Kumsal Obuz

Pivoted the studio from developing indie games to a consulting practice supporting small studios with art outsourcing, pitch feedback, and strategic guidance. Authored all business-facing content and delivered tailored workshops. * Led end-to-end production of in-house and commissioned game projects using Godot Engine and Blender. * Authored Game Development with Blender and Godot for Packt * Publishing, translating complex workflows into digestible steps. * Delivered talks on pitching at the IGDA Toronto and the IndieGameBusiness Summit. * Mentored developers, executives and artists through the IGDA Global Mentorship Program. * Produced educational video content and livestreams to support public learning and promote studio visibility. * Built Creating Thematic UI in Godot Engine course on Udemy.

Taught Low Poly Game Art to a class of 38 students. Covered historical roots of low poly art and its future in contemporary spaces such as museums, digital applications, commercials and graphic design.

When The Infinity Network was renamed Engage SEO, I took the Assistant Director role. I ran a team of 7 people that consisted of front-end developers and web designers. * Developed an email preview and testing tool that mimicked the real experience by temporarily replacing template variables with their expected values. * Created a build and minification process with Gulp that respected in-house code dependencies. * Presented new solutions for our existing problems to other department directors, so that a more solid and rapid development cycle could be established. * Decreased the number of bugs the Design Team received from 450 to 200 and then to 50 in two consecutive years. * Constantly optimized existing workflow to increase the team's efficiency and deliver better products * Taught cross skills to team members and encouraged them to tutor each other. * Maintained standards and quality by establishing an internal peer review process. * Investigated a new version control system for the team and coordinated its setup. * Conducted interviews and reviewed interview exam results to filter applicants.