Managed development team responsible for overall project vision and minute-to-minute product experience. Coordinated with other team leads to ensure technical and artistic development remained in-line with product vision. Worked within licensor requirements to harmonize product's design within the larger brand portfolio.

• Supported publisher and licensor marketing plans by providing key project materials, participating in on-camera interviews to the media, contributing to social media campaigns, and evangelizing products at trade shows and conventions.
• Established department processes and best practices including a process for streamlined design approvals that saved dozens of man-hours weekly.>
• Acted as Scrum Master for daily Sprint meetings, coaching the team and facilitating self-organization to boost development productivity.
• Created and maintained risk management plan for product design, collaborating with other leads to assess risks and mitigate those evaluated as high-likelihood/high-impact.
• Responsible for mentoring and developing team members through employee tailored acceleration plans and recurrent performance discussions and talent reviews.

Producer and project manager for multiple console and handheld titles. Controlled resource assignment, budget, scheduling, and scope prioritization. Acted as primary point-of-contact for publishers, prioritizing and managing change requests. Ensured all subcontractor-developed assets met quality technical standards and were delivered within contractual schedule and budget.

• Managed vision, scope, and day-to-day responsibilities for multiple $2M+ dollar projects and 30+ person teams.
• Acted as point-of-contact for publishers and external producers, prioritizing requests and managing development from project inception to final closeout.
• Responsible for oversight of subcontractor teams. Oversaw scheduling and monitoring of audio and art content subcontractors, including casting and directing of voice talent and final validation of all submitted assets.
• Created concept documents, pitch decks, resource plans, and budgets for both internal projects and external proposals (RFPs).
• Involved in hiring and training new team members, working to align their interests with the goals of the company.

Led team of game and level designers creating macro- and micro-level gameplay experiences.

• Coordinated international development efforts with publisher, development, and subcontractor teams speaking three languages across four time zones. Worked through translators to ensure publisher's schedule and quality expectations were achieved.
• Created web-based tool to efficiently manage and track all Lua scripting functions and parameters, boosting level designer productivity and allowing 10% more content to be created and integrated within fixed schedule and budget constraints.
• Developed an efficient scripting workflow, including the adoption of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technology that lowered training and development costs by 25%.

Led team of scripters in defining, implementing, and integrating core gameplay content.

• Led the development of several new scripting language features, reducing iteration time and allowing the team to deliver up to 20% more content within fixed schedule constraints.
• Established and led scripting team, including hiring and training of team members.

Implemented core mechanics and features as defined by project specifications.

• Responsible for all engineering features in delivering complete standalone mini-games.

U.S. Patents 7,905,779 and 8,672,753 - Patents covering the unique alteration of a player's experience of a video game world based on the current character. For example, a game may alter the player's visual and aural perception when he or she is controlling a dog or mouse from a first-person perspective.

• Dungeons and Dragons Sword Coast Legends (2015, PC, Xbox One, PS4)
• Unannounced Action Game (2013, Xbox 360)
• Skylanders Swap Force (2013, 3DS)
• Skylanders Giants (2012, 3DS)
• Heroes of Ruin (2012, 3DS)
• Golf Cart Ranger (2010, iOS)
• Tron: Evolution - Battle Grids (2010, Wii)
• Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (2009, Wii, PS2)
• Unannounced Action/Spy Game (2008, Wii)
• Winter (2006, Wii)
• Geist (2005, GC)
• Dexter's Laboratory (2003, PS2, GC)
• Mary Kate and Ashley: Sweet 16 (2002, PS2, GC)

• Created MasterCritic.com and produced weekly movie-themed podcasts for over a year.
• Directed horror short film "Deadly Upgrade" that was featured on NBC Universal's ChillerTV Dare to Direct Special.
• Have significant cross-cultural experience, including international travel and frequent phone/video conferences, from working with multinational publishers such as Japan-based Nintendo Corporation, Ltd.
• Completed formal Media Training and am comfortable representing project and company to the public.
• Proficient in C, C++, Lua, PHP, SQL, HTML, CSS, C#, .NET, Subversion, Microsoft Project, Jira, Confluence, Agile/Scrum, Waterfall, Unity 5, Unreal Engine 3, Unreal Engine 4, Sound Forge, Vegas, Microsoft Office.