Adam Creighton

Current

• Senior Product Manager at Emergent Game Technologies
• Professional Actor (Voice Over & On-Camera) at Collier Talent Agency

Past

• Enterprise Technical Director at Visa
• Project and Account Manager at Globeset
• 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

Recommended

11 people have recommended Adam

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Computer Games

Websites

• Video Game Blog
• Acting Resume
• My Company

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

• Senior Product Manager

  Emergent Game Technologies

  (Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

  November 2007 — Present (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.

• 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

• 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

Additional Information

Adam Creighton’s Websites:

• Video Game Blog
• Acting Resume
• My Company

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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