Hello,
I'm Danny. Let's make something awesome.

About Me

With over 8 years in various roles in the video game industry and 2 years making award-winning music and video, my daily goal is to better the lives of as many people as I possibly can, whether they're coworkers or users of the product I'm working on.

Experience

• 2019

  Data Analyst, Iron Tiger / NCSOFT

  January 2019 - Present

  Built dashboards for the publishing and development team, utilizing player cohorts to discover actionable insights.

  Performed ad-hoc analyses to identify and optimize user behavior, helping to raise tutorial completion by 30% and day 1 retention by 7%.

  Designed aggregate tables to increase query efficiency.

  Translated product questions into actionable data sets by utilizing past knowledge in game development.

• 2017

  Project Manager, Iron Tiger / NCSOFT

  March 2017 - January 2019

  Scheduled and managed all content pipelines for one title.

  Managed a cross-disciplinary pod responsible for a core pillar of a second title.

  Built a long-term content schedule, suggesting mitigation plans to ensure a timely release.

  Customized JIRA workflows to allow for much easier task tracking.

• 2014

  Audio/Video Producer, The Vocal Company

  Oct. 2014 - Dec. 2016

  Produced over 50 videos and 40 songs for clients worldwide, earning multiple awards and placements on compilation albums.

  Implemented Asana and trained coworkers on how to balance many projects at once.

• 2014

  Production Consultant, Juicebox Mobile

  June 2014 - Sept. 2014 (contract)

  Implemented JIRA to help the team organize tasks.

  Led daily standups to keep the team focused and communicative.

  Managed staggered releases across iOS and Android.

• 2012

  Associate Producer, PopCap Games

  Feb. 2012 - Nov. 2013

  Led a cross-disciplinary Scrum team through 10+ sprints (2-3 weeks each). Delivered features on time, meeting expectations defined by product owners.

  Guided the studio through a switch from Scrum in pre-production to Kanban for the content push before release. Identified, prepared, and customized task tracking software.

  Supported more than 45 hotfixes, which included identifying critical bugs, prioritizing fixes with feature development, and ensuring a successful release.

  Oversaw coordination with the Audio team in Seattle to design, create, and implement over 160 sound effects and music tracks in our game.

• 2010

  Product Manager, ZipZapPlay (became PopCap Games)

  May 2010 - Feb. 2012

  Redesigned how metrics are recorded so events could be more easily tracked, processed, and analyzed.

  Defined key metrics on a per-feature basis, and produced postmortems to evaluate how they performed.

  Managed the virtual store; priced items and used marketing techniques to increase in-game spending.

  Optimized the tutorial funnel, increasing completion by over 10%.

  Spearheaded the implementation of a virtual currency to increase spending.

• 2009

  Associate Producer, WonderHill

  Nov. 2009 - March 2010 (contract)

  Designed the economy of two Facebook titles.

  Wrote and maintained game design documents.

  Designed and created sound effects.

  Analyzed top Facebook games to identify trends and best practices.

• 2009

  Butler University

  May 2009

  Graduated from Butler University with Honors.

  Received BA in Recording Industry Studies, minor in Computer Science.

• 2007

  Co-Founder/Creative Director, LiquidFyre Games

  Sept. 2007 - July 2009

  Designed and implemented game front-end using CSS and PHP.

  Responsible for game design, game balance, and virtual store itemization and pricing.

  Acted as primary community manager, handling user complaints, suggestions, and curating our forum.

  Managed outsourcing, including icon design and custom interactive map.

Skills

References

Released Titles

Things I Love

Downloads and Links