Senior Producer

Derek S. Hernandez

Senior Producer - Game Development & Live Operations.

I lead cross-functional delivery from roadmap intake through launch and live operations, improving release predictability, escalation speed, and player-facing quality.

Open to Senior/Lead Producer roles across full-cycle game development and live operations.

Experience 15+ years leading production and live operations

Scale Readiness systems adopted across 400+ developers

Reach Delivery across iOS, Android, PC (Windows), PC (Steam), PC (Epic), PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One/Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and Google Stadia

Studio Tenure Pulse

Animated studio-activity timeline across your portfolio tenure windows.

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At a Glance

How I De-Risk Delivery

Quick operating snapshot up front; deep implementation detail lives in Resume and Dashboard.

Planning

Roadmaps That Hold Under Pressure

Capacity-aware planning, dependency control, and milestone governance that reduce late-cycle churn.

Execution examples in Resume.

Operations

Live-Service Stability and Incident Response

On-call triage leadership, war-room command, and post-incident hardening across recurring releases.

Live operations examples in Resume.

Execution

Cross-Site Delivery Without Visibility Gaps

Clear delivery cadences, actionable escalations, and decision-ready reporting across teams.

Delivery cadence examples in Resume.

For full operating detail and historical depth, open Resume.

Dashboard

Use scope, filters, and analytics to review full career coverage first, then focus recent impact when needed.

Studio Platform Genre Status Game Scope Sort

Title Tenure Timeline

Tenure windows for visible games, mapped across time.

Studio Title Distribution

Shows studio share by visible games in the current scope and filters.

Platform Reach

Rows show visible-game share per platform; the cumulative strip shows weighted platform share.

Genre Mix

Compares visible-game share by genre across the current dataset.

Portfolio Snapshot

Summarizes visible games, studio count, tenure span, and tenure-band concentration.

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Tenure Band Mix

Studio Tenure Pulse

Highlights when each studio is active across the current timeline view.

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Games Index

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Games

Shipped Games

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Resume

Career Snapshot

Executive Snapshot

Senior Producer with 15+ years leading cross-functional game delivery across mobile, PC, and console, including roadmap execution, release readiness, and live operations.

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Delivery Outcomes

Selected outcomes relevant to senior production hiring decisions.

Operational Scale

Scaled readiness workflows adopted by 400+ developers across distributed teams.

Execution Ownership

Owned delivery from intake and planning through launch execution and post-release support.

Live Incident Leadership

Led incident command and coordinated triage for player-impacting live-service events.

Operating Model

How I Lead Delivery

Operating system used to plan, align, and stabilize delivery across distributed teams.

Plan and Prioritize

Convert intake into delivery-ready scope and sequenced backlog priorities.
Build capacity-based roadmaps with milestone-level ownership.
Expose dependency and schedule risk early enough to act.

Execute and Align

Run cross-site status cadences with decision logs and accountable owners.
Drive integration checkpoints and release-readiness gates.
Keep stakeholders aligned through clear escalation paths.

Stabilize and Improve

Lead incident command during live-service disruptions.
Translate RCA findings into durable playbooks and guardrails.
Continuously improve delivery velocity through Agile iteration.

Career Highlights

Lead Producer, Live Operations

New World: Aeternum (Amazon Games, 2021-2024).

Production Leadership

NBA 2K21, NBA 2K22, and LEGO 2K Drive (2K Games).

Live-Service Delivery

Producer leadership across multiple NCSOFT initiatives and title operations.

Certification

Certified Scrum Master, Certificate ID: 000230583.

Resume Downloads

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Scrum Master certification active across multiple renewals.

Contact

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LinkedIn Contact

https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekh

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Detailed Context

Email Contact

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