Business Statement
OutsourceReport empowers game industry publishers and developers with a single comprehensive channel to assess outsourcing solutions, services, and products available to them. We hold ourselves responsible to increase executive and management understanding of outsourcing business models and to help educate development management of best practices and procedures.
Company History
OutsourceReport was founded in 2005 by Jonathan Hales - a gaming industry professional with nearly
a decade of publisher and developer art and management related experience. Jonathan is intimate
with the management of both internal and external console development and understands the need for
relevant and useful information to enhance business decisions.
More importantly, Jonathan recognized the need for a better organizational tool to assist development directors than excel and a Rolodex. Responding to an increased awareness of the merging of entertainment industry resources and frustrated with arcane methods of organizing development outsource providers, middle-ware, third-party development solutions, staffing solutions, contractors, and all applicable profiling information, Jon committed to the creation of an online resource. A resource to help entertainment industries interface and development directors assess outsourcing opportunities. Jonathan is also committed to the continued education of development management as expressed in the ORÂ magazine.
Jonathan was most recently the studio art director for Black Isle Studios\Interplay as well as the Climax Los Angeles office. Jon is currently responsible for Publisher, Developer, and Provider relationships through OutsourceReport, and writes articles for the OR.
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