AC Capehart

Singing Horse Studio

Founder, CEO

2010-Present

• Partner, Company Director (UK), President (US) in software development firm delivering high-quality, custom software to a variety of small/medium enterprises. My role includes business development, project management, infrastructure development, relationship management, and software development

Linden Lab

Engineering Director / Studio Director

2006-2010

Key Project Delivery

• Delivered modular billing/payment system allowing Linden Lab to integrate a payment services provider supplying several new currencies, and dozens of payment methods projected to earn the company an additional $7 million per annum in top-line revenue
• Added VAT collection for European customers, recapturing over $4 million per annum
• Managed and improved risk and fraud tools projected to save $10s of millions per annum which also improved our chargeback rate, removing Linden Lab from card company "watch lists"
• Adapted billing and payment architecture to accept first non-USD currency (EUR) and new payment method (direct debit) in Germany
• Delivered adaptable recurring billing system in support of voice services

Key Leadership

• Directly hired 7 employees, several contractors, and contributed to the hiring of dozens more employees
• Built and lead teams of developers in 6 locations across 11 time zones, supporting employees through career development including several transitions and promotions
• Mentored several employees through role changes within the company – most outside of my reporting structure
• Relocated to Brighton, UK to lead the office there and increase inter-company connectivity and communication
• Established the team that delivered Salesforce.com integration

Chaos Limited, LLC

Principal

2002-2006

• Delivered projects including management of Corvette trivia game on Yahoo!, development of intranets, network provisioning, hosting and maintenance for multiple clients
• Developed Java projects including trivia games and authorization mechanisms with MySQL. PHP development projects included POS/Shopping Cart integration, and an infant tracking system with data-driven, dynamic image generation

EA.COM (Formerly Kesmai Corp)

Director, Online Operations, Information Systems & Technology

1995-2001

• Supervised 4 separately-budgeted departments (Online Operations, Information Technology, Publishing, Quality Assurance)
• Developed, maintained and supported a 24x7-uptime production environment consisting of approximately 70 UNIX (HP/UX, Linux) hosts supporting 22 products and tens of thousands of concurrent users
• Expanded the technology infrastructure and support for an organization that grew from approximately 80 people to over 175 employees and contractors
• Implemented off-site collocation arrangement reducing monthly expenses while avoiding a costly space reconfiguration

Director, Publishing Services

• Managed the web-specific efforts of outside service vendors and in-house staff in the launch of the GameStorm online service [no longer active] delivering games like Air Warrior, Legends of Kesmai, and MultiPlayer BattleTech: 3025 to the Internet
• Supervised department responsible for multiple websites as well as online content on America Online, CompuServe and other services

Senior Web Producer

• Established a web presence for Kesmai Corporation which was recognized as an MSN "Pick of the Week" and a USA Today "Hot Site"