Steve Stringer Email & Phone Number

Texas, United States

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

As Director of the GameLab, I run the game development studio within SMU Guildhall that produces and publishes up to six games a year. With 30+ years of game industry and project management experience, I co-teach with cross-discipline faculty, staff, producers, and TAs to manage and executive produce SMU Guildhall's Team Game Projects (TGPs). I also teach production major classes focusing on soft-skills team management, Agile development, studio business and finance, Games User Research (GUR), and all aspects of production. Aside from publishing, the GameLab’s mission is to bridge students, faculty, and SMU as a whole to the game industry partners on a variety of publishing, business development, research, and real-world event projects including traditional games, VR and AR projects, esports and more. In addition to my teaching duties, I serve as the Academic Advisor for SMU Guildhall by supporting students through their academic and professional careers.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Responsible for all aspects of MapTechnica's business and online operations. Developed custom back-end to support sales of maps, GIS map data, and API subscription services, development of a custom GIS data API, and the creation of AutoMaT, a proprietary tool that allows customers to create and purchase their own custom boundary maps.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Responsible for the design, development, deployment, and maintenance of complex, custom web applications, mobile apps, and frameworks that support mission-critical operations for dozens of clients.

Dallas, Tx

Co-teach the Guildhall's Capstone TGP (Team Game Production) projects where we simulate a studio environment by leading teams through full product development schedules to create shippable video games. We simulate a professional studio environment within the Guildhall's academic environment and expose the students to every aspect of producing a video game project.

Dallas, Tx

Co-teach the Guildhall's Capstone TGP (Team Game Production) projects where we simulate a studio environment by leading teams through full product development schedules to create shippable video games. We simulate a professional studio environment within the Guildhall's academic environment and expose the students to every aspect of producing a video game project.

Austin, Texas Area

Responsible for ongoing development and maintenance of Games2U's world-wide online operations, security, and infrastructure. Developed G2UWare, a proprietary back-end that supported all aspects of Games2U's operations that included as many as 72 franchises in three countries.

· Lead and managed teams from 5 to 50 people through all phases of development· Wrote and developed new tools and pipelines enabling more efficient production· Responsible for the establishment and evangelism of company-wide development standards, templates, and procedures

· Lead and managed teams of various sizes· Contributed to design and prototype development of various projects· Helped develop executive information and project management systems

· Lead Designer responsibilities for versions of the Need for Speed racing franchise· Responsible for the timely creation of successful games and franchises· Developed and maintained working relationships with people and groups throughout EA

· Responsible for production of all Raven products from Hexen II to Star Trek: Elite Force· Responsible for post-acquisition production integration of Raven Software with Activision· P&L and production responsibilities for over twenty-five products of varying complexity and risk for Activision’s internal, OEM, and external studios· Managed external projects as well as internal teams and resources

Mba, Marketing, It

Ba, English, Film, Photography