Selected Projects

Project #28: Ghost Town Project #29: Holiday Hollow Project #30: Prospect Falls

2012

Organization(s):

Zynga San Francisco (Internal Publisher/Developer) and Buzz Monkey Software (External Developer) studios

Responsibilities:

Project management for cross discipline planning, resource management, milestones creation + review, external mentoring, and overall studio procedures

Project #26: FishVille

2009

Organization(s):

Zynga San Francisco (Developer and Publisher) and Zynga Bangalore (Developer transition team)

Responsibilities:

Internal & External Art team manager
Created SLA cadence and executed content pipeline earning $10.1 million over 13 months

Project #21: Fracture

2008

Organization(s):

LucasArts (Publisher), Day 1 Studios (External Developer), and Activision (Publishing distribution for Asian markets)

Responsibilities:

Managed $300k production budget of cinematic outsourcing for pre-rendered full motion video (FMV’s)
Authored outsourcing milestone schedules & contracts
Managed the submissions process for game ratings certification with ESRB and international rating boards
Reviewed weekly / milestone builds to provide economic solutions towards development constraints
Production point of contact (P.O.C.) for: International, Operations, Marketing, Creative Services, Web, PR, Finance, Quality Assurance, Audio, IT, Mastering Lab, Compliance, Consumer Insights and Business Affairs

Project #19: Eragon

2006

Organization(s):

Stormfront Studios (Developer) and Viviendi Universal Games + Sierra Entertainment (Publishing partners)

Responsibilities:

Managed the production of in-game assets, cinematics, and maintianed the approval process for all art
Managed the game submission process to publishers
Hosted weekly team meetings to discuss project status, identified bottlenecks, and provided solutions
Created in-game cinematics and character scripted events
Created rough environments in 3D, designed and implemented single + co-op level logic, and camera placement for an action/adventure title

Project #14: Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising Project #15: Joint Operations: Escalation

2004

Organization(s):

NovaLogic (Developer and Publisher) and EA (distribution Publisher)

Responsibilities:

Designed and implemented single & multi player levels for various 1st/3rd person action / shooter games
Conceptualized & illustrated additional terrains to maximize engine strengths
Converted levels to support other game modes / types (King of the Hill into Capture the Flag, etc.)

Project #13: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

2003

Organization(s):

Black Ops Entertainment (Developer), Shiny Entertainment and Legend Entertainment (dev support studios), Atari (Publisher)

Responsibilities:

Wrote level walkthroughs/game play mechanics for Game Design Document (GDD)
Implemented gameplay encounters with AI and customized scripts for in-game objects and particle effects
Utilized working database knowledge

Project #12: Beauty and the Beast

2002

Organization(s):

B1 Media (Developer) and Walt Disney Home Entertainment (Publisher)

Responsibilities:

Managed the project life cycles for the development of Disney “Set Top” DVD games
Created custom game designs for various Walt Disney feature animations and film
Authored game progression flow charts for DVD mastering

SELECTED PROJECTS

Internal & External Art team manager

Created SLA cadence and executed content pipeline earning $10.1 million over 13 months

Managed $300k production budget of cinematic outsourcing for pre-rendered full motion video (FMV’s)

Authored outsourcing milestone schedules & contracts

Managed the submissions process for game ratings certification with ESRB and international rating boards

Reviewed weekly / milestone builds to provide economic solutions towards development constraints

Production point of contact (P.O.C.) for: International, Operations, Marketing, Creative Services, Web, PR, Finance, Quality Assurance, Audio, IT, Mastering Lab, Compliance, Consumer Insights and Business Affairs

Managed the production of in-game assets, cinematics, and maintianed the approval process for all art

Managed the game submission process to publishers

Hosted weekly team meetings to discuss project status, identified bottlenecks, and provided solutions

Created in-game cinematics and character scripted events

Created rough environments in 3D, designed and implemented single + co-op level logic, and camera placement for an action/adventure title

Designed and implemented single & multi player levels for various 1st/3rd person action / shooter games

Conceptualized & illustrated additional terrains to maximize engine strengths

Converted levels to support other game modes / types (King of the Hill into Capture the Flag, etc.)

Wrote level walkthroughs/game play mechanics for Game Design Document (GDD)

Implemented gameplay encounters with AI and customized scripts for in-game objects and particle effects

Managed the project life cycles for the development of Disney “Set Top” DVD games

Created custom game designs for various Walt Disney feature animations and film

Authored game progression flow charts for DVD mastering