- Eric M. Scharf's management background provides a solid end-to-end
solution. Strong executive leadership, strategic planning, and
effective communication (from internal to vendor partnerships to
client-facing to public relations) delivered on the frontend.
In-depth oversight (of studios, products, risk assessment,
operational development, team building, global outsourcing,
contract negotiations, production pipelines, process
improvement, budgeting, and scheduling) delivered on the
backend, along with user experience design, creative direction,
and usability testing in-between.
Eric’s management approach is one of information flexibility
towards all stakeholders – from clients and investors to
executives and development supervisors to production staff –
with a laser focus on building, maintaining, and continuously
refining an operational infrastructure into which all moving
parts can cleanly fit.
Eric employs a one-size-fits-all system which can be
flexed to support the requirements of any studio or product, from
top-of-the-line to bare bones and back again. Based upon solid
concept-to-completion interdisciplinary research and bedrock
experience, Eric’s system delivers in-depth but easily
digestible guidelines to product managers, project leads, and
development teams. Eric achieves equal success with local area,
near shore, and offshore resources by scaling communication and specificity as
needed. His well-documented and reliable instructions empower
personnel to be as fluid, creative, and productive within his
structure as they wish, without jeopardizing design mechanics,
visual quality, technical functionality, or task tracking. Eric
encourages personnel to study these principles, and offer up
ideas for improvement, rather than simply accepting them as
fact. A qualified manager is certainly a capable one, but not
nearly as much without the support and trust of a well-prepared
team.
Eric maintains regular contact with personnel on all levels at
all times – to confirm communication, comprehension, and
collaboration quality. Eric uses metrics gathered from that
regular contact as the foundation for ongoing decisions on
product scope, personnel, vendor partnerships, and client
relations.
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