Prototype and Iterate
Built in a few hours, Poker Draw demonstrates how experienced product and game design leadership can guide an AI native production pipeline.
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Game design leader.
Hands-on product and game design leader with 20+ years building games from concept through launch and live operations.
Experience
Selected work
Hightop Games
Founded Hightop Games, a casual mobile game studio building original games with AI-powered production systems.
Aces · UA marketing
From game loop to ad creative.
Designed and produced user acquisition creative for Aces across AppLovin playable and video placements, pairing a hands-on version of the game with a vertical story built for mobile feeds.
Playable ad
Try the core loop
A self-contained HTML5 game creative built for AppLovin. Tap the device to play.
Vertical video ad
Build the story
A 9:16 gameplay story combining creator footage, gameplay capture, voice, and captions for mobile acquisition.
Production stack
- AppLovin
- Playable delivery and UA campaign creative
- ElevenLabs
- Audio transcription and script workflow
- Creatify
- AI-assisted vertical video production
Netflix Games Research
A research tool I built to review the Netflix games portfolio with an interactive studio map, and a tagged news feed.
Open Dashboard
Amazon Luna Games Research
A mapped view of the studios and companies behind Amazon Luna, covering 123 games and 96 sourced developer profiles.
Open Dashboard
Big Run Studios
Distinguished Game Developer
Helped define skill-based bingo through Blackout Bingo, a Top 20 free app and Top 10 casino app with $7.8+ billion in player winnings. Led product design and UX for Sweeps Night and launched 10 titles on iOS and Android.
Zynga
Principal User Experience
Helped evolve Zynga Poker, the world’s largest free-to-play poker game, adding Leagues and real world prizes.
Led FarmVille’s six-person UX team, shaping the player experience behind the defining Facebook game that surpassed 80 million monthly players.
Kid Magic
Games & Marketing
Founded a creative studio delivering games, digital products, and integrated campaigns for Xbox, Sony, Disney, Adult Swim, Paramount, NCSOFT, and leading entertainment and gaming brands.
Cartoon Network
Senior Designer
Designed award-winning digital and on-air campaigns for Cartoon Network and brands including LEGO, Star Wars, Harry Potter, and the NBA.
AI-powered playable
Poker Playable Prototype
Rapidly built. Deliberately architected.
A fully playable no-limit Texas Hold’em prototype, featuring configurable AI opponents with distinct play styles and a real time multiplayer backend.
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