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Production Portfolio
About Me
An Historian of Science turned Producer
I am a proud native of Austin, Texas with a proven history of synchronizing multiple organizations and team members across different disciplines. As a producer, I pride myself on practicing vulnerable servant leadership. A big part of that is never backing down from being a goofball. I'm known for dressing up in costumes and committing to the bit. I love to make people laugh and believe in finding the shared humor and joy in any team. A production professor of mine once said my autobiography should be entitled: Engaging, Self-Deprecating, and Endearing: The Reed Devany Story. My goal is to ensure a community of mutual respect, compassion, and sincerity.
I originally studied History at the University of Texas and conducted my research in the United Kingdom on cross-Atlantic computing cooperation, graduating with honors in December 2014. I worked in High Performance Computing for seven years, first as an Outreach Coordinator before eventually becoming a Vice President of Operations. (To Iearn more about what I accomplished this role, visit my "Non-Gaming Experience" page). After six years in that space, I decided to take my coordination and project management skills to the gaming industry. I enrolled at SMU Guildhall to study Production with a minor in Level Design in August 2022 and am expected to graduate in May 2024. My goal is to work for companies that value mutual respect and emotional intelligence to the same degree I do.
In my free time, I like to guest on podcasts to discuss early 2000s pop culture, movies and literature, and all things Star Wars. Though I loathe the term, I am a "Prequels Apologist." I subscribe to the adage that the opposite of "play" isn't work - it's depression. As such, I love to travel and attend Renaissance Festivals and Conventions. I bleed burnt orange, anxiously await Lewis Hamilton's 8th Formula One title, and am a season ticket holder to Austin FC. #ListosVerde
Podcasting
I've contributed to a variety of Star Wars podcasts including: Ahch-To Radio, the Imperial Senate Podcast, and It's True, All of It: A Star Wars Podcast. Here's an example of a guest appearance where I breakdown the "Ewok Hunt" game mode from EA's Star Wars Battlefront II (2017) and pitch a survival horror film inspired by it.
