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PATRICK FENN

Chicago

Summary

Producer in the Video Game Industry with 8+ years of experience. I am looking to re-enter the game industry and expand my skills with an exciting company and set of games to work on. My time making games has been challenging and fulfilling in ways I have been unable to find elsewhere, and working with a high quality team to make project we are all proud of is what I strive to achieve again and again

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Owner/Cook

Tio Pat's LLC
01.2021 - 09.2024
  • Establish working relationships with venues and customers
  • Manage Budgets and schedules for staff and food truck
  • Create and cook all recipes
  • Build creative brand and look of the business

Senior Producer

Gearbox Software
01.2018 - 01.2021
  • Project lead for Commander Lilith & the Fight for Sanctuary
  • Establish team communication pipeline between Frisco team and development team in Quebec
  • Lead Producer of Post-Launch content team for Borderlands 3
  • Built staffing plan, budget, release timeline with team and outside departments
  • Manage communication with Sony, Microsoft, and Publishers

Producer

Bethesda Game Studios
01.2016 - 01.2018
  • Lead Producer for Wolfenstein II: The Freedom Chronicles
  • Establish Communication between Dallas team and Stakeholders in Uppsala, Sweden at MachineGames
  • Built staffing plan and budget
  • Create regular feedback loop with MachineGames while keeping the DLC timeline in tact

Associate Producer

Gearbox Software LLC
04.2014 - 01.2016
  • Created and managed production schedules.
  • Maintained project costs through careful budgeting and monitoring of expenditures.
  • Worked with Quality Assurance to to create high quality test plans
  • Ran meetings and gathered required documentation.
  • Facilitated communication between staff and other departments to synchronize work.

QA Sub-Lead

Gearbox Development Services
02.2012 - 03.2014
  • Built test plans with development team
  • Utilized test plans with team of QA testers
  • Wrote and reported bugs to development team
  • Prioritized testing plans and bug reports that needed focus

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Arts and Technology (Game Design)

University of Texas at Dallas
01.2012

Skills

  • JIRA
  • Confluence
  • Photoshop
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Unreal Engine 3/4
  • Unity
  • Financial planning
  • Business launch
  • Project management

Timeline

Owner/Cook

Tio Pat's LLC
01.2021 - 09.2024

Senior Producer

Gearbox Software
01.2018 - 01.2021

Producer

Bethesda Game Studios
01.2016 - 01.2018

Associate Producer

Gearbox Software LLC
04.2014 - 01.2016

QA Sub-Lead

Gearbox Development Services
02.2012 - 03.2014

Bachelor of Arts - Arts and Technology (Game Design)

University of Texas at Dallas
PATRICK FENN