Nov 2022 – Mar 2023 · 4 mos · Los Angeles, California, United States

• Provided creative leadership, oversight, and direction for the centralized publishing platform and all connected games.
• Worked with internal design and affiliated development team design leaders to create meaningful connectivity between their games and the centralized Midnight platform.
• Created lore for the overall platform and work with game teams to realize the creative vision for the IP they are developing.
• Met with potential partners to evaluate their projects, studio capabilities, and overall creative acumen as matches for the creative and business goals at Midnight.

Apr 2019 – Aug 2022 · 3 yrs 4 mos

Mar 2019 – Oct 2022 · 3 yrs 7 mos

• Co-Founded a technology company and development studios focused on connecting gamers across genres, devises, and franchises.
• Built a culture of productive creativity, designing opportunities for team members to learn, grow, and unleash their creative potential.
• Successfully transitioned a shared space studio to a fully remote operation, requiring new production and workflow processes.
• Built successful product and game demos with both original and licensed IP that met with successful partner approvals and publisher interest.

Jul 2017 – Mar 2019 · 1 yr 8 mos · Greater London, England, United Kingdom

• Led design, oversaw internal AAA demo team on SpatialOS platform.
• Led creative for affiliated AAA studios and consulted with partner companies.

Jun 2011 – Dec 2016 · 5 yrs 6 mos · Glendale, CA

• ◆ VP, DCPI Labs - May 2015 - December 2016
• Provide creative input on numerous projects across the fields of Connected Toys, Internet of Things, Augmented Reality, and Virtual Reality.
• Serve on several divisional committees concerned with various products and corporate directives.
• ◆ VP. Head of DI Central Creative - January 2014 - May 2015
• Established a creative leadership position that reported directly to the President of Disney Interactive and worked closely with all business units in the division.
• Built a centralized organization that handled game design, game art, marketing and packaging creative services, audio, music, and executive presentations.
• Initiated Creative Loop, a divisional creative mentorship, outreach, and education program to promote creative exchange between our cast members.
• ◆ VP/GM, Product Development (Core Games) - January 2012 - January 2014
• Oversaw several development studio GMs on production of games across the Marvel, Disney Vault, Disney Infinity, Originals, and Partners teams.
• Released numerous titles on handheld, console, and mobile platforms including Disney Infinity and Fantasia: Music Evolved.
• Built and fostered excellent relationships with key IP stakeholders and creative executives across Disney, Pixar, Marvel, and Lucas Film.
• ◆ VP, Marvel Franchise from June 2011 - January 2012
• Worked closely with Marvel and product development teams to create a distinct Marvel Games Universe in order to provide a consistent narrative and conceit across multiple titles.
• Released a creatively-affiliated product line consisting of Avengers Alliance, Avengers Initiative, and Marvel XP.

Aug 2010 – Present · 15 yrs 7 mos · Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

• Provide consulting in the realms of digital game and analog game design and publishing with respect to music and music licensing. Speak on the games industry at industry and corporate events.
• Perform various elements of songwriting, lyrics, visual creative, performance, and publishing aspects in the music industry.

Nov 2008 – Aug 2010 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Designed and Produced up to an Executive level on the Champions Online MMO. Assumed leadership on the project during the final 10 months of development and brought the project in on time and to the design vision and budget provided by the Executive management team.
• Worked with the Executive Producers and Lead Designers of all Cryptic projects to provide high-level design oversight and support.
• Worked with the Executive Management Team (CEO / COO / Directors) to define future projects and company direction.
• Played a key role in the transformation of Cryptic Studios from a classic MMO development studio to a more agile company creating shorter to develop and better focused games that are monetized via a micro-transaction business model.

Jun 2003 – Jul 2008 · 5 yrs 1 mo

• Co-Founded game development studio Flagship Studios and online-services company Ping0 to successfully launch and operate Hellgate: London within a 4 year window. This included the securing of funding, global publishing agreements, and numerous ancillary IP deals to achieve.
• Established and guided the creative and production strategy for the company while overseeing the areas of global marketing and business development.
• Created the core Hellgate: London universe, including story bibles, main characters, world settings, character scripting and performance and direction of actor voice-overs.

Jan 2001 – Jan 2003 · 2 yrs

• Designed and Produced up to a Senior level on the critically-acclaimed Diablo series of Action-RPGs.
• Advised on the creation of the core Diablo universe, including main characters, world settings, character scripting and performance and direction of actor voice-overs. Also designed and produced numerous ancillary materials including writers and marketing bibles.
• Diablo II, and subsequently Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, became the Guinness Book of World Records fastest-selling PC games at the time of their release.
• Served as liaison between Blizzard North and Blizzard HQ, as well as between internal developers, 3rd party developers, marketing, sales, and QA teams.

Jan 1994 – Jan 2001 · 7 yrs

• Designed and Produced up to an Executive level on the critically-acclaimed StarCraft series of strategy games.
• Advised on the creation of the core StarCraft universe, including main characters, world settings, character scripting and performance and direction of actor voice-overs. Also designed and produced numerous ancillary materials including story bibles.
• Forged and managed relationships between external developers on expansion, console, and first-party projects. Served as liaison between Blizzard North and Blizzard HQ, as well as between internal developers, 3rd party developers, marketing, sales, and QA teams.
• Designed and Produced up to an Executive level on the critically-acclaimed Warcraft series of strategy games.
• Created the core Warcraft universe, including story bibles, main characters, world settings, character scripting and performance and direction of actor voice-overs. Also designed and produced numerous ancillary materials.
• Forged and managed relationships between external developers on expansion, console, and first-party projects.