Carlos Restrepo

Phone: (818) 400-5850

Address: 801 Birmingham Rd. Burbank, CA 91504

Email: carlos1170@yahoo.com

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objective
	To join a creative studio, and utilize my gaming knowledge and industry experience to help them produce the highest quality products.
Experience
	THQ Inc.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Agoura Hills, CA Senior Project Lead - ESD/Remastering                                                                                                                         February 2009 - Present n Manage numerous PC titles across many genres and oversee the remastering and electronic distribution of said titles. n Track and prepare assets for timely delivery to ESD vendors in a timely manner. n Ensuring proper coverage and bug finding strategies and reporting thoes findings to developers and product development. n Serve as a liaison between product development, developers and internal QA ensuring that all questions and comments are provided in a timely manner.  Continually coordinating activites between the developers ESD/Remastering and  product development. n Manage a specialized internal QA team that focuses on high priority remastering and ESD issues. n Anticipate the needs of the ESD Group when it comes to the aquisition of equipment and software in a efficient manner, as needed by test        teams and also keeping mindful of the demands of the project and deadlines.. QA Test Lead – ESD/Remastering April 2007 – February 2009
	n Manage numerous PC titles across many genres and oversee the remastering and electronic distribution of said titles. Ensuring proper coverage and bug finding strategies. n Serve as a liaison between product development, developers and internal QA ensuring that all questions and comments are provided in a timely manner. n Manage a specialized internal QA team that focuses on high priority remastering and ESD issues. n Working closely with several electronic distribution vendrs including: Steam, Direct to Drive, Trymedia, Digital River and Metaboli.
	QA Test Lead	October 2005 – March 2007
	n Supervise and direct a Test Team. n Prioritize and delegate resources to ensure deadlines are consistently met. n Manage and organize the project database ensuring accurate and well-written bugs. n Conduct the bug regression process in an accurate and timely manner. n Create and implement a comprehensive test plan, putting forth practical test strategies that are utilized throughout the project test cycle. n Provide accurate status and interim reports via verbal and written communication to QA management, developers and production on a daily and weekly basis. n Write and give 90 day and yearend performance reviews. n Oversee projects including:Tonka on the Job (PC), Titan Quest: Immortal Throne (PC), Avatar [PC], Titan Quest (PC)
	QA Tester	December 2003 – October 2005
	n Performed various test cases to identify problems and bugs within the games. n Provided detailed reports of bugs to the Product Development team including suggestions to resolve the problems found within the games. n Projects include the following:Monkey Ball Junior (GBA), WrestleMania X8 (PS2), Wireless Games (Mobil phones), Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius: Jet Fusion (PS2 and GC), Firewarrior (PS2 and PC), Dawn of War (PC), Destroy all Humans (Xbox) and Dawn of War: Winter Assault (PC)
Education
	California State University Northridge                                                                                                          B.A., Industrial Design (Product Design), GPA: 3.0
SKILLS
	Knowledge of  Windows and Mac platforms. Proficient in Window based OS and its major software packages like Office, Excel, Devtrack, Photoshop, Maya and After Effects.

Additional Industry experience
	Bipack Digital                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Hollywood, CA Digital Effects Artist February 2001 – May 2002
	n Designed titles for The Score, Unfaithful, Gangs of New York and Mr. Deeds trailers.                n Digital dust removal for Iron Monkey trailer.                n Digital Paint effects for Not Another Teen Movie trailer.                n Responsibilities included motion graphics and 2D/3D effects for film and television trailers.                n Gained working knowledge of Inferno, Flame and the UNIX operating system.
	Strategicon Freelance Illustrator	Burbank , CA February 1998 – February 2002
	n Design concept art for gaming convention advertising and convention program.                 n Design cover art for gaming convention program.
	Stucky Productions Lead Storyboard Artist	North Hollywood, CA October 2000
	n Produced storyboards for the independent film From the Ground Up.                n Responsibilities included storyboards for entire film, concept drawings for major characters, and production sketches for the        technical director.
	Digital Domain Model Builder		Venice, CA                   June 1996 – July 1996
	n Built models for the motion pictures Chain Reaction, The Fifth Element and Dante’s Peak.               n Responsibilities included resin casting, mold making, painting and construction and set dressing.
Additional Education
	Art Center Collage of Design                                                                                                                        Minority Scholarship (Entertainment Design), GPA: 3.0
Areas of Interest and Expertise
	Fluent in Spanish, computer and role-playing games, video games, comics, special effects, special effects makeup, sketching, design, illustration, model building and storyboarding.