector, I led the engineering of slot machines, card games, and casual games. I successfully, defined, proved, and implemented mathematical odds for 200+ slot machines.

M.S. Computer Science

B.S., Computer Science