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Proven success in game production to achieve company mission. Good track record in closing projects successfully. Result-oriented, has great passion for games, has a strong sense of responsibility, possesses strong work ethics and determined. Flexible, resourceful, and organized. Areas of expertise: Project management, project planning, process planning, programming, game design

Game Producer @ ☆ Oversee overall production of game from design, art, execution, testing and release. ☆ Ensure the team delivers high quality builds with expectation metrics on retention and revenue. ☆ Monitor budget reports provided by financial controller and make sure that production runs within budget range. ☆ Buy services from support teams depending on project requirements ☆ Provide plans & progress updates to executive producer and management team. ☆ Analyze marketing / business intelligence team data and provide team with direction base on analysis. ☆ Facilitate communication and workflow of team members through best production practices and tools. ☆ Help improve production best practices and documentation of these practices w/ other developers. ☆ Conduct team performance reviews on a quarterly basis. From July 2014 to Present (1 year 6 months) Game Developer @ ☆ Develop small games using Cococs2d-X ☆ Setup app store, social page for my games ☆ Research for open source tools and plugins ☆ Overall direction of game (design, art) ☆ Create / acquire sounds, outsource music ☆ Implement Ads, Push Notifications From February 2014 to June 2014 (5 months) Game Producer (Contractual) @ ☆ Create project schedules and acts as a liaison to clients. ☆ Create individual developer schedules based on project timelines and other needs. ☆ Formulate individual action items that are consistent with project objectives and ensure that individual team members have an understanding of their responsibilities. ☆ Monitor each developer’s progress daily. ☆ Hold project team members accountable to complete their portion of projects in a timely and cost-effective manner. ☆ Execute all project management activities in order to complete projects on time and within budget while meeting, if not exceeding, client’s expectation. ☆ Manage the development of solutions that will address the business requirements of clients. ☆ Produce appropriate reports for the project team and management. ☆ Assist management in improving the company’s processes and technologies. ☆ Perform other duties and functions as delegated by management. From March 2014 to May 2014 (3 months) Engineering Director @ ☆ Provide overall direction and growth of all software engineers ☆ Spearhead core technology team ☆ Development, improvement, and enforcement of software engineering standards and production processes ☆ Monitor and solve engineering tasks and issues for multiple game development projects ☆ Work with project leads, lead engineers, and development directors ☆ Provide mentor-ship to other less senior developers ☆ Provide weekly progress report to Operations Manager ☆ Handles recruitment processes such as technical interviews and skills test evaluation ☆ Provide man-power, schedule estimates and technical proposals for game pitches ☆ Conduct bi-annual evaluation of senior and lead engineers ☆ Work on technologies and tools to develop games for different platforms as consultant From June 2011 to October 2013 (2 years 5 months) Video Game Producer @ ☆ Responsible for supervising the entire process of development of a video game. ☆ Act as a liaison between publishers and development staff. ☆ Oversee the technical and creative development of video games, arrange for beta testing, ensure quality and timely delivery of projects, as well as maintain budgets. From January 2011 to June 2011 (6 months) Engineering Director / Project Lead @ ☆ Work on technologies and tools to develop games for different platforms as project lead. ☆ Conduct research on cutting-edge technologies and techniques such as game engines, rendering and animation systems, artificial intelligence, physical simulations, sound engines, networking, development tools ☆ Provide overall direction and growth of all software engineers. ☆ Work with project leads, lead programmers, and development directors. ☆ Development, improvement, and enforcement of software engineering standards and production processes. ☆ Monitor programming tasks and issues for multiple game development projects. ☆ Handles recruitment processes such as technical interviews and skills test evaluation. From April 2008 to December 2010 (2 years 9 months) Senior Programmer @ ☆ Worked on technologies and tools to develop games different platforms as full-time lead programmer. ☆ Assisted in the development and improvement of different game platform engines. ☆ Full cycle development responsibilities: design, documentation, implementation, testing, and maintenance of code ☆ Development of technical design specifications and implementation plan. ☆ Worked with testers, designers, artists, and other personnel involved in the development of the products. ☆ Performance analysis and performance optimization of code. ☆ Major tasks included scheduling of milestone delivery dates, designation of programmer tasks, and coordination with game producers regarding client game feedback. ☆ Participated in improving the J2ME Game Framework (v3) and Continuous Integration (Cruise Control) functionality and stability. ☆ Developed scripts and tools to improve game development processes. ☆ Performs source code-reviews for J2ME projects. From July 2006 to March 2008 (1 year 9 months) Game Programmer @ ☆ Developed java games for the Nokia series 40 and 60 mobile phones; games developed were Game KNB? And Boogs Adventure. ☆ Researched on current mobile application development strategies and techniques. From October 2003 to February 2004 (5 months) Java Programmer Trainee @ ☆ Involved in the design and development of the front-end module of an inventory system for the sales department of the company using java applets and servlets. From April 2002 to May 2002 (2 months)

Bachelor of Science (BS), Software Technology @ De La Salle University From 1999 to 2003 Game Design Course, Game Design @ Phoenix One Knowledge Institute From 2005 to 2005 Melvin Bañares is skilled in: Game Development, Video Games, Game Design, iPhone, Gameplay, Mobile Applications, Programming, Casual Games, Social Games, Software Engineering, Project Planning, Project Management, Mobile Devices, Computer Games, Android