Project Manager Development

Shawn Storc

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Objective

To

obtain a high level producer position with a progressive and challenging organization in order to employ my

personal experiences and professional abilities to build strong teams and

deliver results which exceed expectations.

Experience

Veteran senior level

producer with over eleven years of industry experience

Effectively

built and managed the productive output, professional development and personal

growth of a production team of up to seven members through:

o

Setting clear

goals and expectations

o

Giving and

receiving candid and consistent feedback

o

Reinforcing

individual ownership and accountability

o

Providing

regular guidance and oversight

o

Continued

refinement and improvement of processes

Successfully

launched LEGO Indiana Jones on seven platforms in under six months total

development time through:

o

Defining,

reinforcing and tracking goals with production and development teams

o

Implementing and

streamlining communications processes (daily dev chats/team meetings)

o

Delegating tasks

among production team members and tracking progress, assisting where necessary

o

Facilitating

frequent, structured developer visits

o

Clearly and

consistently communicating goals, deadlines, risks and mitigations to all

stakeholders, including regular presentations to executive staff

Proven track

record of delivering on time, on budget and at a high level of quality.

o

LEGO Indiana Jones: The

Original Adventures 80 avg score

o

LEGO Star Wars:

The Complete Saga 80 avg score 1.4MM WW units*

o

Empire at War:

Forces of Corruption 78 avg score 170K WW units (30% attach rate to base

game)*

o

CSI: Dark

Motives 274K WW units*

*Data source: gamerankings.com/metacricitc.com/NPD May 2008

Successfully

managed two large-scale projects to completion during successive periods of

corporate and developer crisis

o

Directly managed

dev team of 20 plus 10 QA

o

Wrote two full

simulation game manuals

o

Designed,

authored and scripted all tutorial content

o

Personally

responsible for all localization duties including content integration

Continuous and fruitful collaboration with diverse internal

and external groups

Oversaw

development and production teams across multiple projects, both internally and

externally

Educated

and empowered marketing, PR and sales to meet and exceed goals through:

o

Setting

up weekly check-ins to run through latest production news

o

Insuring

that all support groups actually played the game

o

Consistent

proactive communication

Evangelized products through extensive and

enthusiastic print, broadcast and web media interactions

Extensive due diligence, presentation, contract and documentation

experience

Led the

formulation, development and presentation of strategic product plans and

pitches including; high concepts, schedules, budgets and supporting a/v

materials

Created

development milestones/schedules and worked with developers to refine,

implement and track progress

Strong

familiarity with all first party submission processes and creation of

submission schedules

Design, content creation and editorial

Collaborated

with development teams on full spectrum of design and development tasks

Evaluated and

cast voice actors as well as directed voice over sessions

Experienced technical

writer. Generated two extensive game manuals as well as documented technical

processes for non-technical production staff

Authored and

edited scripts, dialog and other content

Education/Professional Activities

Bachelor of Arts

in Communications SonomaStateUniversity,

Rohnert Park, California

Speaking with Impact: Press

& Media Training Harrington and Associates

Microsoft

Certified Office Specialist - PowerPoint

Employment History

LucasArts,

Inc Supervising

Producer 2006-2008

MarketLive,

Inc Project Manager 2005-2006

Independent

Contractor Web

Programming/Strategy 2004-Present

Ubisoft

Entertainment Producer 2001-2004

Mattel

Interactive Producer 2000-2001

The Learning Company Associate Producer

1999-2000

Mindscape

Production Assistant 1999-1999

Mindscape

External Test Coordinator 1998-1999

Mindscape

Lead Tester/Community Manager 1997-1998

California Wine Tours Tour Guide/Chauffeur 1993-1997

Product History

Lego

Indiana

Jones: The Original Adventures Adventure 2008

Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, DS, Wii, PC

Lego

Star Wars: The Complete Saga Adventure 2007

Xbox 360, PS3, DS, Wii

Star

Wars: Empire at War Gold Pack RTS PC 2007

Star

Wars: Empire at War Forces of Corruption RTS PC 2006

Silent

Hunter III Simulation PC 2005

CSI:

Miami Adventure PC 2004

CSI:

Crime Scene Investigation Adventure XBOX 2004

Sherlock

Holmes: Secret of the Silver Earring Adventure PC 2004

CSI: Dark Motives Adventure PC 2004

Harpoon4 Strategy/Sim PC Cancelled

Destroyer

Command Simulation PC 2002

Silent Hunter II Simulation PC 2001

Hammer s

Slammers Action PC Cancelled

Close

Combat: Invasion Normandy RTS PC 2000

Flanker

2.0 Simulation PC 1999

Fighting

Steel Strategy PC 1999

Imperialism

II Strategy PC 1999

Chaos

Gate Strategy PC 1998

Chessmaster

6000 Strategy PC 1998

Chessmaster

5500 Strategy

PC 1997

Chessmaster

Live (online only) Strategy PC 1997

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