Satya Murthy

Current

CCO at GameShastra

Past

Vice President at Ready to Go? Animate
Head of Art & Animation (MOU between Applied Gravity and Satyam) at Satyam
Chief Creative Officer at Applied Gravity Inc

Asst. Animatronics Designer at Walt Disney Imagineering
Asst. Toy Designer at LEGO

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Education

Kendriya Vidyalaya
National Institute of Design
Vignan School

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Industry

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Satya Murthy’s Summary

I am with one of the youngest and fastest growing End-to-End game services company, heading the Game Art division and driving the company's creative vision. I am interested in to talking to potential clients and partners about Game-Art outsourcing!

Satya Murthy’s Specialties:

art outsourcing, outsourcing, Games Art, Production, Deal Making, Animation, Casual games, core games

Satya Murthy’s Experience

CCO

GameShastra

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)

2007 — Present (1 year)

www.gameshastra.com - Gameshastra leverages the processes of software quality and the talent of Indian engineers to provide high quality outsourced production services to the video games industry. We are based in Hyderabad, which is developing into a high tech cluster for the gaming industry in India.

"Shastra” is a Sanskrit word that denotes “science” or “specialized knowledge”. And, true to that meaning, we are specialists in the domain of game services. Our team is involved in game development and programming , creation of art assets , 2D and 3D animation , game testing, and other related services. We have successfully worked with leading publishers and development houses globally. Our expertise spans all gaming platforms – PCs, Consoles, Handheld, Mobiles and Online. And in all facets of testing – Functionality, Compatibility, Game-play, and First Party Certification.
Vice President

Ready to Go? Animate

(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Animation industry)

2005 — 2007 (2 years)

Responsibilities include, setting up the college, PR activities, seminars, head of 3D
animation and Digital Media, Head of college operations after the Dean, also
responsible for the intake of students.
Accomplishments:
- Marketing & PR Activities of the college, setting up client meetings for the production division, selling ideas and pitching.
- Trained 150+ students in Digital Media (Photoshop, Flash, Adobe Suite and Maya – all Levels)
- Produced 3 game cinematics for SONY America
- Produced and Director 2 Pilot episodes in 3D for Aliance Atlantis
- Worked with Disney for their Online Presence
- Executed 2 Animated Music videos including Snoop Dog and Black Eyed Peas
Head of Art & Animation (MOU between Applied Gravity and Satyam)

Satyam

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SAY; Information Technology and Services industry)

2003 — 2005 (2 years)

Responsibilities include – Art & Animation Outsourcing, Design the business plan, complete control over Recruit top talent from the globe, Develop leads, Streamline day-to-day operations, Client meetings, negotiations, Client Presentations, Price Negotiations, Business Closures, Output quality maintenance. Nipuna is the BPO wing of 600m$ NASDAQ listed firm Satyam.
Accomplishments:
• Executed 2 major Games (Animation, Props, Characters, design, Coding)
• Designed and executed the entire studio including production control, HR, client visits and Creative Control
• Designed pipelines for 2 in-house Direct to DVD 3D animated films. Also played the role of animation director.
Chief Creative Officer

Applied Gravity Inc

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

August 1999 — December 2003 (4 years 5 months)

Responsibilities include understanding and researching the international market, keep up to-date regarding media techniques, accept/reject proposal, and suggest emerging markets/clients geographically/style. Responsibilities include business development and venture fund search for animated feature productions. Client meetings, negotiations and pricing structure design. Responsibilities include creative direction, client presentation design, understanding the client’s requirements and guiding the team towards delivery.
Accomplishment:
• Designed Need for Speed Game Cinematic - 3m$
• Technical Director and Executive Producer for the 3D animated film ‘ Seawars’ Movie Project - Budget 11m$
• Designed and Directed a Game pilot of LTA (Land Transport Authority, Singapore) - 500k$
• Designed and executed animatronics of theme park for Disney, Florida
• Completed designing and execution of 3 TV commercials for NIKE ‘VFX - (Using Maya, FCP and Live Video’ - 2.3m$
Asst. Animatronics Designer

Walt Disney Imagineering

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DIS; Entertainment industry)

August 1997 — July 1999 (2 years)

Responsibilities include assisting senior animatronics engineers on projects similar to Jurassic park, theme parks and simulation rides. Coordinating between the programming and engineering division.
Accomplishment:
• Animatronics and VFX Engineer on LOTR
• Animatronics consultant on BLADE II
• Miniature designer on the film THE SCORPION KING
• Designed 3 live animatronics displays Disney Land, Florida
• Research Asst. in the Artificial Intelligence division
• Responsible for design of innovative concepts for interactivity.
Asst. Toy Designer

LEGO

(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Consumer Goods industry)

February 1997 — July 1997 (6 months)

Toy design
Product Design

Satya Murthy’s Education

Kendriya Vidyalaya

1985 — 1997
National Institute of Design

Product Design

The National Institute of Design (NID) is internationally acclaimed as one of the foremost multi-disciplinary institutions in the field of design education and research. The Business Week, USA has listed NID as one of the top 25 European & Asian programmes in the world. The institute functions as an autonomous body under the department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India. NID is recognised by the Dept. of Scientific & Industrial Research (DSIR) under Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India, as a scientific and industrial design research organisation.

NID has been a pioneer in industrial design education after Bauhaus and Ulm in Germany and is known for its pursuit of design excellence to make Designed in India, Made for the World a reality. NID's graduates have made a mark in key sectors of commerce, industry and social development by taking role of catalysts and through thought leadership.
Vignan School

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cooking Computer Games Game Art Animation project direction special effects meditation and spirituality internet startups media startups venture fund Animatronics