Harrison Snyder

Experience

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  Retora Game Studios

  Sept 2013 - Sept 2014

  Managing junior members to the team. Over seeing all design aspects of this quarter's game project. As a design intern I worked with another design intern and a design mentor along with a full team of interns (programmers, artists) to learn the full production pipeline for a mobile game. My specific roles included but not limited to Documentation (GDD, Art Asset List), SFX Design, Level Design, GUI Design, Tutorial Design, and other things like creating a fly-through of our levels by animating cameras so we could show off our game in the GDC play area in March 2014.

  • Lead Designer

    May 2014 - Sept 2014

  • Design Intern

    Sept 2013 - May 2014
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  Waden Kane Game Studios LLC

  Oct 2014 - Jan 2019

  CEO and Founder

  Waden Kane Game Studios was a small indie studio that developed innovative interactive applications for mobile devices and VR platforms. I was responsible for daily operations, design directions, marketing efforts, and all administrative needs.

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  Escape Rooms Mesa

  Sept 2016 - Sept 2017

  Director Marketing

  I managed all marketing campaigns, created digital and physical creatives while monitoring status, achievements, and weaknesses. Worked directly with CEO and proposed to way to ways to advertise the business services.

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  Certification Planner, LLC

  Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

  Lead Instructor

  Lead and train Project Managers in 3 day boot-camp courses to obtain their PMP and ACP certifications through PMI. Responsible for instilling best practices for Agile and traditional project management methodologies. Teach and describe real life scenarios on to how to best manage teams.

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  ZipRecruiter

  Apr 2019 - Oct 2019

  Enterprise Solutions Manager

  Responsible for managing over 2 million dollars in revenue from enterprise accounts by guiding sales executives to effectively manage our books of business. I help enterprises create marketing campaigns for all of their hiring needs. I help stakeholders understand where their budget is being spent and how we can optimize processes to better utilize their budgets.

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  Envision

  Oct 2019 - Aug 2021

  IT Project Manager

  Was contracted at ADOT to manage IT related projects. I oversaw IT Projects including Data Center Migrations, Security Compliance Protocols, Server Management, Application Development, and any IT Infrastructure changes and upgrades.

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  American Express

  Aug 2021 - Feb 2022

  Project Manager II

  Was on the Data Center Network Engineering team overseeing the network related projects. Oversaw new fabric builds across the globe, managed large scale switch upgrade projects, and help manage other data center related upgrades and expansions.

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  EchoStar Corporation

  Feb 2022 - now

  Managed multiple programs to enhance the enterprise cloud infrastructures for all key business areas.- Reduced AWS spend by $2mill per year (2022)- Implemented tagging policies and standards across multiple landing zones- Managed programs for SG automation - Helped advance intake processes for AWS environments - Led efforts to rebuild our NOC monitoring for AWS environments- Integral leader during a large cyber attack, created organization tools for the restoration and recovery for the IT enterprise Show less

  • Staff Technical Program Manager

    Jun 2024 - now

  • Senior Technical Program Manager

    May 2022 - Jun 2024

  • Senior Technical Program Manager

    Feb 2022 - May 2022