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Susan Cummings

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Hi, I'm Susan Cummings. Welcome to my profile!

Susan Cummings's Bio:

Susan Cummings's Experience:

• Co-Founder / VP Publishing / Executive Producer at Zoo Games, Inc. (formerly GreenScreen Interactive)

  May 2007 - December 2008

  Co-founder of a new, international video game publisher/distributor. Responsibilities include strategic planning, direct management of product development organization, management of internal development studio, business development, licensing, M&A. Shipped Order Up!, Puzzle Kingdoms, Story Hour. Managed relationships with Ninja Theory, Factor 5, Infinite Interactive, Supervillain, Radar, Recoil, Other Ocean.

• Consulting at Video Game Consultant

  January 2007 - April 2007

  Business development consultant for Take 2 Interactive and others. Signed Spec Ops deal with Yager.

• VP Business Development at 2K Games

  December 2004 - January 2007

  Co-founder of the 2K Games label at Take 2 Interactive. Signed and commenced development of next gen original IP and licensed titles including BIOSHOCK (Irrational Games), BORDERLANDS (Gearbox), THE DARKNESS (Starbreeze), X-COM (Firaxis). Acquired Civ IP (in addition to X-Com IP) from Atari, one year prior to the release of Civ 4 which became Take 2's best selling PC game of all time. Oversaw product planning, acquisitions and publishing deals for 2K Games, working directly with the founder of Take 2. Worked closely with head of product development to establish new IP and to look for ways to further extend currently held IP and licenses. Led the acquisition of a variety of studios to build out 2K's internal development capabilities (Irrational Games, PAM, Firaxis, etc). Early research efforts into MMO extensions for 2K IP.

• VP Publishing at 2K Games

  August 2003 - September 2004

  Co-founded the relaunch of the T2 Global Star label, to focus on family/casual console games to take advantage of the end of the PS2/Xbox lifecycle. Responsible for product planning and direction which included signing deals with a variety of console developers, as well as putting together and managing product development for Global Star titles (team building, milestone sign off, staff reviews). Part of the business team which made the decision to enter Take 2 into the sports business through a distribution deal with Sega Japan for an aggressively priced 2K5 sports season, which led to the key acquisitions of Visual Concepts, Kush Games, Indie Studios, and Venom. Ultimately, this led to the creation of 2K Games.

• Development Manager at Rockstar Games

  March 2002 - August 2003

  Negotiated deal with Capcom to release GTA 3 and GTA Vice City in Japan, both extremely successful given the historical failure of the majority of US/Euro games in the Japanese market. Led the acquisition of Mobius Entertainment, which would become Rockstar Leeds. Handled music licensing and copyright clearances for various titles.

• VP Content at Yummy Interactive

  2000 - 2002

  - Hired as Director of Interactive Content in March 2000, to handle all licensing of entertainment software and soon after promoted to VP Content to head of up all content licensing. - Established and secured relationships with leading game publishers to stream their games on demand.

• Consultant at ThinkBIG

  1997 - 2000

  Negotiated publishing deals with Electronic Arts, Havas (Vivendi-Universal), Fox Interactive, Atari, Acclaim, BMG Entertainment. Retained by BMG to license NA distribution rights to GTA, College Basketball; introduced Take 2 to BMG management, leading to acquisition of the interactive group (to become Rockstar Games).

• Executive Producer / Founder at Tiny Rebel Games, LLC

  June 2013

  Tiny Rebel Games is a micro publisher and co-developer of free to play games based on rich and beloved entertainment properties, for Android, iOS, and other platforms. I am responsible for the overall operation of the business including business development, partnerships, live support, marketing/PR. I am also the Executive Producer for our first self published mobile game, based on a beloved global science fiction property which will release this Winter. Also producing an action RPG based on a hit comic book property as well as other forthcoming unannounced mobile and browser games. Look for detailed announcements soon.

• Executive Producer at Tiny Rebel Studios - Consulting

  March 2009

  Frequently called in as "Hired guns", Tiny Rebel is expert at jumping into the development process and identifying problems and fixing them, including working on-site at the developer as needed. We also have a network of talented individuals with very specific expertise to bring in as needed to games. We frequently step in for part or all of the development of a game on behalf of our publisher client and manage production and/or game design. Current and recent projects include: - serious games corporate training project for leading global management training company - expert witness in legal proceedings - executive producer for World of Zombies (PC F2P) - executive producer to pre-alpha for Star Trek game with Bad Robot (left project in January 2012) - executive producer for War of the Worlds XBLA - Ghostbusters PSP, Project Runway Wii - consultant to Hollywood property holder - distribution consultant to German publisher The Tiny Rebel Studios team provides production, creative, and business solutions to developers, publishers, investors, and licensors in the rapidly changing computer and video game space. Our experience is diverse across platform and genre covering the broad range of options out there for gaming. Our current work is heavily focused on the hard core free to play pc and tablet gaming space, though we are highly skilled creators of original IP for the traditional console space as well. Our ability to provide services at every point in the game development cycle from conception to ship, is backed by 25 years of experience in the video game business, on all major platforms, working on blockbuster AAA games as well as small, casual mass market games.

Susan Cummings's Education:

• Brandeis University

  1990 – 1994
  BA