SUMMARY

STUDIO DIRECTOR - WOZLLA  S DE RL DE CV (MEXICO)

June 2015 - January 2017

In charge of setting and managing the Americas studio, expanding the Wozlla brand and presence in western countries, with a great focus in North and Latin America, but with the target of reaching a global market.

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Set the legal and fiscal entity for correctly fulfill any law requirement for operating the company (a Chinese company branching in Mexico) and managed all fiscal/financial topics related with the branch studio.

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• Hired the team for creating our flagship title, from office managers, to artists, developers and QA members among others.

• Participated in the initial proposal and design of the studio flagship title.

• Managed team activities together with the Game Director.

• Participated and oversaw regular team meetings for keeping up an updated project plan to make sure that milestones where achieved on time and with the best quality.

• Reported project and studio progress to Main Office in Beijing.

• Sought and contacted possible collaborators, investors, support programs and plans for financial and business agreements.

• Kept a healthy environment in the studio by keeping an open communication with all team members.

PRODUCT DIRECTOR - WOZLLA 悟空间 (CHINA)

March 2013 - January 2017

In charge of the direction of new products at Wozlla, a Chinese-based mobile game company, ranging from small, casual, and puzzle projects to our largest and complex On-line Multiplayer RGP. Owned the road for creating, deploying, enhancing the first Wozlla product.

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Point person of contact for publishing and for 3rd party IP development, for mobile games and Apps, owning and maintaining the overall quality of our products.

HD GAMES AND SPECIAL PROJECTS PRODUCER - GAMELOFT

June 2007 - March 2013

Managed teams for developing own IP and 3rd party titles for different platforms such as PalmOS, WebOS or MAC OSX, as well as different commercial and prototype devices, including home consoles and personal computers, modifying or creating new designs as needed, adapting titles for each platform.

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• Person of contact for any project under my lead, from executives requirements to team member proposal.

• Planned tasks under a strict timeline, foreseeing any possible difficulty that we could face during any production phase and proposed solutions.

• In charge of evaluating new and soon to be released devices, from early prototypes, in order to validate feasible development.

• Managed several projects at the same time with different teams working for different platforms and under different time zones.

• High quality and timed releases were always top priority, hence I kept an open communication during all production phases.

• Analyzed and suggested to studio leads and executives any need for expanding our team or equipment.

• Negotiated project needs and product implementations with third parties when our company wanted to expand the reach of products under my lead or when had business agreements with manufacturers/distributors.

• Mentored new producers and guided others joining our team during the heavy production phase.

• Oversaw the development of projects done by producers under my responsibility guiding them with ideas and solutions for any unexpected situation.

• Nurtured professional growth of team members and stayed close to them as a supportive partner during the production process.

GAME DESIGNER - GAMELOFT

March 2007 - June 2007

Designed and balanced the game system for the first title developed in our studio, with the target of making it appealing to a mobile audience and fulfilling expectations from executive managers.

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• Reviewed, evaluated and improved the graphic quality and gameplay experience together with company artists and project leaders.

• I modified an already presented draft game design and flow in order to reach a better game experience.

• Stayed in constant communication with local and overseas team in order to fulfill any game design requirement.

• Proposed improvements for the game and communicated them to the team making sure they were correctly implemented after receiving feedback from focus groups, review groups and stakeholders.

• Reviewed with local producer and executives any needed update in order to achieve desired results.

Our game received a Bronze rating from Pocket Gamer among other top mobile game review sites (https://www.pocketgamer.com/bikini-volleyball/bikini-volleyball/)

CO-FOUNDER, GAME DESIGNER - MOR GAMES

March 2003 - April 2004

• Organized a team of individuals with the enthusiasm of developing games for PC.

• Set the basis for designing and coding shareware games using DirectX.

• Designed (and coded) our first 3 games. 2 of those games were self-published under our own brand and servers.

• Prepared our games for presenting them at local and national conferences.

• Tripled the size of the team, managing and evaluating their activities together with my partner and mentoring them in order to have a collective growth and obtain experience in game development.