
Manager of Game Support at Trion World Network
Austin, Texas Area

Manager of Game Support at Trion World Network
Austin, Texas Area
(Entertainment industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year)
(Entertainment industry)
June 2004 — Present (5 years 2 months)
Responsible for business development and operations as they relate to Project readOn and Rhino Moon.
(Computer Games industry)
September 2007 — July 2008 (11 months)
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Interface with a variety of teams including business development, game development, marketing, QA, Community and Operations.
• Act as the key operational contact in the absence of the Director of CS
• Ensure all CS projects are on task and that all key stakeholders are informed via status reports and meetings, including our business partners
• Ensures that CS operations are consistently performing to the project from inception to completion
• Find and execute new best practices for CS
• Oversee the daily operations and quality standards established by the company in support of game titles
• Oversee all product launches and patches for all games published and/or hosted by Ping0
• Keep and own all CS project documentation up to date, including that of our partners
• Liaison for overseas business partners and ensure they are on task with daily operations
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Games industry)
June 2001 — June 2004 (3 years 1 month)
Responsible for QA and Customer Service teams across multiple online games. This included setting up the teams from the ground up locally and in outsource facilities across the world. Helped successfully launch City of Heroes and Lineage 2 in North America.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; ERTS; Computer Games industry)
August 1998 — June 2001 (2 years 11 months)
Responsible for customer service representatives working on Ultima Online. Daily duties included staffing, mentoring, solving issues with delays in the queue, improving customer service handle times, maintaining high morale in the workplace, reporting budgets and staffing needs to Executive team on a weekly basis. I was heavily involved in setting up offshore support for EA.