User:Alanodea

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[edit] Alan O’Dea

[[Image: |thumb|Alan O'Dea, Marketing and Business Manager, Monumental Games]]

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Alan is the Marketing and Business Manager for Monumental Games, a Nottingham, UK, based MMO game and middleware development company. Monumental games are presently developing a number of MMO games targeted at the global consumer marketplace. Monumental Games announced their first major MMO project, a soccer themed MMO game, Football Superstars in May 2007.

Monumental Games MMO development middleware technology platform is being used by a number of licensees to develop, launch and operate various MMO games.

Alan has a Masters of Business Administration from the Bradford University School of Management specialising in the video game industry and a BSC (Hons) in Interactive Systems and Video Games Design.

Alan has been a business, strategy and game design consultant for video game development companies and trade organisations within the UK.

Prior to the video game industry Alan has been a graphic designer, creative director, consultant and manager for numerous CBT, Internet, design, advertising and media companies around the world.