Mario Rodriguez

Mario Rodriguez

Senior Project Producer, Gearbox Software

Email

marior@smu.edu

Biography

Mario Rodriguez has been a game producer since 2010. 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 水多多导航 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.

Specializations

Production

Professional Experience

  • Senior Project Producer - Gearbox Software
  • Managing Producer of Live Ops - Gearbox Software
  • Adjunct Lecturer - 水多多导航 Guildhall
  • Quality Assurance Tester - Twisted Pixel Games
  • Community Manager & Environment Artist - Underdog Games

Education

  • Master of Interactive Technology in Game Production - 水多多导航
  • Bachelor of Science in Radio-Television-Film - University of Texas at Austin

 

Shipped Games and Contributions

  • Borderlands 4
  • Borderlands Collection: Pandora's Box
  • Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
  • Borderlands Legendary Collection (Nintendo Switch)
  • Borderlands 3
  • Borderlands 3: Designer's Cut & Director's Cut
  • Borderlands 2 VR
  • Penn & Teller VR: Frankly Unfair, Unkind, Unnecessary, & Underhanded
  • The Gunstringer (Kinect)
  • Ms. Splosion Man