Producer at MTO USA, Inc. / President at Media Gateway Corporation
Greater Seattle Area
- Current
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- Producer at MTO USA, Inc.
- Technical Adviser at Tozai, Inc.
- President at Media Gateway Corporation
- Japanese Guest Manager at Sakura-Con
- Past
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- Producer at Kemco USA, Inc.
- Associate Producer at Amaze Entertainment
- Japanese Guest Liaison at Sakura-Con
- Level Designer at Amaze Entertainment
- Design Intern at Nintendo Software Technology
- Product Tester at Nintendo of America
- Translator at Nintendo Software Technology
- Education
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- Digipen Institute of Technology
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Hideki Saito’s Summary
Video Game Producer with insight to various part of the industry, including engineering, quality assuarance, and marketing.
Publications:
Mobile shack by KB7DQH Eric Smith - A great mobile, Enterprise II (CQ Ham Radio(Periodical, December 2005) CQ Publishing, Tokyo, Japan)
APRS, the packet system in the US (CQ Ham Radio (Periodical, April 2005) CQ Publishing, Tokyo, Japan)
Hideki Saito’s Specialties:
Japanese proficiency with great understanding of Japanese culture, C#, C, C++, Delphi, Lua, Java coding skill.
In depth understanding of IT, with experiencing managing Windows and Linux servers, version control systems, and various security suite including PGP.
Hideki Saito’s Experience
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Producer
MTO USA, Inc.
(Computer Games industry)
April 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)
Communication Coordination: Facilitates communication between developer, parent company as well as partners.
Development Management: Managed development process with developers. -
Technical Adviser
Tozai, Inc.
(Computer Games industry)
April 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)
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President
Media Gateway Corporation
(Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2007 — Present (2 years 9 months)
Holds personal office for consulting.
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Japanese Guest Manager
Sakura-Con
(Entertainment industry)
May 2004 — Present (5 years 7 months)
Volunteer position acting as main contact point for matters involving Japanese Guest of Honor, as well as managing Japanese Guest Liaisons, including assignment, scheduling, as well as acting as liaison to other departments in the convention as relevant to Japanese Guest.
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Producer
Kemco USA, Inc.
(Computer Games industry)
June 2006 — March 2007 (10 months)
Coordination of communication, as well as management of development with developers. Coordination for localization efforts. IT infrastructure maintenance.
Shipped title:
Simple DS Vol.13 Arashi no Drift Rally (DS, D3 Publisher, Japan, 2007) -
Associate Producer
Amaze Entertainment
(Privately Held; Computer Games industry)
November 2002 — May 2006 (3 years 7 months)
Communication Coordination: Communication with Japanese partners.
Scripting/programming: programmed UI system in Lua, and C++.
Localization: Localization and localization asset management, as well as has managed contractors.
Shipped Titles:
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (PSP, Buena Vista Games, 2006)
The Sims2 PSP (Electronic Arts, 2005)
Digimon Racing (Bandai, 2004)
Digimon Rumble Arena 2 (Bandai, 2004) -
Japanese Guest Liaison
Sakura-Con
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Entertainment industry)
April 2002 — April 2003 (1 year 1 month)
Liaison between Japanese Guest of Honor and Sakura-Con relations department.
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Level Designer
Amaze Entertainment
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Games industry)
August 2002 — November 2002 (4 months)
Speced out levels, and performed implementation of the level using Maya and propriately tools.
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Design Intern
Nintendo Software Technology
(Public Company; Computer Games industry)
April 2002 — August 2002 (5 months)
Utilizing the internal tool to create motions to characters, as well as creating a tool to perform such tasks.
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Product Tester
Nintendo of America
(Public Company; Computer Games industry)
April 2001 — August 2001 (5 months)
Tested video game product and composed bug reports.
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Translator
Nintendo Software Technology
(Public Company; Computer Games industry)
March 1999 — August 1999 (6 months)
Translated video game design, communications, and business documents.
Hideki Saito’s Education
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Digipen Institute of Technology
Realtime Interactive Computer Simulation
Additional Information
Hideki Saito’s Interests:
Amateur Radio, Anime, Games, Linux, Mac, LED, Laser, PDA, Science, Music, Acoustics, Phonics, Gadgets, Cryptography, Open Source
Hideki Saito’s Groups:
Sakura-Con, Mike and Key Amateur Radio Club, Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL) - Life Member, Blender Foundation, ARRL/VEC Volunteer Examiner, The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
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Sakura-Con
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