Alexander Rehm

Director of Live Operations People can Fly

Alexander started his career in Application Development and Live Operations for travel companies and online booking operations before joining Jagex as Development Director, building their in-house Platform-as-a-Service for RuneScape and other titles. After a stint working for Banking and Telecommunications providers, he joined Creative Assembly to build up their Publishing and Live Operations division, covering release management, tooling, live servicing, event management, monetisation, game security and business intelligence. He is currently the Director of Live Operations at People can Fly, working on exciting new titles.

Main Day 2 - Wednesday 11th September

9:05 AM PRESENTATION: Development a Live Service Mindset... When things are already in motion!

You may already work on a live title and want to create a new game, or you're doing this for the first time: building a new team and developing a new project is not easy. This session talks about:

·       Providing Clarity around our Objectives

·       Milestones vs Phase Objectives: validating your deliverables

·       The role of LiveOps: driving clarity through product & business objectives

·       Insights-informed development: focusing on player experience

·       Developing a Test Framework: Insights -> Actions -> Release

9:30 AM PANEL: Managing Live Ops to Support an Overall Product Strategy Roadmap

  • Deliver GaaS strategies to drive business growth and innovation.
  • Working side-by-side with the development studio to bring quality gaming experiences to players, for a particular product or franchise, across multiple platforms.
  • Establishing technical infrastructure and publishing operations, without stifling the creativity and ingenuity of game teams.
  • Converting operational complexity into streamlined efficiency – cross-game analytics, data management, live ops team talent
  • How the gaming backend platforms can enable studios to effectively manage the intricacies and operations of live services and multi-title development.

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Alexander.

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