Akshata Nagendra
Project Manager at Sincere Interactive
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolAkshata Nagendra is a project manager with nine years of experience driving production and operational improvements across AAA and indie game studios, currently leading initiatives at Rockstar Games. She combines deep knowledge of 3D art and animation pipelines with expert command of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and tooling like Jira, Confluence, Miro, and Notion to revive stalled projects and scale live-service operations. Her track record includes shipping The Callisto Protocol, Try Again (IGF-nominated), and MLB The Show 24, and she has built cross-functional dashboards and asset-tracking systems that cut inefficiencies and clarified stakeholder alignment. Akshata is notable for translating granular art-team needs into enterprise-level process change—she restructured generalist teams to boost art delivery by 50% and negotiated realistic deadlines that improved VFX quality. A Women in Games ambassador and CYSTEM grant recipient, she pairs data-driven problem solving with a people-first leadership style that emphasizes sustainable development and mentorship. Based in New York with an MBA from USC Marshall and a BA from UC Berkeley, she’s equally comfortable coaching students as she is coordinating VPs and technical teams.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA Film Studies Rhetoric, Bachelor of Arts - BA Film Studies Rhetoric at University of California, BerkeleyBusiness for Arts Sciences and Engineering (BASE) Program, Business for Arts Sciences and Engineering (BASE) Program at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at USC Marshall School of BusinessProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
AkshataNagendra/Sorts
Mar 2017 - Mar 2017
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
advanceddigitalanimation/advanceddigitalanimation.github.io
Aug 2020 - Aug 2020
Contributions:30 pushes in 7 days
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