Award Winning Game Director, Creative generalist, Developer, Public Speaker, Adviser, and Consultant
An MBA graduate from the American University in Dubai, Ahmad was the Director of Development at Semaphore Studios in Riyadh since its founding back in 2010, overseeing the production of games, multimedia and virtual reality projects for Mobile, Desktop and Next-Gen Consoles (PS4/PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X).
He is currently a Software Development Manager at Amazon Web Services leading the Workload Management and Automation Team at SQS (Simple Queue Service).
Ahmad is a regular speaker and advocate of local game development at universities and exhibitions such as ArabNet, Saudi Comic-Con, Mobily Developer Conference and Gitex Dubai.
Ahmad's early portfolio included the production of an award winning web browser titled "Yahadi Browser" which captured the attention of numerous media channels including TV, Radio and Newspapers locally and internationally such as (BBC World, CNBC Arabia and Dubai TV).
result oriented
FROM CONCEPT TO MARKET, ON SCHEDULE AND BUDGET
10 SHIPPED TITLES
During the past ten years I shipped ten titles to the market in addition to several prototypes, in-production projects, client based and device based projects and 3D Animations.
30 SKUS
The titles I shipped were published on Steam, Mac App Store, iOS, Google Play, Ouya, Game Stick, nVidia Shield, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.
INDUSTRY RECOGNITION
- 2 Titles featured as part of PlayStation Plus.
- Featured by Apple, nVidia, QualComm, Huawei, PlayStation, Stage Interview by PC Gamer at E3 2016
MEDIA INTERVIEWS
BBC, CNBC, Reuters, E3, Dubai TV, Dubai Business Channel, Abu Dhabi TV, and many more.
SKILLS
Market Research
- Market Analysis
- Segmentation
- Targeting
- Positioning
- Business Consulting
Team Building
- Head Hunting
- Hiring
- Training
- Workshops
- Public Speaking
Ideation and Brainstorming
- Reference Gathering
- Mockup
- Storyboarding
- Animatics
- Prototyping
- Vertical Slice Development
Project
Management
- Planning
- Budgeting
- Assets Acquisition
- Licensing
Outsourcing
- Identifying Partners
- Determining Asset Specs
- Outsourcing Management
- Asset Integration
Game/Level Design
- Documentation
- Greyboxing
- Lighting Setup
- Gameplay Setup
Technology Stack
- Game Engines
- Middleware
- Platforms
- Backend
Console Development
- Devkit Acquisition
- Devkits Deployment
- Devkits Setup
- Certification Testing
Optimization
- Code Review
- Assets Review
- Shaders Review
- Profiling
Publishing
- Marketing
- Promotion
- Press Relations
- Community Building
contact
Email
Linked In
Youtube
Twitter
