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Own and operate Thorrnet Publishing, a full-service indie publishing brand providing funding, product development support, and marketingIdentify and acquire publishing rights to promising indie gamesDefine the strategy, feature set, and roadmap for acquired titlesManage internal production and QA contractors, external marketing teamsBuild relationship with first party platform holders to create partnerships and business opportunitiesLaunched Griefhelm on PC in August 2020Unannounced title for PC and Nintendo Switch slated for Q1 2021

Define and execute the strategy for PC and Console titlesDrive operations for live and in-development projects using live data, user testing, and researchForecast title performance and ensure acquisitions deliver ROILead the product team and coordinate resources across production, marketing, and QABuild relationships with developers, prioritizing creating partnerships over finding vendorsBuild and grow relationships with first party platform owners (Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, Google, etc.) and hardware developers to create partnerships and new business opportunitiesWork with Adult Swim Games executive team on long range planning and catalog goals for the next five yearsPlanned and executed, along with senior level team leaders and the executive team, a major strategy shift from independent games publisher to owned-IP publisher

Define the strategy, vision, and performance goals for PC and console titles for Adult SwimGames.Lead a multidisciplinary product team for each title including production, marketing, QA, andexternal development, defining priorities and shipping titles on Steam, Xbox One, and PS4.Doubled Steam revenue year-over-year in 2017.Titles shipped:Rick and Morty: Virtual Rickality (PS VR)Small Radios Big Televisions (Steam, PS4)Rise & Shine (Steam, Xbox One)DESYNC (Steam)Frog Fractions 2 (Steam)Rain World (Steam, PS4)

Oversaw production of Steam titles from initial pitch through launch; leading a project manager,QA team, and external development team.Supported the mobile game producer by providing creative feedback during production anddata analysis during live ops for multiple #1 games in the iOS app store.Developed feature strategy for Duck Game, delaying launch to add online multiplayer, resultingin Adult Swim Game’s highest grossing PC/Console title to date.Titles shipped:Duck Game (Steam)Wasted (Steam)Westerado: Doubled Barreled (Steam, Xbox One)Traverser (Steam)Oblitus (Steam)Zenzizenzic (Steam)

Oversaw external development teams creating original IP in Flash for Adult Swim Games on their website and Facebook.Developed and executed a strategy for Steam, leveraging existing IP and developerrelationships, creating a new multi-million-dollar annual revenue stream.Select titles shipped out of 25+:Super House of Dead Ninjas (Megadev)Westerado: Double Barreled (Ostrich Banditos)Give Up Robot 2 (Matt Thorson)Fat Wizard (Matt Thorson and Chevy Ray)Escape from Puppy Death Factory (Arthur Lee)Dinosaur Zookeeper (Vlambeer)

Supported the project manager, lead designer, writer, and producer for FusionFall, anMMORPG.Tested for functionality and stability, logging and tracking issues in JIRA.Produced all post-launch VO for content updates, booking Cartoon Network show talent,running VO sessions, and working with audio designers and the external developer to ship finalaudio for each update.