David Casipit

Supervision of multiple teams of localization producers working to produce and publish the Western versions of titles created by Atlus studio teams based in Japan. Oversight of VO management team for both Atlus and Sega titles. - Recruit and build the Atlus production team, with an eye toward creating excellent leaders and people managers. - Assignment of projects based on team member capabilities and project scope. Negotiate internally and externally on behalf of managed lines and the company on the topics of schedules, budgets, and resourcing. - Relationship management and problem resolution with development teams in Japan. - Guidance for the drafting of resource and project plans, review of production proposals, and driving the publishing process for projects contained within managed lines. - Proactively set up initiatives to increase production efficiency, enhance quality, and improve understanding and information flow across departments. - In the interest of the product, provide proactive guidance and engage with internal teams throughout the company such as Consumer Insights/Research, QA, Marketing, Events, Ops, etc.

Responsibilities - Part of the global Localization leadership team, managing and executing a strategic and scalable localization plan for Blizzard Entertainment. - Oversight of the Global Content team, which produces localization for: - In-game cinematics/animation for all Blizzard IP - Marketing AV content and static images - All other out-of-game requests, including websites, blogs, patch notes, legal, and more. - Management, maintenance and improvement of the Blizzard "Self-service Pipeline," - Oversight of the Overwatch localization production team. Track Record - Rebuilt the Global Content team - Took a great team culture of hard work and intra-team collaboration and made it better by adding management transparency, long- and short-term pipeline improvement, empowerment and coaching, and alignment with stakeholders. - Established new vision for AV workflows aiming at vendor/PM efficiency, metrics, financial responsibility, and high quality work that will free up resources around Blizzard. - Created an atmosphere of change and psychological safety, which led to the team bringing their own ideas for pipeline improvement.

Head of VIZ Media anime localization with business development side projects. Supervisor for a team of in-house localization producers and a network of 3rd party dub studios, translation houses, freelancers and other vendors that deliver annually hundreds of animated episodes and movies in both subtitled and dubbed formats. Part of the VIZ anime acquisitions and development team, focusing on analyzing market demand, finding great IP to license, and developing new anime productions as a sitting member of anime production committees.

Head of VIZ Media anime localization. Supervisor for a team of in-house producers and a network of 3rd party dub studios, translation houses, freelancers and other vendors that delivers annually hundreds of animated episodes and a half dozen movies, usually in both subtitled and dubbed formats. Duties: - Management of a multi-million dollar recording & localization pipeline from acquisition to final asset delivery. This includes reviewing specs, negotiation with recording studios and other vendors, contract writing, invoice tracking, issue resolution and creative consultation, as well as doing the small stuff to support my producers and help them get their jobs done. - Internal coordination with executives, Product and Digital teams, and teams such as Licensing, Marketing and Finance to hit financial benchmarks, marketing initiatives and scheduling. - Mentoring veteran producers and training new hires. - Direct responsibility for the localization of my own series as needed, including communication with Japanese licensors, editing subtitles and ADR scripts, casting and creative supervision of performances, QC'ing mixes, organization of assets and schedules, and evangelizing for the properties internally. Major Accomplishments: -Localization producer for One-Punch Man, which became a critical and popular sensation in Winter 2015 as a subtitled release. My dub of the series took the #1 spot several times for original cable broadcasts on Sat. nights during its 12-episode run. - Revamping the VIZ localization workflow to increase efficiency and quality by using new methods and tools, shaving significant amounts of time before final delivery and allowing for greater creative control on the part of my producers. - Exploration of new tools, such as neural-network assisted translation platforms, and new vendors to reduce costs and time.

Production of North American versions of AAA Wii and DS titles such as Code Name: S.T.E.A.M., Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and Wii U, Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask, Professor Layton and the Last Specter, Golden Sun: Dark Dawn, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, The Legendary Starfy and Wii Sports Resort. Duties included: - Project Lead for internal teams of up to 9 people. - Project Management & Coordination with Japanese developers, European loc. teams, and internal teams such as Marketing, Design, Testing, and executives. International negotiation and problem solving. Relationship building with American and international teams. - Voiceover casting and direction in studio; script writing and review; budget creation and approvals. - Translation (JP->EN) of game text. Creation of names, direction, character voice, etc. - Maintenance of relations between U.S., European and Japanese teams. Guidance of Japanese counterparts new to localization as to NOA’s capabilities and requirements. - JP->EN and EN->JP interpretation during meetings and press interviews.

Localization of dozens of attractions, shows, special events and entertainment programs for Tokyo Disney Resort. Major projects: Tower of Terror, Special Event “Season of the Heart.” Duties included: - Scriptwriting and voiceover direction on English-language audio and video projects, including attractions, Park announcements, commercials and a monthly promotional video titled “Tokyo Disney Resort News.” - Translation of Japanese press releases and composition of English ones. Copywriting for menus, signs, brochures, webpages and all other items that required English copy. - Back translation (JP -> EN) of all TDR Japanese copy for evaluation by Disney executives in Marketing and Imagineering.