Dylan Miklashek

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About Dylan Miklashek

Key Strengths > Building and leading highly productive and satisfied creative teams that achieve repeated success.> Always searching, finding and achieving best possible outcomes.> Acute ability to anticipate and solve problems quickly and effectively.> The ability to achieve respect and admiration from staff, while challenging and encouraging them to achieve the highest potential.> Honest and direct while maintaining diplomacy. Career Summary > 10+ years of experience as a project & people leader.> 10+ years of experience in the video games industry.> 10+ years of experience in mobile video game industry.> Worked for EA, THQ, Pandemic Studios, Eyecon and Gameloft.> Lead teams on major franchises: FIFA, NHL, MVP Baseball, WWE, Batman.> Lead teams that delivered successful original IP: Zombie Anarchy, Ballistic Baseball, Royale Rising.> Lead teams that have delivered 20+ highly rated and commercially successful video games.> Lead teams in Canada, USA, Japan, UK and Australia.> Lead teams in excess of 100 staff.> Lead external and internal development teams.> Lead teams that are small/large, independent/publisher, studios/HQ.> Established and managed the first Australia Gameloft studio located in Brisbane Queensland.> Worked & lived in Canada, USA, UK and Australia. American, Canadian and Australian citizenships.> Board Director for Interactive Games & Entertainment Association starting 2020 (IGEA)> Board Director for Screen Queensland starting 2022 > Primary driver in lobbying Queensland State Government for 15% Digital Games Tax Offset.> Key participant in lobbying Australian Federal Government for 30% Digital Games Tax Offset.> 2022 AGDA Australia Studio of the Year