Marcel B.

Marcel B. has a diverse work experience in the gaming industry. In October 2022, they joined Paradox Interactive as a QA Lead. Prior to that, from August to September 2022, Marcel worked as a QA Project Coordinator at the same company. Before joining Paradox Interactive, Marcel worked at Kolibri Games from October 2019 to July 2022. They started as a Junior QA Tester and progressed to become a Senior QA Specialist. In this role, Marcel took ownership of features and tickets, managed release processes, and maintained the QA backlog. Marcel also has experience as a Vice Project Manager at Swedish Game Awards (December 2018 to October 2019), a QA Tester at Eat Create Sleep (October to December 2018), and a Producer/Product Manager for a student project at Hexagonal (March to July 2018).

Marcel B. began their education in 2004 at Käthe-Kollwitz Gymnasium, where they obtained their High School Diploma in 2011. In 2011, they also attended the EF International Language Center in New York, Tarrytown, for a Business English Language Course. From 2012 to 2014, Marcel studied Industrial Engineering at Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences but did not receive a degree. Later, they enrolled at Uppsala University in 2016 and completed their Bachelor's Degree in Game Design & Project Management in 2019. Additionally, Marcel obtained a Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®) certification from the Scrum Alliance in June 2019.