Luis Romero
Stamford
Summary
Dynamic production expert with 20+ years of experience leading multi-million-dollar initiatives across the entertainment and consulting industries. Known for building high-performing teams, motivating talent, and driving innovation to deliver exceptional results. Trusted by global brands like Activision-Blizzard, EA, and DreamWorks to manage projects of medium to large size and complexity with strategic vision and decisive leadership.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
3
3
Certification
3
3
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Lead Producer / Production Director
Nimble Giant Entertainment / Embracer Group
11.2021 - 07.2023
- Production Director for Nimble’s first VR Game (later postponed)
- Co-Director of Production in an unannounced AA+ FPS game for PC/PS5/XBOX SX/SS using Unreal Engine 5
- Led a team of 8 Semi-Sr and Sr Producers in a team of 140 people
- SAFe instructor / Agile Coach. I ran many SAFe workshops and all the
SAFe events for the entire release train.
CO-Founder / Unreal engine instructor
RT Dojo / Immerion Interactive
03.2022 - Current
- UE 5 instruction for Professionals. I do Unreal Engine courses for multiple professional disciplines such as architects, aspiring game developers, animators among others.
- Occasional work for the Educational Team at Epic Games as UAI's Evaluator, running events in multiple LATAM countries (Mexico, Chile, Argentina) with the goal of preparing candidates for their UAI Exam.
- I create 3D realtime applications for the Real Estate industry using Unreal Engine and Pixel Streaming technologies
Sr Project Manager
Globant Chile
11.2019 - 11.2021
- Managed multiple mobile and web application projects for clients such as MetLife in the US and Anheuser-Busch in Canada, handling the budget, staffing, communications, and weekly reporting among other important tasks..
- In charge of teams of full stack developers, ux/ui designers, researchers, among others using agile methodologies.
Senior / Executive Producer
Gamaga Studio
08.2015 - 10.2018
- Managed 15+ games (web and mobile), one of them being Banana Kong with 100+ millions of downloads only on Android.
- Reorganized the whole studio in preparation for its transition to Unity Engine and implemented agile and waterfall methodologies as well as good practices used across the industry.
- Brought experienced talent and helped grow the company before its acquisition by Kongragate.
Sr Producer
Behaviour Interactive/Wanako Games
01.2007 - 07.2015
- Main Producer for several AA+ games for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PC and Mobile, including Tetris for PSN (Best Selling game in 2009), Wipeout In the Zone I and II, Iced Age Continental Drift, Pacific Rim The Mobile Game, among other titles.
- Main responsibilities were: Budget, staffing, client relations, reporting, production methodologies among other critical tasks.
- In charge of teams of 80+ people across 3 countries (Chile, US, Canada)
- Main clients: EA, Activision-Blizzard, Sony Entertainment, DreamWorks, Reliance, among others.
Sr Project Manager / Tech Lead
Banco De Chile Casa Matriz
01.2000 - 12.2005
- Tech Lead/Manager - Transactional middleware.
- Managed many internal projects that aimed to improve the transactional middleware
Software Developer
Banco De Chile Casa Matriz
01.2000 - 12.2005
- Main developer for Banco de Chile's middleware (propietary technology developed in C/C++).
Education
SAFe Professional Consultant Certification -
Agile Rising, Remote (Preparing For SPC Exam)
07-2024
Unreal Authorized Instructor | Epic Games -
Epic Games
03.2021 - 04.2021
Master of Science in Innovation | School of Business -
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago
Santiago, Chile 03.2020 - 11.2021
Bachelor of Science | Computer Science -
Universidad De Ciencias De La Informática, Región Metropolitana
Santiago, Chile 03.1993 - 11.1998
Skills
Strategic Planning
Interpersonal and written communication
Customer Relations
Operations Management
Board Reporting
Process Improvement
Budget Development
Schedule development
Accomplishments
Won an Epic Megagrant in 2019 (US), a Corfo fund in 2020 (Chile) and started Immerion Interactive to create 3D realtime apps for the Real Estate and Automotive industries.
Additional Information
Expert user in Windows, Linux and MacOS, Google Suite, Microsoft Office,
Expert user using PM tools such as Jira, Hansoft, Asana, Trello
Certification
SAFe Professional Consultant (exam pending)
Master Degree in Innovation at Univ. Adolfo Ibáñez
Unreal Authorized Instructor and Evaluator
Guitar Playing
During my free time I enjoy playing electric and bass guitars and have a great time with my 2 boys (15 and 18) at any rehearsal room, playing covers from our favs heavy metal bands.
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Spanish
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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