Travis Savo

Current

Evil Genius at Global Domination
CTO at Neogence
CEO at Verse Studios Incorporated

Chief Technologist at The Sindome Group

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Past

Lead Software Engineer at 411web / MyCity.com
Lead Technical Engineer at IFilm
Lead Technical Engineer at Space Quest 7

Senior Technologist at Xdrive
Senior Software Engineer at EBuilt
Senior Software Engineer at Rainbow Spectria

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Education

William S. Hart

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Travis Savo’s Summary

Travis Savo is an expert technologist and serial entrepreneur with more than 20 years of hands-on experience.

He is fluent in many modern programming languages and best-practice development approaches for large scale networked systems, video games and modern video game engines, desktops applications, mobile and embedded devices, and multimedia platforms. His passion lies in the application of technology and intelligence to solve problems in groundbreaking ways.

He has been a leader of many successful teams on many profitable multi-million dollar enterprise projects, as well as volunteering for many open-source projects and games. His background in computer science and electrical engineering, coupled with his work in the entertainment and social networking industries allows him to provide a unique perspective on the near-future possibilities of technology-based entertainment.

Many of his contributions can be found in modern games and game engines, large scale enterprise web sites, and free/open source enterprise-level projects.

He is presently building a program that will take over the world.

Travis Savo’s Specialties:

games, entrepreneur, scientist, inventor, provocateur, social networking, software design, game designer, programming, game programmer, online games, entertainment, social networking in games, gaming, computer games, console games, executive management, game companies, game studios, film, television, interactive entertainment, storytelling, networking, board member, MMO, MMORPG, MMOG, financing, investors, investment, community, user-generated, Web 2.0, verse studios, global domination

Travis Savo’s Experience

Evil Genius

Global Domination

(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Executive Office industry)

January 2008 — Present (10 months)

I'm creating a software program with emergent behaviors which are potentially very disruptive. You can read my blog at http://www.enderofgames.com
CTO

Neogence

(Computer Games industry)

2007 — Present (1 year)
CEO

Verse Studios Incorporated

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Games industry)

May 2006 — Present (2 years 6 months)

CEO and Chief Rainmaker at one of the most exciting game studios you've ever seen.

Check out our take on Social Networking in Online Games on our website:

http://www.verse-studios.com
Chief Technologist

The Sindome Group

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)

February 2003 — Present (5 years 9 months)

This loose group of game designers, programmers and storytellers is responsible for one of the most creative cyberpunk text games in existence. Amazing features and game mechanics back up a focus on plot driven role-playing. I was responsible for several key components of their technology including an XML based save/restore/clone system, and their proprietary scripting language.
Lead Software Engineer

411web / MyCity.com

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

September 2007 — April 2008 (8 months)

Lead Software Engineer and Visionary in charge of ensuring the companie's success through the advanced application of technology.
Lead Technical Engineer

IFilm

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

October 2003 — August 2006 (2 years 11 months)

Software development for their web portal application, and team leader
Lead Technical Engineer

Space Quest 7

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Computer Games industry)

July 2003 — May 2005 (1 year 11 months)

I was responsible for designing and leading a group of volunteers developers on the creation of an engine suitable for building Space Quest 7. The project was done in Java.
Senior Technologist

Xdrive

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

February 2001 — February 2003 (2 years 1 month)

Head of Research and Development, in charge of managing a team of 3 developers developing non-redundant mass-storage solutions.
Senior Software Engineer

EBuilt

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)

1999 — 2000 (1 year)

As Senior Software Engineer at EBuilt I worked on a number of the contract jobs EBuilt accepted, including designing software to manage Fox Entertainment's video distribution library. I was also a part-time electronic security engineer, and had the opportunity to work briefly with some of the visionaries of the industry, like Roy Fielding, the creator of the HTTP protocol and the first WWW server.
Senior Software Engineer

Rainbow Spectria

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

1995 — 1998 (3 years)

At Spectria (formerly Systematic Systems Integrations) I was a lead on their consultant gigs. I would lead a team of 3-8 software engineers on a project either on-site or at the office to continuous successful completion, and great success. It was at Spectria that I consulted for companies such as Deloitte & Touche, Citibank, American Express, and Toyota, as well as a number of now defunct dot coms like BuyBidWin.com. I was also the lead security scientist and in charge of developing frameworks for testing the limits of our hardware security based products.

Travis Savo’s Education

William S. Hart

1980 — 1995

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Travis Savo’s Interests:

Investing, realestate, fishing, skiing, racing, cars, collecting, sports memorabilia, basketball, football, art, drama, theater, movies, computers, CGI graphics, painting, photography, programming, beach, walks, hiking, travel, Europe, Asia, India, Africa, Safari, peace, separation of church and state, socialbiology, stem cell research & therapy, genetics, history, human migration, y chromosomes, Genghis Khan, guns germs & steel, competition, entrepreneurship, capitalism, globalization, secularism, diversity, unity through diversity, economic development, venture capital, libertarian perspectives, alternative energy, fuel cells, music, blues, rock & roll, classical music, trance, electronics, djing, turntableism, cubase