Patrick Silva ➤ Project Manager Email & Phone Number

Los Gatos, California, United States

Netflix Games CCQA, Compatibility

Fremont, California, United States

Menlo Park, Ca

• App Compatibility Testing: Led over 100 global analysts across 5 vendors in the creation and execution of compatibility tests from device prototype to end-of-life, in which captured over 10k unique issues that prevented $2m in lost sales.• Partnership Growth: Established partnerships with over 50 product and engineering stakeholders, playing a crucial role in identifying requirements, defining test coverage, managing schedules, reporting results, and evaluating product release readiness, this led to improved product quality and an increase in headcount for the QA organization.• Test Management: Enabled a TestRail server installation utilized by over 5k internal and external employees that resulted in a 75% decrease in test writing times and a 50% improvement in testing productivity in the first two years.• Standardized Reporting Tools: Identified reporting deficiencies across all QA teams, addressed issue by implementing ADB and web GUI tools that reduced reporting and root cause analysis times by 80%.• Improved OS Releases: Developed metrics and dashboards shared with cross functional team leadership for 5 product launches, 43 OS updates and over 100 Android/iOS app updates.• Onboarding: Created and implemented a formal onboarding processes and procedures for all new QA employees that reduced training completion times by 50%.

Anaheim, California, United States

• Investor Funding: Mitigated risk by securing a 32% increase in funding within the first 3 months, leading to improved deliverable times.• Remote Production Management: Identified key organizational gaps and implemented effective leadership structures across 4 remote teams, resulting in a 26% increase in productivity.• Team Building: Boosted team morale and cohesion within the first month through the implementation of employee recognition, mentorship, and wellness initiatives which increased employee satisfaction and reduced turnover rates.

San Jose, Ca

• Optimized Deliverables: Developed long-term project plans, milestones, and schedules for over 40 projects, resulting in a three-fold increase in project completions within the first 6 months.• Industry Tool Adoption: Spearheaded the implementation of industry-leading digital content creation software which led to an improvement of geometry quality and fidelity of 3D modeling.• Tracking Enhancements: Improved bug monitoring and decreased root cause analysis times by 60% through the establishment of Jira licenses and projects for over 30 team members.

Huntington Beach, Ca

• Constructed marketing graphics from architectural floor, elevation, and site plans. • Created and designed 3D architectural props for contract proposals.

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Created environment, prop and VFX assets for a PC game built in a custom game engine.• Composited, edited and rendered final shots for investor proposals and final stakeholders.• Constructed camera, character and prop rigs as well as blocking animations in over 20 shots.

Anaheim, Ca

• Created 50 watertight models from CAD, conceptual designs and reverse engineered parts for 15 enterprise/corporate and individual clients.• Reconstructed 25 parts from point cloud data using industry tools captured from Artec 3D scanners.• Printed, serviced and post-processed 3DSystems, Makerbot Ultimaker and Formlabs 3D printers.

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Supported the release of a mobile Unity game from concept to ship.• Assisted in management of the production team's workload across 22 released projects.• Improved project plans, schedules and budgets for over 20 future projects.• Partnered with sales team to increase 8 studio revenue streams by 20%.• Developed game design docs, storylines and plots for multiple projects. • Designed gameplay mechanics, levels, UI and UX.• Created character, vehicle, prop and environment models with hand painted textures. • Animated characters, weapons, vehicles and environmental cues.Shipped Titles: Zombie Killer Squad, Tinertia

Costa Mesa, Ca

Created character and environment models for a fighting game. Assisted in the creation of the level and character designs.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Game Art And Design

Activities and Societies: Alpha Beta Gamma

Associate'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

Associate'S Degree, Architectural Drafting And Architectural Cad/Cadd