ELECTRONIC ARTS (NASDAQ: ERTS)
Multimedia & Graphics Software, Video Games
Redwood City, CA
www.electronicarts.com
September 2006 – December 2007
Company Profile: World’s largest video game developer. Electronic Arts engages in the development, marketing, publishing, and distribution of interactive software video games worldwide, some titles include Tiger Woods PGA Golf, Madden Football, Harry Potter, and Spore.
Senior Solution Architect for Intellectual Property Security System supporting CIO, Director Anti-Piracy, Sr. Manager Worldwide Mastering Labs, and the IT Program Management Office
Assignments: Led toolset expansion and deployment of EA’s Worldwide Build Tracking System, a Java-based intellectual property security and game distribution application.
* Consulted with 20 Worldwide Mastering Lab stakeholders to elicit system requirements
* Developed Service Oriented Architecture framework to support technology roadmap
* Served as expert for SOA, portal, content management, collaboration and taxonomy
* Educated executives on SOA, portal and knowledge management functional services
* Identified, designed, and visually communicated business case objectives for executives
* Led deployment for multi-phase, multi-year system enhancement program
* Initiated a coalition of media companies to co-design a new digital distribution system
* Authored Request for Proposals for third-party software and led vendor selections
* Managed vendor approval process and facilitated procurement negotiations
* Oversaw technical development team to deliver user system requirements
* Created use cases, led user acceptance testing, and reported user adoption metrics
* Owned pilot deployment of iRise Application Simulator for IT Project Management Office
* Led information taxonomy workshops to define knowledge directory structures
* Modeled As Is and To Be business processes for new build distribution system
* Defined and developed eLearning training courses delivered via Microsoft’s MOSS portal
* Led discovery and design for CIO’s IT knowledge management MOSS portal
* Created repeatable operational procedures to improve distribution system adoption
* Built and grew executive relationships to maximize positive impact for project success