Tex Pine

Lead mobile games Publisher, 5000+ employees.

- Game Design Balancing and Monetization strategies for the freemium business model;
- In Dungeon Hunter 4, improved the IAP revenue per paying user by up to 58% and ARPU by up to 54%;
- In Gangstar Vegas, improved the IAP revenue per DAU by up to 38%, and the IAP revenue per paying user by up to 48%;
- In Rival Knights, I balanced an economy that managed to peak at #33 at USA's iOS Top Grossing chart.

Free-to-Play mobile games start-up, developer of next-gen titles of F2P model.

- Designed new free-to-play games, free-to-play experiences, design, market and monetization loops.
- Advised teams on prioritizing features and production process for new games.
- Helped with the Economy design of Armies & Ants, working on Excel spreadsheets for economy simulation and interaction with analytics data.

Free-to-Play mobile games start-up, developer of 2 Top Grossing games.

- Game Design and Balancing;
- Free-to-Play Economy Design;
- UX/UI Design and Usability;
- New Concepts and Pitches;

Lead mobile games Publisher, 300+ employees.

- Led the development of the Blood & Glory franchise (2 iOS/Android games). Teams of 25+ people creating a game with AAA-like graphics quality.
- Planned and executed after-launch Live actions, such as seasonal items, sales and gifts.
- Communicated with HQ in San Francisco about production schedules, Sprints, backlogs, weekly reports, game design specs and requests for resources and outsourcing.

Production of iOS games, managing and helping artists, programmers and designers. Quickly promoted to Head of Production after ~3 months.

Independent console producer, invested by Qualcomm. Company was a spin-off from Tectoy Digital where I worked before.

- Produced and designed 4 original games for the Zeebo/BREW platform.
- Managed a team of 18 people.
- Led the development of Zeebo F.C. Super League, considered the best of Zeebo by our community.
- Co-created the concepts of Zeeboids, a user avatar system that would also store save-games in the cloud.

A successful game studio in Brazil since 2005.

- Communications with international Publishers, also attending trade shows abroad;
- Developed new businesses for Interama, including a deal with Atari to produce Faeries vs. Darklings;
- Created Development Plans for Publishers and for government sponsorships.

A successful game studio in Brazil since 2007.

- Produced and designed 5 original games
- Produced 3 game ports for Zeebo (from PC, iOS and Symbian), including Quake 2
- Managed 25+ people
- Managed up to 4 teams simultaneously.

University with 300+ employees.

Professor of Multimedia, Entrepreneurship, .NET Development and Web Development courses on Bachelor and Undergraduate Computing programs of faculty FAESA.

- Lectured on Entrepreneurship, Business Plan production and IT Innovation;
- Lectured on C#, .NET Framework, ASP.NET;
- Lectured on HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ActionScript.

A successful game studio in Brazil since 2005.

- Led development of 8 games. Designed, coded and created UI art for 4 games.
- Responsible for Business Plans;
- Marketing and communication with media and clients;
- Awarded with 7 prizes in Games and Entrepreneurial contests, including 3 government sponsorships.

Online University with Post-Graduation programs

- Led the development of a LMS (Learning Management System)
- Web Design, Web Art and SEO of e-learning sites.
- Created the Logo and the Corporate Identity the company uses to this day.

- Created Websites for small companies from the end of the 90’s to the beginning of the 2000’s
- Created Corporate Visual Identity (including Logos) for small companies.
- Web development with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash & ActionScript, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Director (Shockwave) & Lingo.
- Graphic design with Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Corel DRAW, Macromedia Freehand

Extension in Game Development
Activities: 3D Modelling and Texturing, 3D Game Studio, Math, Artificial Inteligence, Game Design, Introduction to C++

Extension in Foreign Affairs
Activities: Foreign Affairs, Politics, World History, Geography, English, Diplomacy, International Law

Bachelor in Communication, specialized in Advertising
Activities: Ads Creation, Media Planning and Strategy, Marketing, Relationship with Clients, Publicity, Graphic Design, Corporate Identity Design, Basic Psychology, Politics, Photography, Advergames, Theory of Mass Communication, Screenplay, Videography, Cinematography, Storyboard

Personal Website, BrandYourself Profile

tabletop RPG games, electric bass guitar, computer games, game design, comic books, science fiction, history, cryptozoology, astronomy, heavy metal, rock music, drawing and illustration, foreign affairs, geopolitics, new ventures, The Future, usability, innovation, leadership, extraterrestrial life, UFOs