Director of Projects | iOS Developer in Training | Social Media Enthusiast | Certified ScrumMaster
Wireless | Calgary, Canada Area, CA
Hello!
I love the mobile space! This industry fascinates me and I'm always looking forward to seeing new UI designs, how apps look to retain users and increase the user experience. I believe in creating a solid product. I'm also currently working towards becoming an iOS developer.
In addition, I help teams increase their efficiency and implement the necessary tools to ensure the highest quality product. I also love helping companies and organizations raise their brand awareness in the social media space and foster online communities.
How I Help Dev Teams and Senior Management:
I help dev teams prioritize tasks to complete milestone deliverables on time and strategize around risk management.
I structure information and reporting in order to provide senior management with all available scenarios to make well-informed decisions about a project.
My Contributions Have Seen Results:
I grew an organization’s participation rate by 400% in one year by revamping the existing program and increasing program exposure through conference speaking opportunities and deploying a comprehensive online and social media strategy.
Reduced operating costs by revamping the program’s infrastructure. Including a new website design and layout project which was completed in ¼ of the time and for 90% less than the original estimate.
Increased a game team’s bug fixing capacity by streamlining the bug information gathering and resource fixing allocation process.
Created and rolled out the first project database to house historical video game project data for forecasting.
Please do not hesitate to contact me via LinkedIn or you can email me at
m.underell {at} gmail {dot} com. It would be great to hear from you!
Specialties: Objective-C (beginner)
Ruby on Rails (beginner)
HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium
Development Project Management
Development Process Development
Video Game Data Analysis
Video Game Scope Management
Managing Change During the Video Game Development Cycle
Employee Coaching
Team Building
Agile Methodology
Social Media Profile Management
Social Media Coaching
Public Speaking and Presentations
Certified ScrumMaster
Jul
2011 - Present
Director, Projects / Poynt Corporation
Sept
2009 -
Jul
2011
Program Director / University of Calgary
Nov
2008 -
Dec
2008
Development Director / Piranha Games
May
2008 -
Sept
2008
Development Manager / Electronic Arts
Sept
2004 -
Dec
2006
Associate Development Manager / Electronic Arts