Dan Allan

Production lead on the Verse Framework team in Unreal Engine.

• Responsible for production on Scene Graph - the technology that allows innovation within UEFN today, and will provide a foundation for UE6.
• Focused on ensuring we are delivering features for developers who are using Scene Graph today in UEFN, while also making sure we are making decisions that support us into the future.

Leadership team on the Publishing & IP Development group within Epic.

• Conceptualised, organised and delivered a Chapter Seven integration into UEFN - our first BR<>Creator crossover involving ten creators delivering new content to coincide with our Chapter Seven season.
• Continued delivering IP Programs - worked with Skybound, Netflix and Disney on versions of the program for their IP.

Transferred from Mediatonic to Epic during company restructure in 2023.

• Collaborated with Paramount as production lead on the TMNT IP Program - a complex, multi-workstream project that allowed creators to create with world-renowned IP.
• Provided production support for the most complex UEFN experiences created to date - the Metallica and Karol G live concerts.

Onboarded onto Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) in March 2023.

• Led the onboarding and upskilling of a dozen engineers into Epic and the UEFN platform.
• Triaged, prioritized and delivered much-requested quality of life improvements to the platform from feedback across Epic and externally.
• Collaborated with multiple sister studios on delivering their first UEFN tools, providing expertise and guidance on how to deliver tools for the platform.

• Built and scaled a ten person tools department in Mediatonic alongside engineering leadership.
• Collaborated with multiple groups across Mediatonic to deliver much-needed tooling across Live Operations, Build Health, Automation and more.
• Worked with Epic Online team to integrate EOS into Fall Guys.

First dedicated Producer at Hyper Luminal Games, which at the time was a tiny start-up studio.

• Helped team grow 3x during time there.
• Built the company's first production pipelines, strategy and process.
• Main PoC for many clients across the world.

• Founded independent micro-studio, financed by prize from winning world-wide game development competition (Dare to be Digital)
• Led development as sole programmer on debut iOS game - "Baum"
• Handled finances, legal and company matters.