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Alameda, Ca, Us

Kirkland, Wa, Us

Foster City, Ca, Us

Led and managed growth and sustainable success for multiple Studio Development teams internationally across several Call of Duty projects – Animation, VFX, Lighting, Quality Assurance, Weapons, and Characters. Responsible for Senior level Project Management, Scope vs Capacity planning, Inception, Execution, Risk Management, Mentoring and Quality Control/Assurance.• Established best practices in content review and risk management analysis with Studio Leadership and key stakeholders, empowering quicker turnaround of content deliverables, meeting tight deadlines, and addressing risks early and thoroughly, which enabled teams and projects to stay on target and schedule.• Produced and shipped several Call of Duty projects (+ Live Seasons) under tight demanding timelines and pressure, adapting and improving when facing evolving, fluid challenges. • Drove organization, expansion, and strategy of international studio teams for VFX, Lighting, Animation and Quality Assurance, resulting in diversity of talent and experience and access to extended time zone support.• Initiated and developed Automation testing through Quality Assurance program to support Engineering, content creators and product testing, reducing lost time due to broken build and developer tools and minimizing manual testing for key areas of the project.• Trained and mentored multiple production and department leadership staff, resulting in promotions and career growth.• Cultivated and championed establishment of programs within the studio, providing access and funds for Professional development.o My departments achieved some of the highest training and certification growth across the Studio – Production, Leads/Managers, Artists, Developers and Quality Assurance.• Maintained one of the highest staff retention rates across the Studio through coaching, training, personal development, diversity, and team health prioritization.

Foster City, Ca, Us

Organized and refined Quality Assurance department to support Call of Duty projects. Emphasized technical and strong engagement methodologies. Drove cross studio and peer collaboration and best practices. • Rebuilt and matured QA program to develop embedded and specialized support alongside Grey Box Testing, decreasing traditional Black Box test studio QA resources and increasing stability and quality of content released.

Redwood City, Ca, Us

Served as QA Manager for Maxis studio games. Rebuilt and reinforced departments alongside supporting new IP projects.• Restructured Maxis Emeryville Studio QA department to reduce Black Box coverage and develop stronger developer-facing engagement, enhancing department interaction and learning and building healthier and sustainable team.

Redwood City, Ca, Us

Directed End to End testing/analysis of EA Project’s Online Infrastructure. Worked with Studio/Centralized Online Engineering teams to facilitate infrastructure review, risk analysis and run testing for server Stability, Performance, Scalability and Reliability for upcoming projects. • Identified Critical Risks and Gaps in upcoming projects scheduled for release, ensuring best practices were adopted with Infrastructure and Online Engineering teams across EA.

Redwood City, Ca, Us

Aligned specialized team of technical test analysts designed to provide key services across EA’s global projects, including Security testing, eCommerce, Website, Origin, Network, Entitlements, Load and Stress testing, and Cross Component/Platform Interoperability. • Identified critical gaps/issues with support team within developing projects, avoiding potential customer experience and financial issues, and strengthening engagement model and acceptance across EA Studio and Partners.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Built and mobilized QA Department for Social Platform and Mobile game development. • Restructured department and utilized international QA support teams to bolster local QA resources, enhancing Studio’s product quality while reducing costs.

Santa Monica, Ca, Us

Developed and managed the Quality Assurance process for the Xfire social gaming application and its support website

San Mateo, California, Us

QA Manager for SCEA First Party titles (i.e Ratchet and Clank, SOCOM, Sly Cooper, Syphon Filter, Jack and Daxter, ICO, Gran Toursimo and multiple other titles)Large scale multi-title QA operation

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