ALSTON ADAMS
telephone: available upon request through email 
email:  alston.adams@gmail.com
web: http://www.alstonadams.net/

OBJECTIVE: To continue to grow in my role as a project manager within the video game industry, where I can interact with several different actors internally and externally and ideally. My training does allow me to venture outside the industry, and certain opportunities may in fact interest me.

WORK EXPERIENCE

2007-2009

Production Manager
Artificial Mind and Movement (A2M)
416, de Maisonneuve O.
9th floor
Montreal, QC
H3A 1L2

  • Managing the production of various video games including High School Musical, Mercenaries2: World in Flames and more;
  • Maintaining overall project and team schedules/timelines as well as scoping;
  • Managing change and risk, and adjusting scheduling and work breakdowns accordingly;
  • Analyzing problems, recommending and implementing effective solutions to directors;
  • Being an effective bridge between the team and management;
  • Producing daily metrics mainly concerning tasks and bugs;
  • Managing and coordinating internal and external team priorities;
  • Editing of documents related to the project, the project plan and follow-up reports
Accomplishment: I provided coordination between teams, allowing them to create their content according to plan.
Experience gained: Project control, scheduling, scoping and solid post-production experience.

2005-2006

Project Coordinator/Inside Sales Representative
Got Corporation
1260 University Street, 4th Floor
Montreal, QC
H3B 3B6

  • Coordinated small-scope customer projects in email marketing;
  • Responsible for following up with and closing incoming leads, while maintaining relationships with them to close further business down the line;
  • Responsible for finding solutions to issues that incoming leads may face in testing our products;
  • Coordinating and executing product demos;
  • Attending tradeshows and partner events

Accomplishment: I set up more than 50 email marketing programs which represent more than $100 000 in annual income.
Experience gained: External project coordination

2003-2004

Business Development Associate/ Marketing Project Coordinator
Silanis Technology Inc.
398 Isabey #200, St-Laurent, QC, H2W 1T2 (514) 337-5255

  • Helped formulate targeted outbound campaign projects (involving as many as 4 people) to certain industry segments; suggested and implemented changes when necessary;
  • Responsible for opening accounts by setting up meetings between prospective clients and Silanis’ sales reps in the U.S.;
  • Maintained relationships with clients and prospects through telephone and email interactions

 

Accomplishment: I both set in motion and used three distinct marketing and business development projects which allowed Silanis to penetrate three separate sectors of business.
Experience gained: External project coordination

1999-2003

Business Development Associate
SQLiaison Inc.
(514) 333-6600

  • Developed, as a project, a new employee orientation (NEO) program;
  • Developed, as a project, effective training streams for in-house consultants to keep them up to date on company procedures and industry technologies;
  • Authored and co-authored new white papers and articles for use within the industry (available on request), showcasing the company’s knowledge and expertise of business intelligence challenges;
  • Analyzed the data warehousing market regularly both in terms of products (“magic quadrants”) and general industry best practices, delivering both a newsletter and numeric reports;
  • Organized monthly marketing campaigns to insurance companies (25-35 per month) through mailers and follow-ups, helping to sell the organization’s value and success stories both in Canada and the U.S.

 

Accomplishment: I solved SQLiaison’s training problem through my own leadership and research.
Experience gained: Internal project coordination

EDUCATION

2009-2010
2003-2005
1992-1997

  • Certificat en gestion de projets, HEC
  • Certificat en français langue seconde, Université de Montréal
  • Bachelor of Science, major in mathematics, McGill University
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
  • IGDA Montréal
LANGUAGE AND COMPUTER SKILLS
  • English (native, excellent), French (spoken and written, very good)
  • DevTrack
  • MS Project
  • Microsoft Office

REFERENCES : Available upon request.