Resumé

DARREN L. TABOR, JD

Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688 Darren@PlanetTabor.com




GENERAL MANAGEMENT

Internet executive with proven success building start-up businesses to profitability through leadership and innovation. Key competencies include:

  • Strategic planning
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  • Product development
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  • Large-scale project management
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  • Online community building and management
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  • Employee management
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  • Consumer marketing
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  • Legal research and writing
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  • Leadership
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    EXPERIENCE


    GAMESPY INDUSTRIES, Irvine, CA 1999-2004
    (An online developer of gaming-related products, services, and editorial content)

    Executive Director, Subscription Services (2002-2004)
    Managed the operation, strategic planning, and continued development of FilePlanet.com website and related online subscription services.
    • Spearheaded global redesign / backend revision of FilePlanet.
    • Increased number of paying subscribers by 500% to over 100,000 active subscribers by:
      • Conceptualizing and implementing a highly successful program to offer subscriber-only access to PC game betas, demos, user-created modifications, and videos.
      • Creating several successful programs that increased subscriber acquisition and reduced churn.
    • Increased subscription revenue from $600,000 to $6.7 million within 24 months through:
      • Development and implementation of new subscription packages, including Game Tools and Founders' Club.
      • Development and leadership of spirited, tenacious team.
    Director of Publishing (2000-2002)
    Directed the development, operation, strategic planning, and continued expansion of the GameSpy Network. Led team of +30 writers, designers, and community managers.
    • Increased the reach of the GameSpy Network tenfold, to over 300 million monthly pageviews, by:
      • Developing popular new websites targeted at strategic game franchises.
      • Creating industry-leading shared services like FilePlanet and ForumPlanet.
      • Negotiating hosting arrangements for popular community websites like Counter-Strike.net.
    Director of Operations (1999-2000)
    Led the company through a period of rapid growth and expansion. Managed +30 employees within Publishing and Information Technology divisions.
    • Drafted and analyzed a wide range of contracts with partners, licensees, and service providers.
    • Conducted recruiting for a variety of Director-level positions.
    ILLINOIS APPELATE COURT, Woodstock, IL 1997-1999
    Judicial Clerk to the Honorable Susan Fayette Hutchinson
    Prepared documents to summarize relevant law for Justice Hutchinson. Discussed applicability of legal concepts to the specific facts of cases being appealed. Drafted judicial opinions.

    NEW MEXICO SUPREME COURT, Santa Fe, NM 1995-1997
    Senior Judicial Clerk to the Honorable Richard E. Ransom
    Conducted extensive research into legal issues involved in a wide range of cases. Engaged in extended, Socratic discussions to fully explore the legal principles behind judicial decisions. Drafted judicial opinions based upon Justice Ransom interpretation of precedents and trends.

    UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, Rockford, IL 1994
    Judicial Extern to the Honorable Philip G. Reinhard
    Conducted legal researched and writing.

    EDUCATION


    THE JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL, Chicago, IL 1995
    Juris Doctorate

    LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, Chicago, IL 1992
    Bachelor of Arts

    PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS


    Member, International Game Developers Association
    Member, State Bar of New Mexico
    Member, Illinois State Bar Association


    OTHER


    Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America, 1985