Octavian Petrescu
Staff Technical Program Manager Unity Game Engine Evolution @Unity
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WORK HISTORY
Staff Technical Program Manager Unity Game Engine Evolution @Unity
Montreal, QC, CA
Game Engine Evolution Program Manager: Overseeing the evolution of the Unity Game Engine. • Multiplayer Portfolio Manager: Lead a 90+ member team developing game engine features and cloud services, enabling cross-platform multiplayer game creation, scaling, and monetization. Portfolio includes Netcode, matchmaking, lobby services, hosting, and cross-platform samples.• Leadership Development Instructor: Teach Unity’s 2-day Leadership Workshops on Active Listening, Driving Alignment, Feedback, and Relationship Building.• Strategic Collaboration Driver: As Primary Dependency Manager, aligned Product and Engineering teams, streamlining collaboration through Jira and C-suite escalations.• Delivery Performance Advocate: Orchestrated a strategic program that improved Unity Engine development by reducing change lead times by 50%(100 to <50 days) and doubling monthly deploy frequency.• Internal Tooling Portfolio Manager: Managed 80+ internal products across two teams of 70+ professionals to enhance Unity’s development operations for engine features and cloud services.• Program Manager – Unity Source: Scaled Unity’s Source product with an 8+ member cross-functional team to improve user-facing capabilities.• Architecture Leader: Supported the VP of Architecture as Chief of Staff, managing strategic initiatives with a 10-person team.
EDUCATION
University of Sydney
BCom, Business Information Systems
University of Ottawa
BCom, Management Information Systems
University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Digital Product Management (focus on AI/ML products) + Agile Development Specializations
University of Michigan
Leading People and Teams Specialization, Organizational Leadership
Merivale High School
High School Diploma (Gifted program)
ABOUT OCTAVIAN PETRESCU
I have 16+ years of experience heading the acrobatics needed to create, scale or optimize complex systems. I like to tackle impossible-sounding, hard-to-explain, almost-magical things. While I do that, I strive to build lasting relationships and be a good friend to other people.
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