Responsibilities

• Recruited and managed highly creative design teams across two continents while providing design direction on multiple projects for the PC and Xbox.

• Established design direction and high-level goals for games and web services.

• Wrote vision statements and design documentation for two MMORPGs, web services, and Xbox Live Arcade games.

• Design consultation and game feedback on our Xbox games, Carcassonne, Arkadian Warriors, and Lost Cities.

• Gameplay and design documentation, team management, and project guidance for Creature Hunter and Pangea, two unreleased MMO games/services.

Studio

• Founder of Secret Lair Studios, acquired by Vivendi and rebranded as Sierra Online.

• Prepared crucial business development pitches for partners.

• Led Arcade/RPG project during a critical phase to ensure pre-production design milestones were met.

• Established and championed the game play ‘quality bar’ both inside and outside the design team.

• Design leadership for our sister studio in Shanghai.