Resume

Summary

  • Over 10 years of software development experience from small to large scale web and desktop systems
  • Project managed and produced multiple service-oriented software products
  • Business savvy engineering director/producer
  • Big picture viewer while still being detail oriented

Shipped Titles

  • Star Trek Online™
  • Champions Online™
  • Champions Online™: Free for All
  • Test Drive Unlimited 2
  • The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™
  • DUNGEONS & DRAGONS ONLINE™: Stormreach™
  • Asheron’s Call®: Throne of Destiny™
  • Asheron’s Call® 2: Legions™

Employment

November 2011 – Present

Warner Bros. Entertainment Group of Companies
Burbank, California
Director, Digital Platform Production

  • Production leader of digital platform initiatives

April 2010 – October 2011

Cryptic Studios/Atari
Los Gatos, California
Director, Publishing and Platform

  • Managing a team of producers, artists, developers and content creators to produce Cryptic and Atari’s worldwide online platform and web properties to support and launch MMOs and casual titles
  • Working with executives to prioritize and create platform product road map that reflects the company’s vision, strategy and tactics for putting games online
  • Coordinating and program managing between multiple offices worldwide to plan and execute a portfolio of crucial online initiatives
  • Reporting to VP/C-level executives

July 2008 – April 2010

Cryptic Studios
Los Gatos, California
Manager, Publishing and Platform

  • Managed multiple projects with a team of associate producers, developers and content creators to produce all web properties, billing, patching and CRM tools
  • Drove effort through all stages of the project life cycle, from conception and design, to implementation, testing and deployment
  • Shepherded the release process for games to go from build to release externally
  • Worked with internal stakeholders to create and gather company’s vision, strategy and tactics, and implement them in projects managed
  • Established processes and policies to streamline workflow. Reporting to Director of Online Publishing/Platform

October 2004 – June 2008

Turbine, Inc.
Westwood, Massachusetts
Manager, Application Development

  • Led and architected PHP4,5/MySQL web development for Turbine’s service platform
  • Led application development of installing, launching, patching and e-Commerce technologies with C#
  • Managed a team of junior and senior engineers on multiple fast-paced projects at once
  • Key member in launching Asheron’s Call: Throne of Destiny, Asheron’s Call 2: Legions, Dungeons & Dragons Online and The Lord of the Rings Online services
  • Led development effort for Games for Windows certification
  • Key technical advisory member in e-Commerce solution selection, acquisition and integration
  • Worked with SOAP, REST, XML, XSLT, AJAX, JavaScript and other web technologies
  • Managed products and project schedules
  • Worked extensively with internal and external customers, and other technology teams
  • Performed internal and external usability analysis via focus groups
  • Led globalization of Turbine’s service products
  • Performed regular 1-on-1 with team members and provided guidance on career development, wrote reviews and involved in overall hiring process
  • Maintained minimal churn rate of team members

February 2000 – August 2003

Triad Performance Technolgies, Inc.
Farmington Hills, Michigan
Enterprise Application Analyst (Full-time)

  • Led and participated enterprise application development with ASP and interactive online courses development
  • Created cross-browser DHTML with JavaScript
  • Integrated with various third party SCORM compliant learning management system
  • Performed database programming (MS SQL Server and MS Access)

October 1996 – February 2000

Micon Computer Company
Livonia, Michigan
Webmaster

  • ASP Web development (micon.com, frontend and legacy system integration) from ground up
  • Developed and supported internal business software
  • Self-managed projects

July 1999 – July 2002

The University of Michigan Dearborn
Dearborn, Michigan
Web Developer (Contract)

  • Created multiple public websites with Perl and PHP
  • Created learning management system for online course delivery
  • Administered servers

Education

1998-2000

The University of Michigan – Dearborn
Dearborn, Michigan
Full-time. Major in Computer Information Science.

1996-1998

Henry Ford Community College
Dearborn, Michigan
Full-time. Major in Computer Information Science.

1995-1996

Hong Kong Technical College (TY)
Tsing Yi, Hong Kong
Full-time. Major in Software Engineering in the Higher Diploma course. First year completed. Top 5 percent.

CERTIFICATIONS AND AWARDS

  • Certified ScrumMaster
  • Rookie of the Year, 2005 – Turbine, Inc.
  • MVP Honorable Mention, 2006 – Turbine, Inc.

Languages

  • English, Cantonese Chinese writing and conversational fluency

References and Salary History

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