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Client-facing producer and project manager with extensive experience taking high-level customer concepts from initial design to completion. Proven leader with a history of guiding cross-functional teams through the entire software development lifecycle and delivering projects on-time and under cost despite challenging schedule and budget constraints.

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Cubic Global Defense07/2016 - PRESENT

Senior Technical Producer Lead 2016 - Present

Responsible for the day-to-day management, performance, and completion of large-scale game-based training projects involving extensive software engineering, art, design, and content development. Assure projects are completed within budget, schedule, and contract requirements.

  • Manage, monitor, and approve all elements of assigned projects from inception to completion, including product design, procurement, production, testing, delivery, installation, and acceptance.
  • Review and approve technical approach, feasibility and cost estimates for projects and features.
  • Adapt agile methodologies to best work with fixed-price, fixed-scope contracts.
  • Supervise, mentor, and train less experienced technical producers, creating goal-oriented personal development plans through regularly scheduled one-on-one meetings.
  • Track performance related metrics for multi-functional teams, reporting status, projections, risks, and opportunities to stakeholders and upper management.
  • Lead lesson content production, creating processes to help identify bottlenecks, diagnose inefficiencies, hit deadlines, and maintain quality.
  • Responsible for planning and prioritizing work, ensuring sprints and schedules align with company, customer, and contractual needs.
n-Space, Inc.01/2002 - 07/2016

Design Director 2014 - 2016

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.

Senior Producer / Game Director / Producer 2007 - 2014

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.
  • Involved in hiring and training of new team members, working to align their interests with the goals of the company.

LEAD DESIGNER 2005 - 2007

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%.

LEAD PROGRAMMER / SCRIPTING LEAD 2003 - 2005

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.

PROGRAMMER 2002 - 2003

Implemented core mechanics and features as defined by project specifications.

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

US Patents

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.

Interactive Courseware

Immersive Virtual Ship Environment (IVSE) training for the Readiness Control Officer (2017, PC), and Combat Systems (2019, PC)

Games and Projects

  • Alone in the Dark: Illumination (2016 Update, PC)
  • 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)
Additional Experience

  • Selected by Cubic’s Executive Management Committee to participate in the High Potential Program for demonstrating a high level of contribution, performance, leadership, and the ability to achieve more. Less than 1% of the employee base is selected to participate.
  • 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, Perforce, Microsoft Project, Jira, Confluence, Agile/Scrum, Waterfall, Unity 5, Unreal Engine 3, Unreal Engine 4, Sound Forge, Vegas, Microsoft Office.