Thomas Koos Email & Phone Number

Irvine, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Delivery lead for the Champions and Stages team within 2XKO.

Irvine, Ca, Us

Game Producer for a AAA Survival Game by Blizzard Entertainment- Line produced a Worldbuilding team focused on Level Design, Engineering, Content Design, and Environment Art.- Ran SCRUM-like processes with line produced teams that are informed by developers through iterative feedback.- Worked with Senior Production and discipline leads to propose and implement optimizations to team workflows based off of quantitative data through sprint metrics and qualitative feedback through retrospectives.- Reported and provided guidance for any potential risks or disruptions to project roadmaps, milestones, and deliverables.- Actively worked with teams on a daily basis to ensure that no one on the team is ever blocked from achieving their goals.- Worked closely with Worldbuilding directors, leads, and Senior Production for long and short-term planning.- Coordinated, transcribed, and provided clear action items from any meetings needed for our goals or team wellness.- Owned the onboarding playtest structure involving all disciplines to share our vision and team culture.

San Diego, California, Us

- Line produced Game Design, UI/UX, and VFX development teams.- Assisted implementing a company wide 4-week SCRUM involving all development teams.- Ran SCRUM-like processes with line produced teams that are informed by developers through iterative feedback.- Worked closely with Production and team Leads to communicate project status and identify risks.- Assisted in creation, estimation, and tracking of major milestones, features, tasks, and bugs for a large MMO project.- Facilitated clear communication, organization, and accountability across multiple development teams.- Coordinated, transcribed, and provided clear action items from any meetings needed for our goals or team wellness.

San Diego, California, Us

Irvine, Ca, Us

- Implemented formal scrum practices such as planning, grooming, velocity tracking, reviews, and retros.- Managed and prioritizes backlog as aligned to the initiatives set out by the team.- Provided weekly reports on progression of the automation team to all of Hearthstone and QA Engineering.

Irvine, Ca, Us

Hearthstone Gameplay QA (12/2016 – 5/2020)- Embedded Gameplay analyst focused around working directly with Team 5 Gameplay Engineering and Design teams.- QA Oracle for Hearthstone Battlegrounds and general asset testing for Hearthstone Card art, sound, and FX.- Regularly met with Production, Engineering, and Design to review test plans, reviewing progress, and voicing potential risks.Hearthstone Tools QA (8/2015 – 12/2016)- Embedded with the Hearthstone Tools team and regularly supported coworkers across all development teams.- Able to quickly pivot to take care of blocking issues for the team such as rolling back builds or providing workarounds.Hearthstone Mobile QA (7/2014 – 8/2015)- On the initial strike team that created test plans for Hearthstone’s phone client.- Organized and compiled feedback on mobile alphas for developer analysis.- Regularly tasked with UI testing and feedback during early development.

Irvine, Ca, Us

- Maintained the day-to-day operations of the Set Design teams like removing roadblocks and providing logistical support.- Owned the weekly team playtest by managing our playtest schedule, accounts, and preparation.- Coordinated Production on game balance updates involving teams such as Engineering, Live Ops, QA, and Community.- Established character diversity passes during design concepting.

Irvine, Ca, Us

- Co-developed the Hearthstone Inn-vitational tournament format for BlizzCon 2017.- Primary point of contact for the BlizzCon build information between Esports and the Hearthstone team.- Assisted in organizing data to ensure our team was GDPR compliant.

Associate Of Science - As, Computer Science

Associate Of Arts - Aa, Liberal Arts And Sciences/Liberal Studies