Margo Fear

Experience

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  Nintendo

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2006

  Tester

  Acted as part of the testing pool on several high profile Nintendo DS titles, concentrating on completion and functional testing.

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  Microsoft

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2006

  Software Quality Assurance Analyst

  Acted as part of the core Multiplayer Test Team on a PC RTS at Microsoft Games Studios. Worked closely with Lead Software Test Engineer to insure technical requirements were met on an XBox 360 title. Did extensive hardware/software compatibility testing in AV lab as well as extensive network testing. Logged bugs and dealt directly with developers in a limited capacity.

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  Foundation 9 Entertainment

  Feb 2007 - Nov 2009

  QA Lead

  Lead teams in qualitative as well as functional testing of Nintendo DS and PSP games across all genres. Developed testing plans and set up databases for projects. Ran training sessions with development teams on how to use various client databases. Acted as part of the team to establish the optimal database solution when transitioning away from RAID. Scheduled and coordinated certification testing with internal Cert team. Researched, wrote, vetted, and assigned out bugs. Provided and facilitated curbside assistance to development teams. Organized, ran, and recruited attendees for focus test groups. Prepared focus test surveys and moderated roundtable discussions with participants. Collected and documented focus group feedback. Presented focus test results to development teams. Generated weekly status reports and metrics on project’s health. Acted as primary contact between client and internal QA groups. Worked to maximize unity between development and QA groups. Show less

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  Griptonite Games

  Nov 2009 - Feb 2012

  Producer

  Lead or co-lead half a dozen teams from project inception to completion on time and on budget with minimal OT on all major consoles. Shipped titles with Assistant Producer, Associate Producer, and Producer credits on all major consoles. Coordinated client localization teams and contract audio teams to integrate loc text and all audio into builds. Facilitated cohesive teams, held and developed product vision, overall goals and project scope. Acted as the primary contact with publisher side producers. Lead daily, weekly and formalized monthly product review meetings for projects. Facilitated and helped maintain scrum style task board. Used studio tools for level design, scripting, and audio implementation on Nintendo DS projects. Gathered and delivered materials for scheduled milestones starting with initial documentation and ending with archive. Generated single page pitch docs, full Power Point proposals, basic GDD docs, weekly project health reports, and milestone documentation. Wrote the script and lead writing teams for multiple games. Show less

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  Glu Mobile

  Aug 2011 - Feb 2012

  Producer
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  Eventcore

  Feb 2013 - Jan 2022

  Technical Services Project Manager/Web Producer

  Part of training and onboarding team. Training and building website and mail content using CSS, HTML, javascript, Bootstrap, and other web technologies to deliver AA web-accessible content to end-users with a focus on responsive design and excellent user experience. Working with clients such as Microsoft, Tableau, and Valve to deliver bespoke web registration solutions. Previously acting as ScrumMaster for teams by facilitating meetings and ensuring that development, customer service, project managers, and technical services are working as a well-oiled machine to meet internal and external milestones. Functional end-to-end testing of registration sites and associated tools. Maintaining internal wiki and internal blog. Show less

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  Heifer International

  May 2022 - now

  Web Producer