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Soumya Banerjee

Soumya Banerjee

Bangalore

Summary

10+ years of experience in designing and developing math concepts for video slot games from scratch. Created Math Model for 250+ Titles, and all leading trendy game mechanics. Developed Simulator to verify Math Models and worked with various regulators on different jurisdictions. Worked on Landbased RMG, Online RMG and Social Slots. Worked on Industry Leading Social Meta Features.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Associate Director of Design

Zynga
Bangalore
10.2021 - Current
  • Heading the math and design team (around 15+ mathematicians and designers) for Wizard of Oz, Game of Thrones, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Slots and Casino, and Black Diamond Casino app.
  • Owning the roadmap of 70+ games in a year over the 4 SKUs.
  • Driving adjusted EBITDA of 39.9%.
  • Collaborating with 3rd Party Art and Animation Studio for external development activities
  • Worked as a Game Economist for the New Games Portfolio of Zynga, specifically for Game of Thrones Legends RPG.

Game Economy Designer

PlayCo
12.2020 - 09.2021
  • Worked on Different Instant Game Platforms (Facebook Instant Game Platform & Line)
  • Worked on Feature Tuning and Maths for 3 different Titles - Thug Life, Trip Royal and Board Masters
  • Designed and Shipped multiple Revenue and Retention related features

Senior Mathematician

Zynga
Bangalore
04.2020 - 12.2020
  • Continued to lead Design and Math team.
  • Increasing the throughput of the team.
  • Working on different new slot mechanics and architecture for creating a better experience.
  • Designed small and medium-sized buy page features to increase the number of transactions, along with the value of transactions.
  • Led and set up a shared machine pod in India for two more businesses coming from the U.S.

Mathematician

Zynga
Bangalore
08.2018 - 03.2020
  • Transited a 4-year-old game, Willy Wonka Slots Free Casino, from the US to India. Worked closely with counterparts to go through the humongous details of a four-year-old system. We had the game running at $0.34 ARPDAU and $4-5MM in revenue per quarter.
  • Successfully delivered 50+ slot machines' math.
    Design owner for two slot games, both of which previewed saw the highest revenue in the history of the game back-to-back, beating it twice in one quarter.
  • Been a part of creating an aggressive Machine Roadmap and Feature Roadmap for Wonka.
  • Along with delivering Game Maths, we also started hands-on System Design work for creating a prototype through the Pre-Production phase.
  • Bet economy tuning for a reprice done for Wonka Slots in 2019 and 2020. The one in 2020 showed an 84% uptick in QoQ. 28d ARPDAU went as high as $0.95, and had a quarterly earning of $9.8 million.
  • Had worked on multiple meta features architecture and tuning, such as challenge-based board games, pick bonus-based feature, multiple styles of collection feature, cohesion-based progression feature, and competitive feature.
  • Leading a team of two mathematicians and one system designer.
  • Intermittently Supported Black Diamond Casino Slot Machine and Features.

Mathematician I

Scientific Games
04.2015 - 08.2018
  • Designed and developed math concepts for Class III Games in Landbased Real Money Market
  • Responsible for making PC Sheets for in-house games, creating new paytable out of hit games, creating math for different VLT markets like WCLC, Illinois, Quebec, Pennsylvania, OSL, creating Par Sheet, developing simulator, solving GLI queries
  • Responsible for making PC Sheets for Class III, Class II and VLT such as IL, WCLC, ALC, Quebec, OSL Markets
  • Have been involved with some of the successful title and project in the industry
  • Owner of 2 Games Golden Charms and Celestial King which was sold in 100s within 3 months of release and shows a good trend in performance in the very 1st quarter
  • Worked in Tree of Wealth - Jade Eternity and Rich Tradition, Da Fu Da Gui Link for North American Market which was one of the top performing game in premium game sector for several quarters

Graduate Engineer Trainee

Scientific Games
08.2014 - 04.2015
  • Worked on understanding the concepts of Real Money Gaming
  • Responsible for making PC Sheets conversion from 3rd Party to company's own format and POC for regulatory board
  • Worked on understanding the basic concepts of Excel and Simulation in C#

Education

MS - Computer Science

Chennai Mathematical Institute
08.2014

B. Tech - Computer Science & Engineering

West Bengal University of Technology
04.2011

Skills

  • Slot Mathematics
  • Slots Design
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Social Slot
  • C#
  • Algorithms
  • MatLab
  • Python

Websites

Hobbies and Interests

  • Guitar
  • Table Tennis
  • Photography

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Bengali

Timeline

Associate Director of Design

Zynga
10.2021 - Current

Game Economy Designer

PlayCo
12.2020 - 09.2021

Senior Mathematician

Zynga
04.2020 - 12.2020

Mathematician

Zynga
08.2018 - 03.2020

Mathematician I

Scientific Games
04.2015 - 08.2018

Graduate Engineer Trainee

Scientific Games
08.2014 - 04.2015

MS - Computer Science

Chennai Mathematical Institute

B. Tech - Computer Science & Engineering

West Bengal University of Technology

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