Below is my professional resume which covers my career within the interactive entertainment and video game industry. Click the Word icon or PDF icon for a downloadable version.

Production Management

Global Product Management - Research & Development - Strategic Planning

 

 

Highly accomplished and confident team leader in research and development of interactive game content with domestic and international experience in product management, game development, and publishing. Results-oriented in establishing and maintaining business relationships with publishing partners, game developers, and licensors.  Experienced in relations management displaying an aptitude for effectively utilizing and supervising internal and external team resources, promoting creativity and teamwork, increasing profitability and quality, while striving to improve processes. A solid understanding of the process of making games, including art, code, and design pipelines for PC and console platform games from both internal and external points of view.

Core Competencies

§        Confident Leadership

§        Strategic Business Planning 

§        Product Management

§        Team Management

§        Licensing Experience

§        Mentoring and Coaching

§        P&L Management

§        Technology Development

§        Market Identification

§        Problem Solving

§         New Business Development

§        Chaos Management

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NAMCO HOMETEK INC. –San Jose, CA.                  2004–Present

Senior Producer

Serve as Senior Producer and Localization Coordinator overseeing multimillion dollar projects on console platforms for worldwide markets.

 

Complete responsibly for all aspects of project startup, development and completion, including budget appropriation and expenditure, marketing and PR oversight, scheduling and execution, and relations with submissions parties. Additional responsibilities include new business research and development and localization coordination efforts of titles for North America.

 

Key Achievements:

Ø      Identified and promoted new business development of projects with an eye on expanding into new genres and platforms with the emphasis on franchise potential.

Ø       Helped to establish procedures within external development

Ø     Took over localization efforts of titles and saw them to on-time completion and delivery to market.

 

VIVENDI UNIVERSAL GAMES – Cambridge,MA.         2002–2004

Senior Producer

Serve as Senior Producer overseeing multimillion dollar projects across PC and console platforms for worldwide markets. 

 

Full responsibly for project development and completion, adhering to schedules, maintaining budgets, and facilitating communications with development, marketing, PR, and sales.  Interaction with submissions parties for product evaluations, reviews, and submissions. Contract and legal negotiations with developers, licensors, and 3rd parties. Oversee product development from concept to green-light, from green-light to finished product.

 

Key Achievements:

Ø      Kept project spending to $0 beyond projected expenditures without sacrifices to quality or scheduling. 

Ø      Took over projects mid-development assuring successful completion and delivery on schedule.

Ø       Facilitated marketing and sales additional needs with design and technology enhancements near the end of development without jeopardy to budget or schedule.

Ø       Aggressively negotiated technology and consulting agreements in favor of the publisher.

Ø      Provided a structured milestone evaluation process.

 

WILDTANGENT – Redmond, WA.                                     2001–2002

Senior Producer

Served as Senior Producer of various products within an internal development environment with direct oversight of multiple teams ranging from 2 to 6 resources.

 

Directed internal development teams in the design and development of game content for clients and internal publishing though due-diligence, prioritization, and task assignment.  Focus on rapid development and ensuring budgets adhered to quoted costs strictly maintained.  Accountable for concept development, team creation, product development, client relations, team workloads, and personnel reviews. 

 

Key Achievements:

Ø       Positively contributed to company’s start-up quarterly revenue by aggressively tackling unnoticed opportunities from the sales group through the use of crafted concept pitches.

Ø       Managed development of all products without budget overruns, to client satisfaction, and without having employee turnover occur on my teams.

Ø      Effectively led project teams to proven results that created repeat business from clientele.

 

HASBRO INTERACTIVE – Beverly, MA.                           1997–2001

Producer - Senior Producer

Served in a producer role game content in a publishing role for Hasbro Interactive and in a development role for Games.com. Product covered all age groups, genres, and platforms.

 

Film Roman – North Hollywood, CA.                                 1996–1997

Associate Producer

Served as associate producer directing the day-to-day development of a nine-person team of a licensed product for console and PC systems.

 

Virgin Interactive Entertainment – Irvine, CA.                1992–1997

Assistant Producer – Associate Producer

Served as assistant and associate producer roles coordinating the publishing aspects of game development across multiple platforms.    


 

EDUCATION

San Jose State College, San Jose CA

Cabrillo Jr. College, Santa Cruz, CA

SKILLS

 

Proficient in:

§         Adobe Photoshop

§        AlienBrain

§         FileMaker Pro

§         Microsoft Excel

§        Microsoft Project

§        Microsoft PowerPoint

§        Visio

§         Visual Source Safe

§         Media Training with public presentation, speaking, and on-camera interviewing

TITLE HISTORY

 

Title

Platform(s)

Publisher/Developer

Baten Kiatos

 

Time Crises : Crises

Zone

 

SWAT: Global Strike Team

GC

 

PS2

 

 

PS2, XBX

Namco Hometek

 

Namco Hometek

 

 

Vivendi Universal Games / Argonaut Software

 

 

Empire Earth 2

PC - Windows

Vivendi Universal Games / Mad Doc Software

 

 

SWAT 4

PC – Windows

Vivendi Universal Games / Irrational Games

A Knight’s Tale (game and visualizer)

PC - browser

Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment / WildTangent

BellSouth FastAccess Racing

PC - browser

BellSouth / WildTangent

 

 

Betty Badd

PC – browser

WildTangent / WildTangent

 

 

Evilution

PC – browser

Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment / WildTangent

 

 

Hit The Pros 2002

PC – browser

Fox Sports / WildTangent

 

 

Hyundai Rally Challenge

PC – browser

Hyundai / WildTangent

 

 

Slayer X

PC – browser

FX Network / WildTangent

 

 

 

SpiderMan visualizer

PC - browser

Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment / WildTangent

 

 

 

SuperSpeedway

PC – browser

WildTangent / WildTangent

 

 

 

Atari brand arcade titles

PC – browser

Hasbro Interactive / Games.com

 

 

 

Boggle

PC – browser

Hasbro Interactive / Playsite

 

 

 

Risk

PC – browser

Hasbro Interactive / Games.com

 

 

Stratego

PC – browser

Hasbro Interactive / Games.com

 

 

Ultimate Axis and Allies

PC - browser

Hasbro Interactive / VR-1

Ultimate Risk

PC - browser

Hasbro Interactive / VR-1

 

 

Boggle

PC

WildTangent / PCA

 

 

Frogger

PC, PlayStation

Hasbro Interactive / Millennium Interactive

 

 

Em@il Games brand titles

PC

Hasbro Interactive / VR-1

 

 

Mastermind

PC

Hasbro Interactive / Gremlin Interactive

 

 

Missile Command

PC – browser

Hasbro Interactive / Meyer-Glass Interactive

 

 

 

Mr. Potato Head’s Activity Pack

PC

Hasbro Interactive / Image Builder

 

 

 

Outburst

PC

Hasbro Interactive / Hersh Interactive

 

 

 

Pictionary

PC

Hasbro Interactive / Image Builder

 

 

 

Playskool 3 in 1

PC

Hasbro Interactive / Image Builder

 

 

 

Small Soldiers: Globotech Design Lab

PC

Hasbro Interactive / EAI

 

 

Small Soldiers: Squad Commander

PC

Hasbro Interactive / Dreamworks Interactive

Space Wars (canceled)

PC, PlayStation

Hasbro Interactive / Sunset Entertainment

Felix The Cat (canceled)

PC, PlayStation

IBM / Film Roman

 

 

 

The 11th Hour: Sequel to The 7th Guest

Windows

Virgin Interactive Entertainment / Trilobite

 

 

Demolition Man

Genesis, Sega-CD, SNES

Virgin Interactive Entertainment / Alexandria Games

 

 

The Lion King

Genesis, SNES

Virgin Interactive Entertainment / Westwood Studios

 

 

Heart of the Alien

Sega CD

Virgin Interactive Entertainment / Interplay

 

 

Dune

Sega CD

Virgin Interactive Entertainment / Cryo Interactive Entertainment

 

 

 

The Terminator

Sega CD

Virgin Interactive Entertainment / Virgin Interactive Entertainment

 

 

 

Beneath a Steel Sky

PC

Virgin Interactive Entertainment /

Revolution Software, LTD

 

 

 

Modern Bride Wedding Planner

MAC, PC

Virgin Interactive Entertainment

 

 

 

Dan Marino Football

Genesis, SNES

Virgin Interactive Entertainment /

Park Place Productions