Westwood Studios, Las Vegas, Nevada (5/97 to present)
Mindscape, Novato, California (10/95 to 11/96)
Chessmaster 4000 for Windows (Win 95)
SEGA of America, Redwood City, California (11/93 to 10/95)
NHL All-Star Hockey (Saturn)
ELECTRONIC ARTS, San Mateo, California (5/87 to 11/93)
TechnoClash (SEGA) Producer
Product Testing Supervisor (7/90 to 5/91)
Assistant Producer (6/88 to 7/90)
Madden Football (Apple IIe)
Quality Assurance/Technical Support (5/87 - 6/88)
Director of QA and CS Departments
Happily employed and involved with some of the best games on the market.
Executive Producer Sports/Games
Responsible for development budget of MSA Sports Product Development Group. Managed and trained a staff of Producers and Associate Producers. Helped to create a new product line of sport action titles (MSA). Interfaced with major sports leagues and licensers to option contracts and terms.
Chessmaster (Sony PSX)
Pool Champion (Win 95)
Real Deal (Win 95)
Fishing Fanatic (Win 95)
Arron vs Ruth (Win 95,Sony PSX)
Strange Golf (Win 95,Sony PSX)
NCAA Final Four Basketball (Win 95,Sony PSX)
Producer Sega Sports
Responsible for managing projects from the initial contract through to final shipment. Was charged with: (1) selecting, negotiating contracts, and maintaining daily relationships with both developers and pro-leagues throughout the entire development phase; (2) Managing script review; (3) planning and executing the technical design review to insure that all technical issues are resolved; and (4) assuring milestones are completed on time and associated payments are dispersed.
NHL All-Star Hockey (Genesis)
NHL All-Star Hockey (GameGear)
36 Greatest Holes Starring Fred Couples (Sega 32x)
Formula 1 Beyond the Limit (Sega CD)
NBA Action (Saturn)
Associate Producer/Project Manager (5/91 to 11/93)
Responsible for managing project from contract signing to ship. Negotiate project deal and terms. Conduct and manage script review process. Plan and execute Technical Design Review process to assure that any technical issues presented by the Technical Director are resolved. In charge of assuring milestones are completed on time and disbursement of milestone payments. Responsible for maintaining daily relationship with developers during the entire development phase.
Rings of Power (SEGA) Producer
B.O.B. (SEGA/SNES) Assoc. Producer
Rolo to the Rescue (SEGA) Assoc. Producer
Bards Tale IV (IBM) Assoc. Producer
Responsible for supervising product testing group of eight plus product testers. Managed time flow of all studio product testing. Hired and trained new employees for testing group. Developed internal database tracking system for department bug reports that were integrated with development team reports .
Responsible for assisting in the creation of products emphasizing strategy elements, replay-ability, and effective use of hardware and software interfaces. Serving as primary contact during product testing and debugging for both in-house and outside developers. Responsible for interacting with documentation, testing, marketing, and QA testing. Contributed to the production groups prospecting process that identifies and develops product concepts which exploit targeted opportunities.
Lakers vs Celtics (IBM,SEGA)
PGA Tour Golf (SEGA)
World Tour Golf (IBM, Amiga)
Weaver Baseball 1.5 (IBM)
Kings of the Beach (C-64)
Bards Tale III (Amiga,IBM)
Centurion (SEGA)
Keef the Thief (Amiga,IBM,IIgs)
Starflight II (IBM)
Sentinel Worlds (IBM)
Robo Cod (SEGA)
James Pond (SEGA)
Populous (Amiga)
Skate or Die (IIgs,NES)
Immortal (IIgs)
AFT 2.0 (IBM)
F-16 Combat Pilot (IBM,Amiga)
Responsible for testing products for optimal performance, designing quality assurance test plans, and documenting product inconsistencies. Trained customer service staff on the technical aspects of the games.
Overall tested (18) products for the following platforms: IBM, Apple IIe, Macintosh, Amiga, NEC, and Tandy.