About
I am a Producer (Video Games, Web, Business Development) and Investor (Stocks, Options, Real Estate), living in Hawaii and occasionally in Kawasaki Japan. My specialties are developing new businesses, creating intellectual property and income streams, project management, and business systems optimization. I’ve also been known to do a little 3D Animation.
In my company, I work with American and foreign clients, to help them develop and launch their multimedia products, be it handheld or console games, or web based software. We take clients through the development cycle, from Pre-Production all the way to completion and launch. My goal is always to help clients increase revenue, penetrate new markets, and further their corporate missions and goals.
I have a passion for investing that borders on addiction. Real Estate deals are my favorite, but I also dabble in Stocks and Options (mostly credit spreads and plain old vanilla stock plays). In my stock investing, I tend to use technicals most of the time, although I use a combination of fundamentals and technicals in the end. For real estate, I enjoy finding deals, like foreclosures and rehabs and flipping for profit. If the market and property are right for it, rentals are another great vehicle.
I am currently pursuing my MBA at the University of Liverpool, one of the 6 original Red Brick Universities in the UK. My intended focus is on Entrepreneurship and Leadership.
In the Ether
Stuff
Besides feeding all my interests (borderline ADD at this point), here are some other projects I’m working on or that I’ve been a part of:
Duck and Cover
I’m currently producing an iPhone game called Duck and Cover. Its a throwback to the old NES days, but for the iPhone.
Aloha Island TV Channel
I co-produced a TV channel for kids, as well as 4 games, delivered in partnership with Oceanic Cable. Kids could play educational video games on TV using their TV remote.
Creative Academies
I co-created and ran a class teaching middle school kids how to make video games using MIT’s “Scratch” game creation software.
Nintendo DS RPG
I produced an adventure RPG for the Nintendo DS > currently looking for a publisher.
Hawaii Townhouse Flip
This was a foreclosure deal, we had purchased the townhouse for a very low price as there were few bidders, put in new carpets, paint, and flipped the unit a few months later.
Hawaii Condo
This was a buy, hold and flip type of deal. I bought in at the start of the market run up, and eventually put a renter in the unit for a few years. I then sold it as the market started looking peaky and the economy poised for a pullback.
AZ spec homes
Built 2 homes in Arizona. This was one of the riskier deals I have done. From an investment standpoint, its a good return- 6K out of pocket for the whole deal, basically banking on the market going up as you build. Its best to get into this type of deal at the start of a building cycle/boom, not at the end, or you could get trapped.
Ys the Ark of Napishtim (voice talent) Roman Soldier
I did some voice acting for the video game “Y’s”. Nothing special, but fun work.
Dance Dance Revolution versions 2,3,4 and Universe
I did animation and mocap cleanup for a bunch of Dance Dance Revolution games published by Konami. This was a very successful series and fun to work on.
TMNT Mutant Melee for PC,XBOX,GC,PS2
I created hundreds of character animations, including several short cut scenes for TV, that was shown on Fox Box Saturday morning.
MLS ExtraTime, XBOX, GC, PS2
Soccer game that was based on the ISS engine. We also managed to get a patent on some of the technology used in the game.
ESPN Xtreme Skateboarding, GBA
This was a fun little skateboarding game, that ended up being very arcade-like, but it was still fun to play. We went head to head with Tony Hawk…
Star Wars Star Fighter, XBOX, PS2
I did character animation for this game. The game project itself came out really good, and Lucas Arts was a fun place to work, especially if you like Star Wars.
Bell South animated TV commercial
I animated characters on this PSA for BellSouth shown on TV.
Hershey’s Kisses animated TV Commercial
I animated kissess doing various comical things, shown on TV as a typical 30 second spot.
Motif Raspberry Wine animated TV Commercial
I animated little raspberries dancing around and jumping into wine bottles. This was shown on TV for a Thanksgiving campaign.
New Legends, XBOX (oringinally for PC)
I did character animation on this game, which was an immensely fun project, and probably the best game company I have worked at besides Aloha Island/Ulua.
Sun Microsystems- JAVA 3D
I worked on a demo for the then brand new Java 3D realtime renderer, for Sun Microsystems. It was shown at SIGGRAPH.
