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Roger F. A. Arias

aka: Roger Arias
Moby ID: 267912

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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCT ACQUISITIONS EXECUTIVE

Licensing & Acquisitions * Contract Negotiations * Corporate Liaison * Creative & Business Development * Production (Concept to Release) * Management * Speaker / Presenter

Product Acquisitions & Licensing Executive with over fifteen years experience in the software and games industry. Identified, licensed, designed or produced over 50 successful properties that aggregately generated over $300 million in revenues, including many hugely profitable franchises such as Dragonball Z, Yu Yu Hakusho, IMCA Dirt Track Racing, BeachHead, John Deere American Farmer, Red Orchestra, and many more.

A product visionary and proven leader adept at recognizing opportunity early, determining product employment strategy and maximizing profit potential.

Eighteen years of service as a United States Army Officer, and Aviator. As a Combat Veteran, Served as Platoon Leader, managing over 40 pilots, officers, and staff in peacetime as well as war. Achieved rank of Major while serving in the Arizona & Minnesota Army National Guard.

The following is a partial list of titles Roger has worked on in various capacities ranging from designing, contract negotiations, performing due diligence, hiring developers, obtaining IP/Branding and producing, (many in combination).

IMCA - Dirt Track Racing (DTR), World of Outlaws Sprint Car Racing, Leadfoot, Dragonball Z: Legacy of Goku (GBA) Dragonball Z: Legacy of Goku II (GBA), Dragonball Z: Collectible Card Game (GBA), Dragonball Z: Budokai (PS2), Dragonball Z: Budokai II (PS2), Dragonball Z: Taiketsu, Yu Yu Hakusho John Deere American Farmer, Duke Nukem 3D, X-Men: Ravages of the Apocalypse - Marvel Comics, New York Times Crossword Puzzles, Beach Head 2000, Golden Tee Golf (PSX), Carnivores I, Carnivores II, Carnivores III: The Ice Age, Chasm - The Rift,
Faith Pack, Arcade Pack, GamePack, Microsoft Flight Sim add-ons, StarCraft: Retribution - Add-on, WarCraft Orcs and Humans (shareware), Wizmo's Workshop and the Dragon's of Frozzbokk, Steel Tide, Operation Blockade, Baseball Mogul, Football Mogul, Carnival Games, National Golf Course Directory, Trailer Life, Air Races MS Flight Sim, Combat Operation Victory MS Flight Sim, Montezuma's Return, Jack Orlando, Yes 2K, 3D Arcade Pack, Unlocking the Bible Code, Windows Game Pack, Chili Cookbook, Emergency Fighters for Life, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Kids Pack, World Class Bowling, Rise of the Triad, Terminal Velocity, Shadow Warrior, Blood, Black Knight (F-18 Fighter sim) , NASRA - Swamp Buggy Racing, Association of Shareware Professionals CD ROM, Head-2-Head Game Pack Contact Plus, Contact Plus Professional, * Under contract when Roger left Atari.

Credited on 47 games

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Ace Combat: Assault Horizon - Enhanced Edition (2013, Windows) President
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon (2011, PlayStation 3) President
Hunting Unlimited 2011 (2010, Windows) Business Development
Air Conflicts: Aces of World War II (2009, PSP) Marketing Consultant
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mysteries of Westgate (2009, Windows) Director of Business Development
N+ (2008, Nintendo DS) Director of Business Development
Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit (2008, Xbox 360) Director of Business Development
Warlords (2008, Xbox 360) Director of Business Development
Battlezone (2008, Xbox 360) Director of Business Development
Downstream Panic! (2008, PSP) Director of Business Development
Alone in the Dark (2008, PlayStation 2) Director of Business Development
Asteroids & Deluxe (2007, Xbox 360) Director of Business Development
Godzilla Unleashed: Double Smash (2007, Nintendo DS) Director of Business Development
Godzilla: Unleashed (2007, PlayStation 2) Director of Business Development
Jenga World Tour (2007, Nintendo DS) Director of Business Development
The Witcher (2007, Windows) Director of Business Development
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (2007, PlayStation 2) Director of Business Development
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer (2007, Windows) Director of Business Development
Fantasy Wars (2007, Windows) Director of Business Development
Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu (2007, Nintendo DS) Director of Business Development

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