Résumé

Objective: Assistant Producer

• Three years experience as an Assistant Producer in the game industry with a passion for all types of gaming. Two shipped titles in an Assistant Producer role. Credited on five shipped titles in total.

• Managed scheduling, assets, and production processes for 30 person teams.

• Experience defining level review procedures such as determining meaningful review stages, setting reviewer list, implementing meetings and defining meeting agendas.

• Adept in applying various types of project development processes, including high level waterfall schedules and implementing small SCRUM groups to support the level development process.

• Outstanding attention to detail and able to multi-task. Efficiently work under pressure to meet deadlines and objectives.

• Communicate effectively, written and orally, with diverse personalities. Work well individually or as part of a team.

• Published software on Wii and iPhone platforms in an Assistant Producer role. Assisted in the production of two PSP titles in a non-production role.

• Enjoy gaming in all mediums, some of my favorites are: World of Warcraft, Portal, Super Mario Brothers (SMB) 3, SMB 64, SMB Sunshine, SMB Galaxy, Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy X, D&D, Magic the Gathering, Arkham Horror, To Court the King and Dominion.

• Task and Asset Tracking: Microsoft Project, Redmine, Perforce.

• Game Platforms: Wii, PSP, iPhone.

• Operating Systems: Mac, Windows and Ubuntu (Linux).

• Microsoft Applications: Office Suite, Project, Visio, Outlook.

• Adobe Applications: Photoshop, Illustrator (also familiar with Gimp and Inkscape).

• Scripting and Programming Languages: CSS, HTML, PHP, C++, PERL.

• Content Management Systems: Drupal

Assistant Producer

Portable Zoo. Inc., Santa Clara, CA. March 2009 – February 2010

An iPhone game development company founded in part by Don Traeger, EA Sports Founder.

• Worked on Karuki Rescue (shipped), Tripletters (shipped).

• As the sole producer in studio, maintained an efficient and productive work environment by creating and managing high level task schedules, game overviews, and design documentation.

• Built and maintained the company website with the desired features, social media message and content in order to provide communication with customers and investors. Required in-depth Drupal platform knowledge, CSS and HTML work, and some PHP. Site built for all major web browsers and iPhone.

• Managed social media communications with the public and iPhone community: Maintained website news/blog, communicated with reviewers and media, maintained continuous and positive support and feedback communications with customers.

• Provided game testing and feedback to ensure quality gameplay experience for users.

• Marketed products through AdMob and AdWords, contacted press and reviewers in order to increase product visibility.

Drupal Engineer

OpenIssue, LLC., Santa Clara, CA. July 2009 – October 2009

Web design and information systems company, both open source and SaaS.

• Worked with Director of Engineering, Principal Consultant (customer relations) and Graphic Designers to develop compelling, functional and successful websites for not-for-profit companies.

• Customized Drupal installation and worked directly with html, CSS and PHP.

• Developed in a Scrum scheduling environment using Redmine.

Assistant Producer

Locomotive Games, THQ Inc., Santa Clara, CA. September 2005 – November 2008

A medium sized game studio developing PSP and Wii titles.

• Worked on Stuntman for the Wii (cancelled), Red Faction for the Wii (cancelled). Credited on Cars for PSP, Ratatouille for PSP and Destroy All Humans: Big Willy Unleashed for Wii in non-production roll.

• Worked collaboratively with art, design, and programming departments to produce high level Waterfall project schedules and detailed task schedules used to budget, ensure quality, and maintain on-time project delivery.

• Determined project direction, processes and tracked tasks defining scope and time line for projects, including low level SCRUM project processes.

• Researched competitive product, analyzed sales and reviewed data; which resulted in competitive game design.

• Managed information flow on wiki for team and publisher reference. This included monitoring and verifying new data and PERL scripting to maintain reporting tools and exporting functionality.

• Supported Senior and Executive producers with diverse tasks such as milestone presentations for executive review and sustaining good communication with the team and management, in order to maintain a cohesive and productive work environment.

Portland Community College, Portland, Oregon - Studied General Education.