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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Providing ongoing business consulting for various technology and video game companies.

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

China And Australia

Strategic Consulting and execution with Havok executive management team to establish position in China marketplace for their middleware software solutions.Successfully established a foothold in the China marketplace working with established videogame developers, publishers, operators and educational institutions.Acted in an advisory capacity to the.

Asia Pacific Region

• Executive responsibility for THQ’s developing Online strategy for dedicated online games and mobile games
• Set strategic direction for online games including Facebook, MMO’s and Casual Online micro-transaction games in Korea and China.
• Launched Facebook/Social game
• Responsible for oversight of mobile game strategy with iphone/iPad apps.

Asia Pacific Region

• Integral part of Executive Management team involved in Corporate Strategic Planning, Production Planning and all aspects of Product Development
• Responsible for Product Development budget portfolio of $250 million annually. Direct P&L responsibility for studios.
• Oversight of THQ’s studio system with locations around the world including North America, UK, China, Australia and Japan
• Contract negotiation for Product Development deals.
• Close relationships with third parties at Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft.
• Responsible for executive oversight and strategic planning of THQ’s outsourcing team (XDG) and online development team in China and Korea. XDG has established itself as an industry leader in outsourcing management for.

• Responsible for managing multiple internal development Studios and external product development portfolio
• Responsible for oversight of XDG Oustsourcing and Quality Assurance group based in Shanghai
• Direct management responsibility for THQ Australia Studios (THQ Australia Brisbane and Blue Tongue Studios Melbourne)

Brisbane, Australia

• Established new development studio for THQ (THQ Studio Australia) in Brisbane in March 2003. Managed and employed over 80 development staff. Development studio was responsible for developing various licensed titles on.
• Responsible for acquisition of Melbourne based Blue Tongue Studios for THQ. Managed acquisition and executive management post acquisition. Helped grow studio to 80+ employees. Blue Tongue developed highly acclaimed.

Brisbane, Australia

• Established development studio for Electronic Arts on the Gold Coast in Australia. Remotely managed UK based highly acclaimed Shogun: Total War game on the PC.
• Transferred to UK for one year to manage Electronic Arts UK studio in Chertsey. Oversaw product development including major titles Harry Potter and F1 Racing across multiple platforms.
• Studio P&L responsibility for over 200 employees

San Francisco Bay Area

• Managed product development for George Lucas’ emerging games division during the major growth phase in the videogame industry.
• Involved directly in production management, financial management and the greenlight process.
• Directly involved in strategic planning for videogames for major licensed properties Star Wars and Indiana Jones.
• Initially responsible at Lucasfilm/Lucasfilm Games for financial planning and analysis.