Nov 2014 – Present · 11 yrs 4 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

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Aug 2014 – Oct 2014 · 2 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• 3 month consulting assignment to work on Milestone game projects such as Aero Birdies.

Feb 2009 – Jul 2014 · 5 yrs 5 mos · India

• Managed central engineering teams across multiple verticals.
• EA Digital Platform System Test: Ensured successful mobile launches for majority of EA's mobile portfolio. Also managed QSPR team for EA's proprietary mobile backend used by all mobile teams. Oversaw nearly 25 launches over a 2 year period including major franchises such as Simpsons, Real racing, Sim City etc.
• Headed HTC (Hyderabad Technology Center) part of CDS (Central Development Services) QA Technology. Managed product development teams for QA tools & technologies, animation tools and several other QA, Games & software engineering initiatives.

Sep 2007 – Jan 2009 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Higher quality engagement with existing client relationships through reliable delivery of game, software & E learning projects leading
• Streamlined project portfolio to focus on higher revenue/value projects and killed others
• New client relationships and projects including some of the most prestigious and high revenue projects
• Hanuman: Boy Warrior was a project pitched by me to Sony Computer Entertainment UK and I wrote the original design, story and managed the entire project team. The first company in India to win such a project on Playstation we delivered the product in 10 months.
• Dancing with the Stars: A game based on the dance reality tv show in the US
• Headed India operations as well as business development on a global basis
• Aurona (later acquired by Pyramid Saimira group) was the most prolific full cycle game developer in India with over 15 game projects shipped / shipping shortly on PC, PS2, DS, Online, Casual, Wii & Arcade platforms.
• Aurona had a solid track record in the Software Development space in content rich New media & Web technologies as well as E learning.

Nov 2005 – Aug 2007 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Head of Production & Business Development
• Game development
• Serious Games (Defense)
• Game Art Outsourcing
• Full Cycle Game development
• Game Production, Project Management
• Rolta is leading IT & engineering services multinational with over 4000 employees spread over its several offices in India & international subsidiaries in US, Europe & Middle East. A market leader is GIS, Rolta also has a very strong presence in engineering, IT security. Recently Rolta has launched new forays in education, Game development & ERP consulting.
• Rolta has certifications such as CMMI Level 5, BS 27001, ISO 9001:2000 and has been recognised as one of 'Asia's Best 200 under a billion' by Forbes; 4 times in the last 6 years.

Jun 1998 – Nov 2005 · 7 yrs 5 mos

• Setting up the game development division from scratch
• Defining the strategic & business direction for this division
• Team building, recruitment, talent development & all HR issues
• Managing the art outsource business
• Setting up systems for production, project management operations, QA etc.
• Generating publisher interest in the game project & working on other business opportunities
• Executive Producer & Lead designer for an internally developed PC title being developed using Renderware Graphics & Physics. This title has been concept approved for Playstation 2 & Xbox.
• ROLES ASSUMED
• Executive Producer
• Lead Designer
• Business Director
• Head of Art Outsource operations
• Prior to Game development operations being set up I was handling the Games distribution, publishing /licensing & marketing business.
• Was Designated as Business Manager at that point.

Jan 1997 – Jan 1998 · 1 yr

• Initiated channel partnerships, extending distribution reach beyond Mumbai
• Setup a distribution channel over Western, Central & Northern India - added roughly 3 channel partners in several mini-metros & state capitals
• Managed a direct sales team focused on corporate & institutional sales in Mumbai

Jan 1996 – Jan 1997 · 1 yr

• Managed channel partners for product line I was responsible for
• Worked on product launch & market entry strategies
• Created sales & marketing promotions to help channels partners achieve sales targets
• Provided direct support, oversight & guidance on key account sales
• Imparted training on product range

Jan 1993 – Jan 1996 · 3 yrs

• Started with frontline sales for a range of specialty products primarily to government customers
• Opened up new segments (corporate/institutional) for a specific range of products
• Was responsible for a few key accounts