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مطور ألعاب ومؤسس مع خبرة 23+ سنة مع فرق إبداعية في ألعاب عالية الجودة.

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لأكثر من 23 سنة قمت بتطوير ألعاب الفيديو إلى جانب مطورين مهرة. أنا مؤسس ومدير مشاريع ذو خبرة بهدف العمل مع أشخاص متنوعين شغوفين ومحققين على ألعاب مبتكرة وعالية الجودة.

23+

سنوات في الألعاب

المشاريع المشاركة

450+

زملاء سعداء

الائتمانات والمساهمات

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Studio Leadership

Executive oversight of teams, studios, and products. Leading with clarity, empathy, and long-term vision to scale organizations and sustain creative momentum.

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Game Production

End-to-end ownership of planning, scheduling, budgeting, and milestone delivery. Skilled in aligning cross-functional teams and keeping development on track.

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Product Direction

Shaping product strategy through player insights, monetization, retention, and acquisition metrics. Ensuring features align with business and player outcomes.

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Game Design

Designing core loops, mechanics, and progression systems that create satisfying, sustainable gameplay experiences.

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Technical Operations

Building and maintaining pipelines, CI/CD workflows, and deployment systems. Supporting teams through automation, tooling, and scalable infrastructure.

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Quality & Process

Driving QA strategy, cross-team coordination, and process optimization. Focused on improving quality, reducing risk, and increasing team velocity.

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الخبرة

My Past Work

A journey through game development and studio operations

Interactive timeline with detailed project history

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QA Tester

Epic Games

Gears of War, Unreal Tournament 3

2006 - 2006

Build and release engineering for Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 3.

UnrealBuildTool Perforce C++

Lead Producer

Puny Human

Dystopia

February 2007 - March 2009

Supported production and build engineering for Wasteland 3, Bard’s Tale IV, and Frostpoint VR.

Unity Perforce Hansoft

Lead Producer

Puny Human

Blade Symphony

March 2009 - January 2015

Supported production and build engineering for Wasteland 3, Bard’s Tale IV, and Frostpoint VR.

Unity Perforce Hansoft

Lead Producer

Puny Human

Galacide

January 2015 - August 2015

Supported production and build engineering for Wasteland 3, Bard’s Tale IV, and Frostpoint VR.

Unity Perforce Hansoft

Build Engineer & Vendor Project Manager

Puny Human

Wasteland 3, Bard's Tale IV, Frostpoint VR

Client: inXile Entertainment

January 2017 - December 2019

Supported production and build engineering for Wasteland 3, Bard’s Tale IV, and Frostpoint VR.

Unity Perforce Hansoft

Build Engineer

Puny Human

Trover Saves the Universe

Client: Squanch Games

February 2019 - April 2019

Supported production and build engineering for Wasteland 3, Bard’s Tale IV, and Frostpoint VR.

Unity Perforce Hansoft

Lead Port Producer

Squanch Games

Trover Saves the Universe

Client: Squanch Games

August 2019 - November 2019

Oversaw platform adaptation of Trover Saves the Universe for Xbox and Switch.

Unity Steam Switch SDK

Executive Producer

Puny Human

Mytaverse (Formerly "GathR")

Client: Mytaverse Inc.

June 2020 - October 2020

Oversaw platform adaptation of Trover Saves the Universe for Xbox and Switch.

Unity Steam Switch SDK

Lead Port Producer

Puny Human

Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul

Client: VRWERX

November 2020 - November 2021

Led Production on the port of Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul to the Meta Quest.

Unreal Engine Perforce Hansoft

Lead Producer

Puny Human

Impostors

Client: SuperVerse

February 2021 - March 2022

Ran Production and Design for Impostors, overseeing team management, sprint planning, and product direction.

Unity Perforce Hansoft

Vendor Project Manager

Puny Human

The Callisto Protocol

Client: Striking Distance Studios

March 2022 - March 2023

Managed production and vendor relationships for The Callisto Protocol across multiple platforms.

Unreal Engine Jira Scrum

Co-Chair & Advisor

IGDA NC-Triangle Chapter

October 2019 - April 2023

Strategic advisor to the Simulation & Game Development program, guiding curriculum and mentoring students.

Curriculum Mentorship Academic Advisory Trend Analysis

CEO & Studio Manager

Puny Human

March 2011 - June 2023

Led studio operations, business development, legal, HR, and production across internal and external projects.

Unity Source Engine Steam Management

Outsource Technical Producer

Puny Human

MadWorld

Client: Carbonated Inc.

August 2023 - March 2024

Oversaw transition of MadWorld to O3DE, leading engineering coordination, technical strategy, and stakeholder management.

O3DE Amazon Lumberyard Jira Mobile Production

Chief Development Officer

Carbonated Inc.

MadWorld

March 2024 - August 2025

Defined and executed a new vision for MadWorld, transitioning the project from a round-based PvP arena shooter to a mission-driven PvE extraction shooter with snap-to-cover combat, aligning the entire company behind the redesign.
Served as sole Producer, Project Manager, and Product Owner, overseeing agile workflows, leading sprint planning and triage, refining the backlog, and managing cross-team coordination from initial redesign to live operations.
Directed planning and delivery of key systems, working with engineering, design, and art to scope, prioritize, and deliver on MadWorld’s core features, while managing timelines, dependencies, and release roadmaps.
Drove alignment and enhanced communication across cross-functional departments and product teams by leading all-hands product vision presentations, surfacing high-level design documentation, announcing recently designed and estimated features to the team in a pitch-style manner, and reinforcing milestone and release metrics.
Authored developer and user stories with child tasks, independent tasks, and defects based on technical and functional design discussions with developers; gathered estimates, mapped dependencies and hierarchies, and organized work items across kanban and scrum roadmaps to support multi-release planning.
Created and initiated closed-testing milestone objectives and target results, including developing playtesting material and documentation, and manually sending invitations to Carbonated’s Board of Directors, partner organizations, vendors, and other game development studios to refine player experiences and maintain team momentum.
Developed and maintained strategic partnerships with Unity, IronSource, The Linux Foundation, Hathora, Amazon, Oppo, and others, to secure resources, and enhance the features while aligning with long-term business objectives.
Directed go-to-market initiatives to grow MadWorld’s player base pre-launch, guiding community engagement strategies, user acquisition campaigns, and retention efforts to build momentum ahead of release.
Worked closely with executive leadership (CEO, COO, CTO, and CCO) to define the company’s strategic direction, aligning product vision, growth initiatives, and operational priorities with long-term business goals.
Collaborated on high-level decision-making, evaluating expenditures, user acquisition budgets, employee growth, and performance metrics to drive sustainable company growth and maximize product success.
Led design and integration of major gameplay systems, including combat mechanics, player camera, snap-to-cover, AI squadmate and enemy behaviors and tactics, and core UI defining the moment-to-moment player experience.
Designed and oversaw implementation of foundational metagame features, including active-play loops (Missions,) passive-play loops (“Squad Ops”,) player grading, and overworld map, social, and generative AI features.
Co-designed monetization models, ads and in-game purchases, balancing player experience with business outcomes.
Develop initiatives to support community and retention through LLM bots, automated announcements, and analytics.
Mentored developers to strengthen problem solving, technical skills, communication, discipline, and focus, while instilling a sense of urgency and ownership to elevate team performance and deliver consistent results.
Champion the use of Open3D Engine, communicating defects to partners, and organizing artistic and technical debt.
Administered on-premises Jira and Confluence servers, assisted in the migration to Jira and Confluence Cloud, and led post-migration configuration, including setting up automations, workflows, issue types, and other customizations.

O3DE Jira Confluence Agile Production Design

Advisory Board Member

Wake Technical Community College

Simulation & Game Development Program

2019 - Present

Strategic advisor to the Simulation & Game Development program, guiding curriculum and mentoring students.

Curriculum Mentorship Academic Advisory Trend Analysis

Portfolio

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Design and Production

MadWorld

Mobile Shooter and Strategy Game

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Design and Production

Zero Day

Cyberpunk Extraction Shooter

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Production, Engineering and Marketing

Galacide

Shoot 'Em Up and Puzzle Mashup

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Design and Production

Impostors

Social Deduction Game

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Location

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