Adam Creighton

Adam Creighton

Associate Producer at Junction Point Studios, A Disney Interactive Studio

Austin, Texas Area

Current
Past
  • Technical Writer and Information Architect at IBM, Tivoli
  • Freelance Interactive Designer at Texas Association of School Boards (TASB)
  • Technical Writer and Administrative Developer at Department of Energy (DOE)
  • Academic Counselor and Systems Administrator at Utah State University
  • Technical Writer at Department of Energy (DOE)
  • Retail Specialist at Peaches' Pets (Sole Proprietorship)

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Education
  • Ongoing creative training
  • Utah State University
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Industry
Computer Games
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Adam Creighton’s Summary

Short Version: I'm a guy who builds teams, helps people and companies get things done, grow market share, and increase revenue -- and I'm pretty creative and motivating. I believe you can be passionate, ethical, fun, and professional while making big things happen for yourself and those around you.

Longer Version: I'm a business development and technology leader who has built teams, launched & improved products, and grown business & revenue across multiple companies and markets (B2B and B2C).

Currently, I'm the Product Manager for Emergent Game Technologies, a game engine and technology provider. I am responsible for the features and market relevance of our products (Gamebryo and Gamebryo LightSpeed), which includes building, maintaining, and maximizing those products in the market.

Prior to Emergent, I worked for Visa, the world's largest payments company. I was responsible for business development and managing large-budget local and worldwide software programs and engineering teams. I moved from financial services to gaming because I'm passionate about interactive story-telling, and working in gaming lets me leverage my professional enterprise background and my independent creative skills.

I'm also a professional actor in voice, film, commercial, animation, video game, and other projects.

Adam Creighton’s Specialties:

Building & growing teams of all disciplines, business development, product management, project management, development & personnel management, risk assessment / management / mitigation, budgeting, forecasting, strategic planning, video game industry analysis, vendor assessment, RFPs / RFIs, audit management, customer care, outsource / offshore management, business and technology analysis, event planning and coordination, voice and on-camera acting, emceeing, wrestling llamas

Adam Creighton’s Experience

  • Associate Producer

    Junction Point Studios, A Disney Interactive Studio

    (Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

    November 2009 — Present (1 month)

    Associate Producer for an upcoming ginormous Wii title from Junction Point Studios (A Disney Interactive Studio).

  • Professional Actor (Voice Over & On-Camera)

    Collier Talent Agency

    (Motion Pictures and Film industry)

    January 2002 — Present (7 years 11 months)

    Trained professional voice and on-camera actor working in everything from film to TV to video games to commercial radio.

    * Acting Resume and training history: adamcreighton.com/resume.html
    * Agency Website: colliertalent.com

  • Senior Product Manager

    Emergent Game Technologies

    (Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

    November 2007 — November 2009 (2 years 1 month)

    Provide product management (messaging and market relevance), business development, and strategic partnering opportunities for Gamebryo, Gamebryo LightSpeed, and related video game engine / tools technologies and initiatives. Producer for Game Developers Conference (GDC) demos, and relationship liaison for licensed intellectual property. Build strong relationships with our platform / IHV partners. Support key sales and account management activities.

  • Enterprise Technical Director

    Visa

    (Public Company; V; Financial Services industry)

    January 2001 — April 2007 (6 years 4 months)

    * Enterprise Technical Director for in-house ERP, Commercial Card, authentication, and consumer loyalty & rewards technologies and programs.

    * Managed development and engineering teams, schedules, budgets, and assets for software projects, hosted services, company events, and even large-scale facilities construction projects.

    * Assessed, managed, and mitigated risk for projects and programs. Budgeted, forecast, managed SLAs, drove strategic planning, implemented initiatives, assessed technology, created and responded to RFIs/RFPs, facilitated audits, drove business and technical development, managed customer care, reduced costs, and increased revenues.

    * Documented business and technical requirements, ran user requirements and JAD sessions, and created high-level design documents and initial product designs (US Patent 6,920,611, "Method and System for Implementing a Loyalty Merchant Component").

    * Career progression:

    - Director, Corporate Solutions (2005 - 2007)
    - Director, International Commercial Card Solutions (2004 - 2005)
    - Project Manager (2002 - 2004)
    - Business/Technical Analyst (2001 - 2002)

  • Project and Account Manager

    Globeset

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

    August 1999 — October 2001 (2 years 3 months)

    * Technical Account Manager (Managed development and customer expectations for the American Express BankTone Personal Agent account (the American Express Online Wallet)

    * Project Manager (Implemented online wallets (SSL and SET) for Citibank and People's Bank of China accounts)

    * Consultant and Developer (Customized workflows, changed user interfaces, extended functionality, and integrated the Citibank CitiWallet product with third party technologies)

  • Technical Writer and Information Architect

    IBM, Tivoli

    (Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

    1997 — August 1999 (2 years )

    * Information Systems Developer, Tivoli Systems (Researched, designed, and developed information solutions for Tivoli products; Participated in the development of JavaHelp API)

    * Information Systems Developer, IBM Network Computing Software Division (NCSD) (Designed, developed, and tested information and multimedia products for IBM)

  • Freelance Interactive Designer

    Texas Association of School Boards (TASB)

    (Government Agency; 201-500 employees; E-Learning industry)

    1998 — 1998 (less than a year)

    Implemented installers and coded a learning module for English as a Second Language (ESL) CD-ROMs.

  • Technical Writer and Administrative Developer

    Department of Energy (DOE)

    (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Public Policy industry)

    1996 — 1996 (less than a year)

    Wrote technical documents and developed scheduling applications for the Department of Energy DOE-ID Operations Offices.

  • Academic Counselor and Systems Administrator

    Utah State University

    (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

    1996 — 1996 (less than a year)

    Counseled students and administered systems for Utah State University's (USU) college of Humanity, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS).

  • Technical Writer

    Department of Energy (DOE)

    (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Public Policy industry)

    1995 — 1995 (less than a year)

    Wrote technical documents for the Department of Energy DOE-ID Operations Offices.

  • Retail Specialist

    Peaches' Pets (Sole Proprietorship)

    (Sole Proprietorship; 11-50 employees; Consumer Goods industry)

    1989 — 1994 (5 years )

    Served as retail specialist and cashier, co-planned promotions, and managed aquatic and avian departments for consumer pet and commercial feed store.

Adam Creighton’s Education

  • Ongoing creative training

    2002 — 2007

    * Steve Prince
    > Meisner
    > imdb.com/name/nm0003930

    * Dan Fauci
    > Into the Abyss
    > Leadership and Creativity
    > imdb.com/name/nm0268994/

    * James Alburger and Penny Abshire (The Commercial Clinic)
    > The Art of Voice Acting
    > http://www.commercialclinic.com

    * Will Wallace
    > Auditioning / Cold Reading
    > Acting
    > http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003930/

    * Marci Winters Allen
    > Voice

    * Donise Hardy (CSA)
    > Commercial Auditioning
    > Take Your Career to the Next Level
    > castingworksla.com

    * Mona Lee
    > Acting
    > thebizonline.com/britelites/mona-lee-bio.html

    * Van Brooks (Two Chairs Studio)
    > Samurai
    > Advanced Film Acting
    > Audition Weekend Intensive
    > The Mastery

    * Lainie Frasier
    > Ongoing Personal Coaching
    > Voice Acting: Animation
    > Voice Acting: Industrial
    > Voice Acting: Commercial
    > You're On the Air Part II
    > www.lfvoiceworks.com/

  • Utah State University

    Bachelor of Sciences , Technical Communication, New Media, Insdustrial/Instructional Design, Communications , 1993 — 1997

    Graduated Magna Cum Laude with University and Departmental Honors. Minored in Instructional and Multimedia Design.

    Activities and Societies:
    Beta Theta Pi, Departmental and University Honors Societies, Campus Crusade for Christ, Media Arts, Convocations, University newspaper, University politics

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Adam Creighton’s Websites:

Adam Creighton’s Interests:

Helping people bring their IP to life Technology and team leadership Professional voice & film acting Recreational running and avid all around outdoors (including fly fishing and fly tying) PC and video gaming (armchair video game industry analyst) Anime/action cartoons/comic books Technology- and computer-related knowledge and skills (hardware, software, eCommerce, networking, project management and financial services) Guitar Llama Wrangling

Adam Creighton’s Groups:

The Bohemian Theatre Troupe
Beta Theta Pi national fraternity
International Game Developers Association (IGDA)
Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA)

  •    The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees
  •    International Game Developers Association
  •    Gaming People - The Gaming People Expert Network (+9.500)
  •    Triangle Game Dev Network
  •    Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA)
  •    The Creative Talent Network
  •    Showbizjobs.com
  •    Beta Theta Pi Fraternity
  •    Filmmakers
  •    Utah State University Alumni, USU
  •    Game Industry PR and Marketing
  •    Marketing Communication
  •    Game Developers
  •    World Gaming Executives
  •    Voices.com
  •    Film TV Professionals
  •    Credit Card Professionals
  •    Visa Alumni
  •    David Perry's Game Industry Map Group.
  •    Media Professionals Worldwide
  •    Game Developers Conference® Austin
  •    Music and Entertainment Professionals
  •    The Games Developers Network (www.vfx-recruit.com)
  •    Video Game Professionals
  •    Payments & Cards Network
  •    Game Creator's Network
  •    Electronic Entertainment Industry Network
  •    Entertainment Industry
  •    Video Game Marketing Group
  •    Gamebryo & Gamebryo LightSpeed Users
  •    Beta Theta Pi Professional Network
  •    Video Gaming Industry Executives
  •    VideoGame Professionals
  •    Working Voice Actor Group
  •    Serious games people
  •    twitter innovators Innovation & Creativity Network of Tweeters
  •    Video Game Financing (500+)
  •    Globeset Alumni
  •    Game Payments
  •    Voice Over Vision
  •    VIDEOGAME BIZ DEV
  •    RTPconnected
  •    Bloggers' Network
  •    Executives and Managers: Networking, Forum and Jobs
  •    Information Technology: Networking, Forum and Jobs
  •    Media and Entertainment: Networking, Forum and Jobs
  •    EAG: Emergent Alumni Group
  •    Triangle Game Jam

Adam Creighton’s Honors:

Visa "Wall of Fame"
US Patent 6,920,611, "Method and System for Implementing a Loyalty Merchant Component" (Paul Spaeth, Douglas Jones, Adam Creighton, issued July 19, 2005)

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