Robert Stevenson

Past

VP Business Development & Worldwide Publishing at Atari
VP Product Development & Acquisitions at Dreamcatcher Games
VP Product Development at iROCK Games

Senior Producer at Virtus Entertainment
Producer/Designer and Multimedia at Interactive Magic
Early Career at Various Companies

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Education

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
York University - Schulich School of Business
North Carolina State University

North Carolina State University

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Connections

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Industry

Entertainment

Robert Stevenson’s Summary

Video game industry guru with broad experience in product development, acquisitions and relationship building (e,g, Ghostbusters, Painkiller, Demigod, Operation Flashpoint, N+, Agatha Christie, Warbirds, Fallout, Dragonball Z…) Strong technical and creative abilities reinforced by comprehensive business/financial acumen. Passion for the growth of people and A-caliber teams. Nearly $1B dollars in revenue and still today an enthusiastic gamer.

Robert Stevenson’s Specialties:

• Executive Leadership & Guidance
• Full-Cycle Internal/External Production
• Complex Negotiations & Acquisitions
• Win-Win Partnerships & Alliances
• Franchise Creation & Revitalization
• Portfolio/Project Modeling & Analysis
• Finance, Budgeting & Cost Containment
• Operations Management

Robert Stevenson’s Experience

VP Business Development & Worldwide Publishing

Atari

(Public Company; ATAR; Computer Games industry)

April 2006 — April 2009 (3 years 1 month)
VP Product Development & Acquisitions

Dreamcatcher Games

(Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

April 2003 — May 2006 (3 years 2 months)
VP Product Development

iROCK Games

(Computer Games industry)

February 2000 — March 2003 (3 years 2 months)
Senior Producer

Virtus Entertainment

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

October 1999 — February 2000 (5 months)
Producer/Designer and Multimedia

Interactive Magic

(Computer Games industry)

April 1996 — October 1999 (3 years 7 months)
Early Career

Various Companies

(Computer Software industry)

February 1993 — April 1996 (3 years 3 months)

● Researcher & Systems - The Virtual Environments Laboratory
● PC/Mac/Online Game Development - EMpower Corporation
● Teaching Assistant - NCSU, Computer Science Department
● Console Game Development - Holoscape, Virtual Reality Games

Robert Stevenson’s Education

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

MBA , Executive Management , 2005 — 2006

Kellogg-Schulich EMBA Alumnus with York University, Schulich School of Business and the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology.
York University - Schulich School of Business

MBA , Management , 2005 — 2006
North Carolina State University

Studies , Computer Science , 1994 — 1996
North Carolina State University

BS , Design , 1991 — 1995