Daniel Sanchez-Crespo

Current

• Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder at Novarama Technology
• Sub-director, video games section at ArtFutura
• Director of the Master's Program on Video Games at Universitat Pompeu Fabra

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Past

• Writer at Gamasutra
• Technology Architect at Secretariaplus
• Associate Professor at La Salle School of Multimedia Engineering

• Technology Architect / co-Founder at Parfumsnet
• Research Assistant at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

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Education

• Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
• Col·legi Sant Ignasi, Sarrià

Connections

93 connections

Industry

Computer Games

Websites

• My Website
• My Company

Daniel Sanchez-Crespo’s Summary

I am a serial enterpreneur specialized in innovation-driven, creative digital entertainment industries, with my main focus being video games, and to a lesser degree web, film and digital content sector. I have 11 years experience in enterpreneurship projects, having worked in start-ups from concept to internationalization, having been through funding rounds, HR, working with world wide delegations, managing the day to day operation, negotiation, etc.

I currently co-own and direct Novarama Technology, a video game company that tries to create new forms of entertainment for the masses.

I also enjoy lecturing: I have 12 years of experience teaching, especially video game design, production & technology, having lectured in Spain, Portugal, Germany, Czech Republic, China, New Zealand and many other places.

Daniel Sanchez-Crespo’s Specialties:

Negotiation, high level game design, transmedia product design, teamwork.

Daniel Sanchez-Crespo’s Experience

• Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder

  Novarama Technology

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)

  May 2002 — Present (7 years 7 months)

  I am in charge of running the company, leading the team and doing high-level game design for all Novarama games. Publisher negotiation & relationship management, planning, discussing feature sets, etc. Experienced in PSP, DS, 360, PC, GBA and Wii.

• Sub-director, video games section

  ArtFutura

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Fund-Raising industry)

  March 2002 — Present (7 years 9 months)

  As a side activity, I coordinate the video games section at the ArtFutura festival, having invited guests such as Tetsuya Mizuguchi, Fumito Ueda, Ernest Adams, Masaya Matsuura...

• Director of the Master's Program on Video Games

  Universitat Pompeu Fabra

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Games industry)

  March 2001 — Present (8 years 9 months)

  I founded one of the oldest video game master's in Europe, where I am still the director and teach game design and game logic programming.

• Writer

  Gamasutra

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Media Production industry)

  March 1998 — June 2005 (7 years 4 months)

  I wrote around 25 articles for Gamasutra.com, Game Developer Magazine, and provided on-site expo coverage for six GDC's and two Siggraphs.

• Technology Architect

  Secretariaplus

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  March 2001 — April 2002 (1 year 2 months)

  Oversaw and designed all technology development at the company across six delegations (Spain, Mexico, Germany, UK, Italy and France) with a team size of 54 at peak.

• Associate Professor

  La Salle School of Multimedia Engineering

  (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Computer Games industry)

  January 1998 — April 2001 (3 years 4 months)

• Technology Architect / co-Founder

  Parfumsnet

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Consumer Goods industry)

  February 1996 — May 1998 (2 years 4 months)

• Research Assistant

  Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Games industry)

  January 1995 — March 1997 (2 years 3 months)

Daniel Sanchez-Crespo’s Education

• Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

  Computer Science , Artificial Intelligence, Computer Graphics , 1993 — 1999

• Col·legi Sant Ignasi, Sarrià

  1980 — 1992

Additional Information

Daniel Sanchez-Crespo’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Company

Daniel Sanchez-Crespo’s Interests:

Video games, video game design, technology as a force of social change, traveling, astronomy, music

Daniel Sanchez-Crespo’s Groups:

Coordinator, IGDA Barcelona chapter

•    Facultat d'Informàtica de Barcelona
•    Universidad Pompeu Fabra

Daniel Sanchez-Crespo’s Contact Settings

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• consulting offers
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• expertise requests
• reference requests
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