Prashanth DG Email: dgprashanth@gmail.com
AR/VR Producer Phone : +91-9986-797-426
Introduction
Dynamic producer with 8.5+ years of experience in delivering AR/VR Experiences to enterprise clients in the Retail and Real Estate industries using disruptive technologies. Effective problem-solver & communicator.
Skills
Strong organizational & project management abilities - Wrike, Jira
Resource Management - Including allocation, utilization & forecasting
Leadership Skills - Managed a team of 12 people including Dev, 3D, Design, PM & QA
Development frameworks - Waterfall, Agile & Kanban
Project Evaluation - Select suitable projects that align with strategic objectives
Project Management - Competent at scoping, scheduling, estimating costs for projects during planning & monitoring all aspects during execution
Mentor - Provide feedback/guidance to associate PMs/producers & nurture their talent
Content Creation Tools - Adobe Photoshop, 3DS Max, Subversion(SVN), Unreal Engine, Unity, ZBrush, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, & Maya
Experience
Delivery Head/AR-VR Producer
Xarpie Labs LLP - July 2018 - Present(2 years 2 months)
Sett the vision for the team of production team including developers, 3D artists, designers, project managers & testers
Cross-functional collaboration with other departments including marketing & sales for identifying new market sectors & disruptive technologies
Working with senior management to identify processes & standards
Initiate technical training & soft-skill training for associates
Mentor associate producers/project managers & identify areas of improvement
Identify areas to automate/optimize including creating tailored project templates
Assess gaps in the team & identify new roles that are required within the team
Lead the interview process to fill internal gaps from creating job descriptions to selecting candidates & completion of the process up to the offer letter stage.
Provide regular reports to management on performance - project & personnel
Solve problems in a quick & logical manner to ensure smooth functioning of the team
Ensure alignment of projects with business objectives
3D Art Coordinator
Realworld One - Mar 2016 - June 2018 (2 years 3 months)
Liaison between the German development team & off-shore Indian dev team for 3D Asset production inside unreal engine
Generated weekly project status reports & maintained process documents
Setup 3D workflows for asset production & ensured regular delivery of assets as per German development team requirements for VR/AR Projects
Plan production schedule & allocated resources according to priorities
Ensure quality assurance & control for 3D assets
Assisted in growing the team from selecting potential candidates & development of training schedule for the readiness of fresh joinees
3D Artist
Atman Software - Aug 2010 - Feb 2014 (3 Years 6 months)
3D modelling / texturing of real-world products & sci-fi assets
Performed quality control for the incoming assets from the team
Integrated the team’s assets into the company's proprietary game engine (Atman Tech 3)
Created walkthrough videos from the proprietary game engine
Education
B.A in Animation & Visual FX
MAAC, IGNOU, Bangalore | June ‘11 - Dec ‘15
Professional diploma in game art & design
AIGA, Bangalore | May ‘09 - Aug ‘10
Certificates
PMP® - Project Management Professional(Exam Date : 20th Sep)
Project Management Institute
CSM® - Certified ScrumMaster(Scheduled training for 14th Sep)
Scrum Alliance