Ryan Penning

Background

About Ryan Penning

An established leader in the games industry with over 10 years of production experience and a diverse network of game developers. Extensive experience overseeing the development, curation and investment in games both nationally and internationally. Adept at providing strategic advice for the curation, prioritisation and investment of games. I have shipped over 100+ game products from the client services industry to live service games for original IP and known properties like Star Trek and Power Rangers. I am passionate about games as an interactive medium and the unique problems they can solve. I have been involved in various pitching, production, management and delivery of games across a variety of platforms and genres for clients. Strategy and Execution • People-first production: developing sustainable production life cycles for teams and implementing release strategies. • Created & managed budgets, plans and timelines for original IP and work-for-hire ($100K -$8MM+) for teams of 5-30 through all phases of production from pre-production to live ops content delivery. • Respected game production professional with intimate knowledge of the game development process including strategies to manage and mitigate risks, complex problem solving and commitment to delivering exceptional results. Project Leadership • At Chaos Theory Games, managed concurrent projects from diverse client-base (tech, education, entertainment, agriculture, etc), guiding remote cross-disciplinary teams to deliver interactive content for web, PC, mobile, AR/VR, and live activation. • Delivering ‘big picture’ presentations to the studio on new projects and processes at Mighty Kingdom in line with organisation values. • Facilitated change management of new technology and tools to support the creation of new products.