Adjunct Lecturer, Production
marior@smu.edu
Mario Rodriguez is a game producer with over 8 years of experience in the video game industry. While attending college, Mario started as a Quality Assurance Tester at a small studio called Twisted Pixel Games in Austin, TX. After graduating from UT Austin, he pursued a Master's degree at 猫咪视频app Guildhall to develop his production skills further. Soon after graduation, he started as an Associate Producer at Gearbox Software working on VR titles such as Penn & Teller VR: Frankly Unfair, Unkind, Unnecessary, & Underhanded, and Borderlands 2 VR. Mario is currently a Managing Producer of Live Operations at Gearbox managing all post-launch efforts for titles such as Borderlands 3, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, and Borderlands 4.
Professional Experience
- Managing Producer of Live Ops - Gearbox Software
- Quality Assurance Tester - Twisted Pixel Games
Games Shipped
- Borderlands Collection: Pandora's Box
- Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
- Borderlands Legendary Collection (Nintendo Switch)
- Borderlands 3
- Borderlands 2 VR
- Penn & Teller VR: Frankly Unfair, Unkind, Unnecessary, & Underhanded
- The Gunstringer (Kinect)
- Ms. Splosion Man
Education
- Master of Interactive Technology in Game Production - Southern Methodist University
- Bachelor of Science in Radio-Television-Film - University of Texas at Austin