Dan McAuliffe

About Dan McAuliffe

For 18+ years, I have been leading high performing teams and organizations in developing games of nearly every conceivable genre on all handheld, console and mobile platforms. I am an executive team leader and creative vision holder who excels at catalyzing and maximizing the enthusiasm and quality of my development teams, with a focus on the bottom line. I have shipped 80+ titles, including five multimillion unit sellers, while working with the industry’s biggest publishers/franchises, and on successful F2P social-mobile titles.Notable Milestones/Accomplishments include:* Established and executed creative vision for top f2p games on iOS and Android* Successfully transformed a struggling studio into a thriving environment by creating a culture of transparency, inclusion, autonomy and employee growth* Led transition of multiple development teams from work-for-hire development to freemium, original IP publishing* Successfully converted entire studio organization to an Agile framework* Established a new hiring strategy and process for the studio to support rapid growth with less that.05% turnover* Produced/designed alternate SKUs of several top game franchises for leading publishers * At Clearview Cinemas, took over a small, under water theater and turned it into one of the most profitable in the companySpecialties: Creative Studio head who leads through a culture of of transparency, inclusion, autonomy and employee growth. Effective leader, team builder and vision holder for game projects of all sizes. Business strategist focused on staff growth, financial success, efficiency and creative portfolio development. Business development, creative direction (social, free-to-play, core), game production, franchise development, communication, strategic planning, executive production, matrix team management, studio P&L, game monetization strategy, product/slate planning.

Experience

1. Executive Producer, Destiny

   Bungie

   Aug 2025 — Present · Bellevue, WA, US

Education

• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Genetics

  1994 — 1995

• West Morris Mendham High School

  High School Diploma, General

  1990 — 1994

• Rutgers University

  Literature, Classical Humanities

  1996 — 1997

Skills

• Creative Direction
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Strategic Leadership
• Game Design
• Organizational Leadership
• Level Design
• Publishing
• Editing
• Public Speaking
• Product Management
• Production Managment
• Manage Complex Projects
• Financial Analysis
• Hiring
• Game Development
• Video Games
• Social Games
• Console
• Mobile Games
• Xbox 360
• Casual Games
• Wii
• Multiplayer
• Xbox
• Psp
• Interactive Entertainment
• Gameplay
• Mmo
• Monetization
• Ps3
• Perforce
• Maya
• Devtrack
• Character Animation
• Unity3d
• Online Gaming
• Game Mechanics
• Video Game Production
• Free to Play
• 3d