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Rob Shepherd
owner and project manager

Bio:
For over 9 years Rob has been designing and leading the development of web and multimedia products. His experience with web ranges from e-commerce sites, intranets, gaming sites and brochure style web sites.

Meet Our Staff

Rob Shepherd,
owner and project manager

All other staff are currently contractors. E-mail us for more information and portfolios.

In 1997, Rob graduated from South West Texas State University with a major in commercial music and multimedia. Since that time he has been working in the multimedia industry. He has managed and launched 6 websites and has over 12 interactive game titles on the shelves.

Rob is currently working as a project manager at a leading game publishing company based in Southern California focused on console game development. As time permits he does freelance and contract work with Orchid Productions.

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Web Development Experience:

Designer and Project Manager, SapphireDragonOrchids.com - Site launched in September 2006.
Project Manager, NowCareForKids.com - developed for Now Care for Kids by Orchid Productions,Tampa, Fl. June 2003 to January 2004. Site launched on
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Project Manager, SouthTampaSurgery.com - developed for South Tampa Surgery Center by Orchid Productions,Tampa, Fl. March 2003 to July 2003.
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Designer and Project Manager, Orchids-N-Inks.com - personal site designed to display personal works and photography, 1999 to Present.
Project Manager, AustinBuzz.com - developed for AustinBuzz while at MediaTruck, Inc. Austin, Tx. July 2000-November 2000.
Project Manager, TrinityTrucking.com - developed for Trinity Industries while at MediaTruck, Inc. Austin, Tx. July 2000-November 2000.

Project Manager, Trinity LPG - developed for Trinity Industries while at MediaTruck, Inc. Austin, Tx. July 2000-November 2000.

 

Associate Producer/HTML production trainer, Dell Workstation Internet - developed for Dell while at Human Code, Inc. Austin, Tx. September 1997 - November 1997.

 

Computer Game Development & Publishing Experience:

 

Project Manager: TBA; PS3. August 2006 - Present

 

 

Project Manager: TBA; PS3. July 2006 - Present

 

 

Project Manager: TBA; Xbox360. September 2006 - Present

 

Project Manager: Scooby-Doo! Who's Watching Who?; PSP, NDS. August 2005 - October 2006

 

Associate Project Manager: Monster House; PS2, GC, NDS, GBA. August 2005 - May 2006

 

Producer/Executive Producer: Fairly OddParents, Breaking Da Rules PC, C++ game developed for THQ/Nickelodian. Designed to run on Win 98, ME, XP, and up. November 2002 - July 2003 (Design phase to Beta)

 

Producer/Executive Producer: IPAL Interactive Toys, Produced IPAL Driving Book series of products, guided creation of new IPAL branding and all other 2002 IPAL products. March 2002 - November 2002 (Design phase to Gold)

 

Producer: Spy Kids Mega Mission Zone CD-ROM, C++ game developed for Disney Interactive/Miramax Films. Designed to run on Win 98, ME, XP, and up Mac OS 8,9 X. January 2002 - August 2002 (Design phase to Gold)
Producer: Monsters, Inc. Scream Team Training CD-ROM, C++ game developed for Disney Interactive/Pixar. Designed to run on Win 98, ME, XP, and up Mac OS 8,9 X. January 2001 - September 2001 (Design phase to Gold)
Producer: Barbie Pet Rescue CD-ROM, C++ title developed for Mattel Interactive. Designed to run on Win 95, 98, 2000 and up. June 1999 - June 2000 (Design phase to Gold)
Associate Producer: Trivial Pursuit, Millennium edition, C++ title developed for Hasbro Interactive. Designed to run on Win 95 and Win 98. January 1999 - June 1999 (Alpha2 to Gold and early localization)

Producer: Trivial Pursuit, Windows CE edition, C++ title developed for Hasbro Interactive. Designed to run on Palm and Handheld Win CE 2.0 devices. October 1998 - March 1999 (Design phase to Gold)

 

Associate Producer: Jump Start 6th Grade Adventures, C++ title developed for Knowledge Adventure. Designed to run on Win 95, Win 98, and Mac OS 7.x. November 1997 - September 1998 (Design phase to Gold)
Asset Manager/Assistant Produce/Audio production: Jump Start 2nd Grade Math, C++ title developed for Knowledge Adventure. Designed to run on Win 3.1, Win 95, and Mac OS 7.x. July 1997 - September 1997 (Alpha to Gold)
Audio Assistant: GeoBee Geography Challenge, Director title developed for National Geographic Interactive. Designed to run on Win 3.1 and Win 95. June 1997 - July 1997 (Alpha to Beta)