Professional Experience

Confidential Gaming Technology Company

Head of R&D / Product Development · Interim CTO · ITSM Manager

Oct 2019 – Oct 2020 Makati, Philippines

Role & Background

Progressed through IT service management, executive technology leadership and R&D responsibilities within a large gaming-technology operation, including work on an immersive VR casino concept with live dealers.

  • Led ITIL-aligned service-management activities covering incident, change and operational processes.
  • Served as Interim CTO during an organizational transition, overseeing infrastructure, systems development, cybersecurity, vendors and senior technical teams.
  • Later led R&D and product-development initiatives involving emerging technologies, prototyping and new digital-service concepts.
  • Developed an immersive online-casino concept combining stereoscopic 360-degree video, spatial audio, VR-headset viewing and live human interaction rather than a fully computer-generated casino environment.

Role Progression

IT service management, Interim CTO and R&D leadership

The engagement began in IT service management, moved into an Interim CTO role during an organizational transition and later shifted into Head of R&D / Product Development.

Across those stages, responsibilities included ITIL-aligned operational processes, infrastructure, systems development, cybersecurity, vendor management, senior technical teams, product exploration and coordination between business and engineering functions.

Immersive Gaming R&D

An immersive online casino platform with live dealers

One R&D track explored a VR casino experience designed around real-life dealers rather than a completely computer-generated environment. The concept combined stereoscopic 3D 360-degree video with spatial / 3D audio so a user wearing a VR headset could feel physically present inside a live casino environment.

The technical problem crossed several disciplines at once: stereoscopic capture, spatial audio, headset playback, streaming, live interaction, application logic, back-end services and the operational requirements of a continuously available gaming platform.

The project remained in R&D and prototyping. Pandemic-era operational disruption ended the work before it could be developed into a production service.

  • Stereoscopic 3D 360-degree video captured around real-life dealer environments
  • Spatial / 3D audio intended to preserve directional sound inside the headset
  • VR-headset experience focused on presence and live human interaction
  • Product architecture spanning immersive media, software, streaming and infrastructure
  • Research into how an existing online-gaming experience could be translated into a more physically immersive interface

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