John Paul Mata

Head of Production at Taktyl Studios

John Paul Mata has worked in the game development industry since 2007. John Paul started at Indigo Entertainment as a Game Developer, where they developed web games (for desktop and mobile browsers) and mobile games (for iOS and Android) using a variety of frameworks and languages. In 2018, they began freelance work as a Developer and Consultant. In 2019, they joined Taktyl Studios as Head of Production, where they were responsible for managing the production department and creating and implementing production processes, standards, and tools. John Paul also served as a Game Development Team Lead, managing a team of 5 - 10+ game developers and providing technical and behavioral mentoring and improvement to team members. As a Senior Developer, they developed web games (for desktop and mobile browsers) using Phaser 3 (HTML5/Javascript). John Paul also managed team members and deliverables for projects as lead developer.

John Paul Mata attended AMA University from 2004 to 2007, earning a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology.

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Timeline

  • Head of Production

    October, 2020 - present

  • Game Development Team Lead

    April, 2019

  • Senior Developer

    February, 2019