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Skills

  • Agile
  • Budgeting
  • Business Coaching
  • Business Management
  • Career Development
  • Mobile Development
  • Operations Management
  • Program Management
  • Project Management
  • Proposal Writing
  • Scrum
  • Software Development
  • Software Product Management
  • Startup Consulting

Services

  • Business Management Professional

    $50/hr Starting at $500 Ongoing

    Dedicated Resource

    I am a veteran software development professional with over 15 years of experience in shipping critically acclaimed products across multiple platforms. As the VP of Product for Savonix Inc., a mobile...

    AgileBudgetingBusiness CoachingBusiness ManagementCareer Development

About

My passion is building winning enterprises, successful processes and creative, agile, high-performance teams.

I am a veteran software development professional with over 15 years of experience in shipping critically acclaimed products across multiple platforms.

As the VP of Product for Savonix Inc., a mobile cognitive health platform, I wore many hats as we took the company from seed-stage to commercial success. Prior to Savonix, I was an Executive Producer at Zynga and Head of Operations at LucasArts. I began my career at Electronic Arts, where I oversaw testing and delivery of multi-platinum sports games.
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I am a Certified Scrum Master and Product Owner from the Scrum Alliance.

Career Highlights:

Co-built a successful health technology startup from the ground up.
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Led Production for industry-leading, top grossing social games for web and mobile platforms: FarmVille 1 and Zynga Texas Hold'em Poker.
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Co-developed and implemented Zynga’s Agile Software Development Program, with an emphasis on scaling to live, enterprise-level operations.
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Managed Operations for critically acclaimed Star Wars branded titles for console, PC and mobile platforms: Star Wars: The Old Republic, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2, LEGO Star Wars: The Clone Wars and others.
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Managed Quality Assurance for multi-platinum console sports games: EA Sports FIFA Soccer 2003 to 2008, EA Sports World Cup 2002, MVP Baseball 2004.
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Instructor for industry-leading Game Design Program at Vancouver Film School.

Work Terms

I have very flexible hours and can work in any time zone. Please email me for further information.